Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

1. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Improving Our Future by Degrees in Oklahoma’s Second Century Search and Select Funding Sources (Summary) Dr. Linda Mason

2. Categories of Resources Categories of Support • Special Project – new project or project with limited timeframe • Operating – running program to meet community needs • Capital/Equipment – specified amount for construction, renovation, expansion, purchase land or equipment • Endowments - planned gifts, will or trust

3. Categories of Resources What categories of resources can I find? Government - Federal, State, Local – 26 Federal Agencies (900 programs) Foundations - Second-largest source – 900,000 Direct Corporations Philanthropists

4. 26Federal Grant Resources • Institute of Museum and Library Services - http://www.imls.gov/ • National Aeronautics and Space Administration - http://www.nasa.gov/ • National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.archives.gov/ • National Council on Disabilities - http://www.ncd.gov/ • National Endowment for the Arts - http://www.nea.gov/grants/ • National Endowment for the Humanities - http://www.neh.gov/ • National Science Foundation - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/research_edu_community.jsp • Small Business Administration - http://www.sba.gov/ • Social Security Administration - http://www.socialsecurity.gov/

5. 26Federal Grant Resources • US Agency for International Development -http://www.usaid.gov/ • US Department of Agriculture -http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding.cfm • US Department of Commerce - http://www.commerce.gov • US Department of Health and Human Services -http://www.hhs.gov/ • US Department of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/ • US Department of Education -http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln • US Department of Energy - http://www.energy.gov/ • US Department of Homeland Security -http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/index.html

6. 26Federal Grant Resources • US Department of Housing and Urban Development -http://www.hud.gov/ • US Department of Interior -http://www.doi.gov/ • US Department of Justice - http://www.justice.gov/ • US Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/ • US Department of State - http://www.state.gov/ • US Department of Transportation - http://www.dot.gov/ • US Department of Veterans Affairs - http://www.va.gov/ • US Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm • US Institute of Peace - http://www.usip.org/

7. Formats of Information What kinds of information should I look for? Websites – each foundation or agency Websites – clearinghouse of information Data Bases – lists of information Newsletters – regular publication of articles and information Personal Experience of funded PIs

8. Formats of Information Grant Information Sources • Annual Reports • Budget Requests (eg. NSF - http://www.nsf.gov/about/performance/) • Funder Guidelines • Agency Website • Contact the Funding Agency in person, by email, videoconference, or phone • Blogs(eg. http://sphhs.org/blogs/researchaccelerator/)

9. Websites: Grant Resources • All Federal grants -www.grants.gov • Oklahoma State Regents –http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ • Oklahoma Foundations – ww.grantmakersofoklahoma.org • Foundation Data Book (all foundations by state)- www.foundationdatabook.com/

10. Websites: Grant Information Resources • Federal Register Notice -www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance -12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html • IRS Form 990 – www.grantsmart.org • Foundation Directory – foundationcenter.org • OKGrants - https://grants.ok.gov

11. Websites: What? • Latest grant announcements – • Projected new upcoming grants – • Dependable stable grant availability - • Trends - Examples: Obama Supports Black Males http://philanthropy.com/article/Obama-Announces-91-Million/147833/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en Ted Stanley Support Mental Illness Research http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/650-million-gift-aims-to-spur-research-on-mental-illness/88345?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en

12. Websites: What? • Trends - Examples: • Obama Supports Black Males http://philanthropy.com/article/Obama-Announces-91-Million/147833/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en • Ted Stanley Support Mental Illness Research http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/650-million-gift-aims-to-spur-research-on-mental-illness/88345?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en • Child Refugees http://philanthropy.com/article/Philanthropy-Must-Step-Up/147849/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en

13. Websites: What? • Trends - • https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4186 - Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014 or FIRST Act of 2014 - Strengthens NSF policy of awarding funds for science.

14. Data Bases • NSF Award Search - http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/ • RePORT – NIH Research Portfolio Online Report Tools - http://report.nih.gov/ • Most funding sources list previous grant on website

15. Grant eNewsletters What is a grant eNewsletter? All funding agencies and most foundations send eNewsletters with their grant information.

16. Grant eNewsletters • Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education – www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (weekly announcements, monthly news articles) • Grants.gov - notifier@grants.gov • Philanthropy News Digest – www.foundationcenter.org • Philanthropy News Network Online – www.pnnonline.org • Chronicle of Philanthropy - http://philanthropy.com/section/Home/172 • Norris Consulting Group - http://www.norrisconsultinggroup.com/pages/news.htm

17. Grant eNewsletters • Christian Foundation Grants info=christianfoundationgrants.com@mail87.us1.rsgsv.net • Good Search - http://www.goodsearch.com/(contributes to your selected charities) • Chronicle of Higher Education – chronicle.com/ • Education World Grants Desk - http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml • eSchool News - eschool.news@eschoolnews.com] • Don Peek (k-12 schools) – www.schoolfundingcenter.com • Teacher Planet – grants4teachers http://www.grants4teachers.com/

18. Grant eNewsletters • Faith Based and Community Initiatives Digest – c._lyn_larson@hud.gov (email) • Institute for Youth Development: Federal Grants eNewsletter - cdcta@youthdevelopment.org • One Source- info@nyswtwrn.com • GuideStar - http://www2.guidestar.org/

19. Personal Experience: Qualitative Research Resources • Seek interviews of individuals or organizations that are examples of the beneficiaries • Ask funded PI’s for a resource list

20. Personal Experience: Blogs & Consultants • Bloggers upload their personal ideas • Bloggers may or may not document their sources • Interesting and sometimes useful Wild Woman Fundraising YOU can change the world through fundraising - http://wildwomanfundraising.com/ - Mazarine Treyz Best 10 Fundraising Blogs - http://fundraisingdetective.typepad.com/fundraising-detective/best-5-fundraising-blogs-and-other-ones-i-follow.html Everyday Giving’s Top 10 Fundraising Blogs - http://www.blogs.com/topten/everyday-givings-top-10-fundraising-blogs/

21. Internet Communication • Creative use of the internet to find funds - • Crowdfunding, i.e. RocketHub - http://www.rockethub.com/ Use of the internet to share financial needs for creative projects – finding lots of small contributors rather than a single grant or gift

22. Kinds of Information What kinds of documents should I look for? Request for Proposal (RFP) Request for Application (ROA) Proposal Solicitation Grant Guidelines Grant Proposal Guidelines Previously Funded Projects Principal Investigators or Directors of Previously Funded Projects

23. Foundation Centers • Oklahoma City University Library – Foundation Center Cooperating Collection- http://www.okcu.edu/library/center.aspx Susan Small ssmall@okcu.edu(405)208-5071 • Tulsa City-County Library – Foundation Center (at Central Library http://www.tulsalibrary.org/foundation_center/ Jennifer Greb jgreb@tulsalibrary.org (918) 596-7940 • Southeastern Oklahoma State University Kathryn Plunkettkplunkett@se.edu(580)745.2302 • Public Library of Enid and Garfield County - http://www.enid.org/library/ Michelle Mears(580) 234-6313 Source -http://foundationcenter.org/collections/ccok.html

24. Faith Based Grant Resources • HUD.gov – US Department of Urban Developmenthttp://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/faith_based • White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships – http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ofbnp/offices/federal • 12 Federal Agencies give grants to Faith-Based and Neighborhood Agencies

25. Search Engines What are search engines? • a data base that you may use to find information by using key identifying terms • some free – some subscription fee • Tip: keep track of your search terms • Tip: use their key terms

26. Search Engines • COS ($1000 to $12,000/yr) – Community of Science @ www.cos.com • SPINPlus – InfoEd @ www.infoed.org • IRIS – University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana • Foundation & Corporate Funding Advantage ($240/yr) - http://www.fcfaonline.com/?ur=1U2PSW76 • Foundation Directory Online – http://www.fconline.fdncenter.org/ • Foundation Grants to Individuals - http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/

27. General Grant Websites • Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education – www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (click on Grant Resources) • Cleveland State University - www.csuohio.edu/uored/FUNDING/other-fs.html • National Endowment for the Arts - http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html • Grant.gov (all federal grants)- www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html • University of Wisconsin at Madison - http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/proposalwebsites.html • AASCU Grant Resource Center - http://www.aascu.org/ofpopen/ • Council on Foundations - http://www.cof.org/ • University of South Florida - http://www.research.usf.edu/ • University of California Berkley - http://www.berkeley.edu/research/

28. Kinds of Searching: Homework Who at my institution has received funding from this funder? Who knows about this funder? What can I find from the funder’s website or a company report or a IRS Form 990?

29. Search Strategy • Commit the time! • Pick an appropriate federal agency(s) • Pick 3-6 appropriate foundations • Develop relationships - visit • Constantly scan – ½ hour/day – lists, eNewsletters • Regularly review a list someone else has produced. (OSRHE) • Search with focus – direct to the agency or using a search engine • Work in a team – meet regularly

30. Search Stragegy Become familiar with your chosen grant funders before you actually ask them. Search locally first.

31. Search Strategy Search Locally First • What companies are in my locale? Phone book, Chamber of Commerce list • What Oklahoma foundations fund what I want to do? Data bases, libraries • Who among my peers has had funding? • Where is a good model of what I want to do?

32. Search and Select Dr. Linda Mason Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 405-225-9486 IP: 164.58.250.178 lmason@osrhe.edu