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Private Funding, Matching Support Key to Winning Competitions

 States that have strong community partnerships and substantial local support in the form of matching funding will have the competitive edge in winning a share of the Education Dept.'s $240 million Race to the Top Preschool Development Grants, officials say. DoEd and HHS officials offered...

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Pay-for-Success Bonds Generating Broad Interest

Governments are partnering with a Boston nonprofit in an effort to kick-start a new way of financing social service programs. The initiative pays venture capitalists dividends for investing in worthwhile projects that help the poor, teens and the underserved. Over the past five years, Social Fin...

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Private Funders Pitch In for New My Brother's Keeper Projects

As part of the ongoing My Brother's Keeper minority empowerment initiative, President Obama announces a new $14 million funding effort that will partner AmeriCorps projects with federal agencies and the private sector. The Departments of Justice, Agriculture and the Corporation for Nat'l and Co...

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To Start Grant Search, Check Out Community Foundations

A good place to start your grant search is at the local level with Community Foundations, those often overlooked but financially healthy funders likely to be nestled away, hidden in a business park just around the corner from a grant seeker's office. Community foundations can help you unearth ...

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Hone Those Grantwriting Skills Via FoIA

Some agencies, like HHS' Administration for Children and Families and the Education Dept. (DoEd) make winning applications available on their respective websites.

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Winning the Grant Starts with a Good Budget Proposal

Budget narratives typically include calculations for staff hours and costs, lists of materials, description of travel with cost details, explanation of other direct costs, and indirect cost rates and calculations.

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Schools, Communities Can Use New Website to Leverage Education, Dropout Aid

The APA Center for Promise at Tufts U. will focus on projects designed to demonstrate how disconnected youth can be helped back onto the career-college track.

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Foundation Official Offers Tips on Obtaining Youth Workforce Grants

Funding helps improve workforce opportunities for those with disabilities.

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Foundations Launch Open Data, Funding Collaborations

Dubbed the "Reporting Commitment," the effort is supposed to make grant information available in a more consistent, more open, and more frequent format.

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Foundation Serves as Good Example of Partnering, Community Funding

Foundation Serves as Good Example of Partnering, Community Funding

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