How can a get a grant or financial aid for our local little league and wrestling club?
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Other than sponsors, you can start a letter writing campaign to your county's board of directors.  Make sure you emphasize the importance of youth sports/activities in your community.  The future of any community is the children in it.\n\nGood luck!!!!  :D
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You have two possible sources of funds, the State and Federal Governments and private citizens;\n\nIf you are seeking funds from the state or Federal Government, you need to approach your Congressman, Senator or local state representative. It would be good if you had the support of local opinion leaders such as the local mayor, principal and other officials. You might also want to find out who the local representatives are of the political parties. They will know the state representative and your Congressman and should help you develop a case for funding and allow you to win a hearing. You might also want to develop a media strategy to win public attention for your cause.\n\nYou will need a plan and estimates for how much it will cost and the benefits to the community.\n\nIf you are looking for private donations, you will need to show that to a wealthy person and argue a case for philanthropy. It may be the case that he or she has a connection with the town and or the school.\n\nEither way, you will need to do a lot of work and have the support of the community.
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go to the library ask the librian they have grant books their, go to the business section of your local bookstore
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You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your goals.\n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." There may be private foundations willing to support the children's education
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The Government has created a portal to help individuals who need benefits because of life events. Visit http://www.govbenefits.gov\n\nUse the drop down button\nDO YOU NEED BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A LIFE EVENT?\nChoose the life situation best applicable to you and then see if you qualify for the available government assistance.\n\nForget grant money - there's hardly any money for individuals. Go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and Grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. But you'd be hard pressed to find any grant that would support individuals.\n\nOr go to your county and check what services or assistance may be available for you.
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You get him in with $$$$$$$$$$$$$. Contact individual schools about their own special programs. They are separate from state funding and regulations so right now their aren't grants or loans for you to use unless your state has a voucher program.  Contact the school and start early.
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You're too late to do any applications for funding outside the school your son will be attending. But the school itself should have several options.\n\nYour local library will be your greatest resourse. Just ask the librarian.\n\nAlso, local grants and foundations support educational opportunities. Go to one of the non-profit organizations in your town, and ask them who the money-people are in the area. The non-profits always know where the money is.\n\nIf all funding efforts fail, low-interest loans are available.
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Perhaps http://www.littleleague.org/index.asp could help.
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Go to the www.usgov.com. type in grants and you should get a lot of info. Good luck.
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Not sure about grants or loans, but you need to check with charitable organizations through your church.  There are many mission fields out there that will even help raise the money and come help build it as well.  You will have to contact these church's mission fields to find out how available they are.  I recommend contacting the Methodist and Baptist church's.
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fill out the fasfa.  The school can tell you about the aid you can get and do a search for grants
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Not sure where you are based but if you are in the UK, I would try your local council.  they often have funding available for VO's. Failing that, the local library should be able to point you in the right direction...or try your local MP, should be able to give you advice on applying for EC funding.  Depending on what sort of organisation you are involved with, you may be able to apply directly to their government body.\neg...I used to organise a week of sport and art at my childrens' school and applied successfully to the Sports and Arts council for funding to employ qualified teachers for the week.\n\nIn addition, you could apply to the National Lottery, they have considerable funds available.\n\nAll of the above have very long and complicated forms to complete but it is possible to obtain funding if you look hard enough.  Have a search on the internet too, there is usually a lot of other types of funding that you can apply for.\n\nsorry if you are not in the UK, I can only speak for there...however, it might help someone:)
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ask about the ollege access funds, sometimes called hardship funds, ALL colleges and universities have them but the funds are limited so apply early.\n\nSome charities and educational trusts give money to students, try EGAS they will send your son a form and then identify possible sources of funding, although to be honest they tend to have been set up in the days when men found work easily so women stand more chance as do those with a disability.\n\nThere is a huge reference book called something like "grant making trusts" - you will find it in the library but it is normally only for reference.\n\nI went through the entire book identifying trusts that may help me, I put these on a database, I then did a mailmerge and wrote off about 200 letters, I got about 20 replies and funding from about 6.\n\nOne advantage of this kind of funding is that it does not count as income so is not taxed and does not affect dss benefits.\n\nYour son stands more chance if one of his parents is a member of particular groups such as freemasons, or a member of the clergy or even the geografical area he lives in.\n\ngood luck.
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you can get goverment grants to attend collage and as well contact your local dept of human services they can help in this matter as well?
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Seek private grants.  Try to think of ways that your school serves the community.  You can get grants for youth education, especially for minority or poor students.  I gave you some links below to get started.  Also, you may be able to enlist the help of a grantwriter at a local United Way or university!  Good luck!
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Ask them too.  The parents are paying for participation and coaching in the sport.  You may not be able to get them to help you clean the equipment (that's why they pay you), but you can get them to help in tournaments and fund raisers by asking them.  You can also ask them to help you put equipment away or take down tables after a tournament etc... Get a volunteer sign up sheet and ask everyone to sign up for helping on at least one thing spread the tasks out (so that different people are doing things on different dates etc..) Then remind them nicely the day or week before and Thank them afterwards.  In General people like to help but people also like to be recognized when they do and a heartfelt Thank you usually does it.
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Go to:\nwww.grantgate.com\nGrant Gate is a free program that gives easy to use info about grants and other funding sources for a variety of uses.  It also has wizards to help you apply for this funding.  fafsa.ed.gov is a good site but is limited to student loans and grants.  Good luck!