What federal grants are available for installing solar by homeowners ?
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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.
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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\nTo check for available housing grants, go to HUD http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm\n\n\nhttp://www.cfda.gov\nhttp://www.grants.gov\nhttp://gtionline.fdncenter.org\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm\nhttp://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
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There are many grant programs etc.available.  Check with your local and state government.  Also, a really good motivating read is "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" It is really straightforward.
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Utility companys have programs for low income familys
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Most of the available grant programs on windmills are for specific target groups -- not for private consumption. Examples:\n\nCFDA Grant # 15.057 Navajo-Hopi Indian Settlement Program \nOBJECTIVES:\nTo implement those provisions of the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974, as amended, which are assigned to the Department of the Interior; and to institute conservation practices and methods to restore the grazing potential of rangelands lying within the former Navajo/Hopi Joint Use Area. \n\nCFDA Grant # 15.253 Not-for-Profit AMD Reclamation \nOBJECTIVES:\nTo fund local organizations and not-for-profit groups that undertake local acid mine drainage (AMD) reclamation projects. \n\nYou 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 a for-profit venture.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently
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Complete listing of Government Grants- Free!\nhttp://www.grants.gov  www.sba.gov
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Firstgov.gov    - look under grants...
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u can visit www.solarsystem.nasa.gov
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Do a search on this site..  \nregarding solar energy.
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http://www.house.gov/watt/Services/grants_how.htm\nhttp://results.about.com/government_grants/\nhttp://www.senate.gov/member/nm/domenici/general/services/fedgrant_find.cfm
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The best place to look would be Habitat for Humanity, usually it's programs are setup for low income households.  Or faith builders would be a good start too.
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Go to your local public library and check the Foundation Directory for grants.
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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 a for-profit venture such as a mortgage business. It is hard to find grants for individuals, harder still to find one that would support a for-profit business.\n\nMost of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs \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." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.
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http://www.energybulletin.net/648.html\nThis url links to a news article about Gardner, Massachussetts, a small city that has been running on solar for 20 years. As an experiment, it had a mixed success record of being reliable and economical. I can't copy the article here, because it is copyrighted.
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Write a letter to the editor of the paper, call the company to ask what the charges are and why they are there, keep asking until you understand. \n\nCheck into converting to solar energy (which is expensive to set up but cleaner and a great green alternative.) You can have an alternative to using a ton of electricity!\n\nOther than that, going Amish is the only other choice that I know of.
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I don't know but if there is federal money available, you'll be able to find it at www.grants.gov.
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First determine what you want the grant for and the government agency that would be involved.  Look up info at USA.gov.  Anyone can apply for a grant.  The chances of getting one depends on the project.