The Grants Resource Center provides the following information, training and resource materials:

Newsletters
The Funding Alert! and the Technology Funding Alert! are published monthly, September through June, and announce many local, state and national funding opportunities that have specific deadlines. The Funding Alert! identifies funding sources and training opportunities in a variety of areas for schools and community-based organizations. The Technology Funding Alert! focuses on funding opportunities in technology for schools.

Workshops for Proposal Preparation
Afternoon, Saturday morning, and multiple-day workshops provide educators, parents, and community members with an understanding of how to identify appropriate funding sources as well as information on other specialized areas of fundraising. Representatives from foundations, corporations, state and federal governmental agencies, and grant writing resource specialists conduct these sessions.

FAX-O-FACTS -- Timely information on funding sources is sent via FAX machines to the grant liaison repre sentative designated by each district superintendent, and provides the latest information or deadline changes for various funding opportunities.

Computer Data Base Search Capability -- Searches for appropriate funding sources can be done using CD ROM DIALOG grants database and various grants bulletin boards.

Grant Writer's Directory -- The Center maintains a list of experienced writers who are available on a consultant basis to work with educators on proposals and funding applications.

Videotape Loan Program -- Most of our workshops are videotaped. These videocassettes, along with support materials, are available for a two-week loan.

Materials

The Center maintains comprehensive, up-to-date funding information and resources in its library, which in cludes:

Directories of governmental, corporate, foundation, and philanthropic funding sources

• Guide to Federal Funding for Education
• Corporate 500: Directory of Corporate Philanthropy
• Foundation Directory
• Directory of Corporate and Foundation Givers
• Reversing the Flow: A Guide to Bay Area Corporate Giving Programs
• Guide to California Foundations
• Environmental Grantmaking Foundations

Newsletters

• Education Grants Alert
• Federal Assistance Monitor
• Funding Update
• Grants for School Districts
• Aid for Education
• Education Funding News

Federal Register

The Center receives the Federal Register daily. This lists all regulations and grant and contract notices issued by federal agencies.

Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Funding Announcements

The Center maintains funding announcements from a wide range of public agencies including education, health, criminal justice, drug and alcohol prevention, juvenile delinquency prevention, and others.

Foundation and Philanthropic Organization Materials

The Center has obtained application materials, annual reports, and tax returns from local and national organiza tions that support educational programs. Funding priorities and timetables, eligibility criteria, previously funded programs, and other relevant information assist fund seekers to select the most viable funding source.

Books and Pamphlets

The Center has collected a variety of reference materials and guides on the act of grant writing and fundraising:

• Achieving Excellence in Fundraising
• The Art of Winning Corporate Grants
• Education Grantwinners
• Raising Funds for Your Child's School
• Guide to Proposal Writing
• Grants for Teachers: A Guide to Federal and Private Funding
• Directory of High Technology Grants
• Directory of Operating Grants
• How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters

Alameda County Office of Education

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