Grants & Funding

Grants and Funding

Sources of Grant Information

Federal:
The federal government is an excellent place to investigate funding resources for conservation projects. Once you identify your specific requirements, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Grants (CFDA) is the single best place to look for federal funding sources-the catalog should be available at your local library or you can view the CFDA on-line:

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:
http://www.cfda.gov

Federal Grant Information in General:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/grants

Web sites of federal agencies may give you more information about individual government programs as well as provide information on other opportunities for assistance:

*Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)*	*Dept. of Interior (USDI)*
http://www.usda.gov	http://www.doi.gov

*Dept. of Transportation*	*Dept. of Housing & Urban Dev.*
http://www.dot.gov	http://www.hud.gov

*Environmental Protection Agency*	*Federal Emergency Mgt. Agency*
http://www.epa.gov/ogd	http://www.fema.gov

*Fish & Wildlife Service*	*US Army Corps of Engineers*
http://grants.fws.gov/	http://www.usace.army.mil/

S & S Worldwide has a great tool. It’s a grant search. Click here to find grants. It’s a nifty tool where they do the work of finding them for you.

Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association

The Massachusetts Recreation and Parks Association is a professional non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, development, and improvement of all recreation and park services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.