Directories

Annual Register of Grant Support. (Annual)
Chicago : Marquis Academic Media.
REF AS 911 .A2 A67

The Big Book of Library Grant Money.
Chicago : American Library Association, 1996.
REF Z 683.2 .U6 B54

The Complete Grants Sourcebook For Nursing and Health.
Bauer, David G., New York : Macmillan, 1988.
REF RT 81.5 .B38 1988

The Directory of the Major North Carolina Foundations.
Attleboro, MA :Logos Associates, 1999.
REF AS 911 .A2 N67 1999

The Foundation Directory. (Annual)
New York : Foundation Center.
REF AS 8 .F5 

The Foundation Grants Index. (Annual)
New York : Foundation Center. 
REF AS 911 .A2 F66

Foundation Grants To Individuals. (Biennial)
New York : Foundation Center.
REF AS 911 .A2 F6376

The Foundation 1000. (Annual)
New York : The Foundation Center.
REF AS 911 .A2 F6375

The Grants Register. (Annual)
Chicago : St. James Press.
REF AS 911 .A2 G7

Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs. (Biennial)
New York :The Foundation Center.
REF AS 911 .A2 F6378

National Directory of Corporate Giving. (Biennial)
New York : Foundation Center.
REF AS 911 .A2 F6383

NC Corporate Giving: A Directory of Philanthropic Programs.
Shirley, Anita Gunn, Raleigh : Capital Consortium, 1995.
REF AS 911 .A2 S552 1995

North Carolina Giving: The Directory of the State's Foundations.
Shirley, Anita Gunn, Raleigh : Capital Consortium, 1996.
REF AS 911 .A2 S55 1996

Peterson's Grants for Graduate & Postdoctoral Study. (Biennial)
Princeton, NJ :Peterson's Guides.
REF LB 2337.2 .P46

Handbooks & Manuals

Finding Funding: Grantwriting and Project Management From Start to Finish.
Brewer, Ernest W., Thousand  Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, 1995.
GEN  LB 2342.4 .U6 B74 1995

The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing.
Geever, Jane C., New York ; Foundation Center, 1993.
REF  AS 911 .A2 F6379 1993

Grant Writing For Teachers: If You Can Write a Lesson Plan, You Can Write a Grant.
Karges-Bone, Linda,Carthage, IL : Good Apple, 1994.
CMC  P GOA gr 1994

Grantwriting, Fundraising, and Partnerships: Strategies that Work.
Ruskin, Karen B., Thousand Oaks, CA :  Corwin Press, 1995.
GEN  LC 243 .A1 R87 1995

Handbook for Writing Proposals.
Hamper, Robert J. and L. Sue Baugh, Lincolnwood, IL : NTC Publishing Group, 1995.
GEN  HF 5718.5 .H2844 1995

The Principal's Guide to Winning Grants.
Bauer, David G., San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1999.
GEN  LC 243 .A1 B36 1999

Proposal Planning and Writing.
Miner, Lynn E. and Jerry Griffith, Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1993.
GEN  HG 177.5 .U6 M56 1993

Proposals That Work: A Guide For Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals.
Locke, Lawrence F., Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman, Newbury Park : Sage Publications, 1993.
GEN  Q 180.55 .P7 L63 1993

Successful Grant Writing: Strategies For Health and Human Service Professionals.
Gitlin, Laura N., New York : Springer Pub., 1996.
GEN  HV 41.2 .G58 1996

The Teacher's Guide to Winning Grants.
Bauer, David G., San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1999.
CMC  P JOS te 1999

Winning Grants Step By Step: Support Centers of America's Complete Workbook For Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals.
Carlson, Mim, San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1995.
GEN  HG177 .C374 1995

Below are some of the Subject Headings you may wish to use to find other materials on this topic.  Click on a subject heading to search the Library Catalog.

Websites

The Foundation Center.
This site proposes to be "your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web."  The Center's Online Library contains links to nonprofit resources, online tutorials, the Foundation Finder, and other resources.  You can also retrieve articles from their publication, Philanthropy News Digest, to keep up-to-date with foundation news.
http://fdncenter.org/

Grants.gov
A homepage index for the thousands of grant programs administered by various agencies and departments of the federal government.
http://www.grants.gov/

GrantSmart.org.
"GrantSmart is an informational and interactive resource center for and about the nonprofit community."  It contains information "about private foundation activities that may be of interest to grantseekers,  philanthropic organizations, and individual donors."
http://www.grantsmart.org/

GrantsNet.
Provides information on "funding opportunities for training in the biological and medical sciences" and features a searchable database of over 684 programs, funding news, and a directory of 809 programs with contact information.
http://www.grantsnet.org/

GrantsWeb.
Produced by the Society of Research Administrators, this site provides information on grants and funding in four categories; 1) Government Resources, 2) General Resources, 3) Policy Information & Regulations, and 4) Private Funding.
http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm

National Science Foundation.
Provides an overview of grants and awards with links to funding opportunities, proposal preparation, award administration, deadlines and target dates, and more.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

Non-Profit Guides: Grant Writing.
"This guide is a free resource for not-for-profit, charitable and educational organizations."  If you are looking for a great step-by-step outline for writing your grant, including funding proposals and budgets, this is the site to check out.  All topics contain samples that allow you to fill in for practice.
http://www.npguides.org/

N.C. Community Resource Information System.
Coordinated by the Office of State Planning, "CRIS provides information about grants and loans administered by North Carolina state agencies.  Some technical assistance programs are also described."
http://www.cris.state.nc.us/

U.S. Department of Education Grants Information.
Provides "information on grant and other programs at the Department, grant programs requesting applications, regulations for administering grant programs, and information for new grants seekers explaining the whats and hows of grants at the Department.
http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt

WCU Research Administration.
Written especially for WCU, this site includes sections on proposal preparation, funding sources, internal research awards, and federally regulated research.
http://www.wcu.edu/6779.asp