where can i get grants for starting an organisationin the disability field?
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your question betrays you - \n-it leads to another:  Are you qualified by education and experience to start such an organization?  \n-and another: Do you plan to run this organization?\n\nYou may have had a course on grant and proposal writing when you were in school - if not, return to your university: that may be a good starting place.
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Very few, if any, grants are for profit organizations.\n\nIf you are looking for resources for Grant writing for a nonproft/charity, there are a number of great resources at the Foundation Center website here: http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/individuals/\nand here: http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/propsample.html\n\nAn excellent book on grants is available called "The Only Grant Book You'll Ever Need" - you can check your local library, or go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786711752/qid=1147652536/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-4137422-0022349?n=507846&s=books&v=glance\n\nThese resources should prove helpful even if you are looking for other types of grants.
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Don't let your disability limit you to a job working from home.\n\nThere are government and private agencies who help place people with disabilities in employment. In  Australia, CRS (www. crsaustralia.gov.au) is the government department which can help you.
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Your best bet is to seek for private grants or grants from private foundations.\n\nThe best resource for this is Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org . They have a very good database covering all organizations giving grants and you can find foundations that are interested in supporting your type of cause. However, it's a subscription based website ($19.95 per month I think is the cheapest subscription price). But it certainly is worth the fee. You can subscribe one month, and make sure you get all the info you need and then stop the subscription.\n\nIf you want to try federal sources, 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. \n\nCFDA has several ways to search for grants. I suggest you search by beneficiary and select Private Non Profit Organization and you can find listings of grants available http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_BENEF_RPT.show -- I don't see anything, though, of a grant that gives funds to buy buses for non profits.\n\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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Try http://www.grants.gov for info.
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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 purposes. Both these sites are FREE\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.\n\nNote though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most 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. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants. \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\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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This will apply if you are in the UK:\n\nVisit www.ldaf.org.uk\n\nLDAF stands for learning disability award framework, and are a set of qualification specific for learning disabilities. Check it out....
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Try http://www.grants.gov
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If you're in the U.S., you might contact your local disabilities office.  You might find assistance from DHR or Social Services.  If they can't assist you, they will know who can & will!  Bless you & good luck!
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It is hard to find grants to start a business  - for both the disabled and those who are not. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, 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 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. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.\n\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\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.\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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Through your local council would probably be your best bet. However you will probably have to set up a small constituted organisation as a community voluntary organisation and apply through that. (You'll need a Treasurer, Secretary and Chairperson and maybe 2 or three other members).\n\nIs there any organisation in your area which is like a community mapping organisation that helps community voluntary sector organisations with funding applications/advice etc.\nAnyway council should be your starting point.\n\nA few organisations that you could apply to if you where to become a constituted organisation; \nBBC Children in Need.\nJoseph Rowntree Foundation.\nBig Lottery Fund Small Grants.\nRagdoll Foundation.\nGood Luck!
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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 a for-profit venture (I doubt if there are any).\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.\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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Why not start by writing ur local Congress representative? Also, many charities have crises & family grants & loans. Try getting info. abt ur local ones from ur local social worker/ advice centre.
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I'd say the National Lottery, but I'd be very surprised if you find any that will get you the grant within 3 months - they normally require applications further in advice.  How about the local town or county councils?  They normally have an arts fund.
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You should seek sponsorship from an established charity instead of seeking individual donors, at least to start with. Which charity you can approach depends on your location and what education programs you want to implement. Some of the larger, international businesses also have charity grants for stuff like this.
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there are a lot of social and health problems associated with life in a wheelchair and employers who are open minded are usually aware of the problems.\nUsually government departments are required to make allowances for employees who have disabilities. so it could be useful to start looking through government job advertisements.\nalternative are to:\n *offer your services as a tutor at a local college or universtiy\n *advertise in your local area as a tutor\n *talk to your local employment agency about the kind of work you'd like to do\n *make an appointment with an occupational therapist whose job it is to make it possible for you to deal with every day things like getting and maintaining a job.
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Go to the Technical Assistance Clearinghouse and click on Funding Database.\n\nGood luck!