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- Distance
Education Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse offers a wealth of well-organized
and formatted resources specifically targeted to technology-based instruction.
Check out its “Funding Resources” section for an up-to-date listing
of private and government grants programs.
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- The Foundation
Center
The center’s extensive site lists regional Foundation
Center Libraries and provides an online version of Philanthropy News
Digest, which offers current information about nonprofit activities
and grant-making. The “Proposal Writing Course” pages offer advice about
how to write and submit a grant application. “The Guide to Funding Research’
Page includes “Common Grant Application Forms.”
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- Federal Resources
for Educational Excellence (FREE)
FREE offers access to educational resources from
over 40 federal government agencies as well as an area where educators,
federal agencies and other organizations can communicate to develop
Internet-based educational resources and Internet-based learning communities.
The “Looking for Partners” message board allows teachers to conduct
online conferences and searches.
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- The Gateway
to Educational Materials (GEM)
This new site organized by the Department of Education
allows teachers, parents and students to search for instructional materials.
Type a topic, grade level and other information into a search screen
that then retrieves--from more than 140 web sites--lessons, instructional
units and other free educational materials on that topic, for that grade
level.
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- GPO Access
The Government Printing Office’s site includes databases,
federal agency files, and the Congressional Record, the Federal Register,
Commerce Business Daily and other publications with listings of
grant program announcements.
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- The Grantsmanship
Center
The Grantsmanship Center offers training in grant
writing and fund raising as well as in nonprofit organization management.
The site presents information on workshops and provides an online service
that tracks new state and federal grants. Examples of fund-raising techniques,
discussion groups and a directory of computerized mailing lists are
available.
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- Innovation Network,
Inc. (InnoNet)
This site offers a step-by-step guide to grant seekers
to assist in developing detailed program, evaluation and fundraising
plans. The service is free, although you must register and get a password
to use the online tools. You should be prepared to write about your
organization’s mission and goals, then go into each of those goals to
identify specific activities, outputs and outcomes you will seek.
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- Nonprofit Gateway
Developed by 15 federal agencies, this site offers
a directory to more than 300,000 government Web pages on grants, budgets,
volunteer opportunities and agency partnerships.
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- Technogrants
This site explains the programs and priorities of
major philanthropic and government agencies which fund telecommunications
and interactive technologies for schools, higher education non-profits,
libraries, arts and cultural organizations health and social service
agencies and grassroots community organizations. This site also provides
grant writing tips for private and federal grants applications. Print
and multimedia resources for technology-based instruction are also included.
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- U.S. Department of
Education
The Department of Education has established this
online library of reports, statistics and legislation related to education.
A conference and event calendar as well as a connection to state education
agencies is offered. The “Teacher’s Guide to the U.S. Department of
Education” explains the Department’s services, programs, publications
and educational grant programs.
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