Urban Education Funding Resources

• Association of Fundraising Professionals. Advancing philanthropy through education, training and advocacy.
• BoardSource. Building effective non-profit boards.
• The Council on Foundations. Serving grant makers. We provide leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities—among other services—to our members and to the general public.
• Donordigital. Helps nonprofit organizations, candidates, and socially responsible companies use the Internet for fundraising, advocacy, and marketing.
• The Foundation Center. Helping grantseekers succeed, helping grantmakers make a difference.
• Foundations On-Line. A directory of charitable grantmakers.
• Grantcraft. Practical wisdom for grantmakers.
• GuideStar. The national database of nonprofit organizations.
• National Network of Grantmakers.

Foundations

• The Braitmayer Foundation. A third generation family foundation encouraging innovative programs to enhance the quality of education at the pre-collegiate level.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York. Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." Under Carnegie's will, grants must benefit the people of the United States, although up to 7.4 percent of the funds may be used for the same purpose in countries that are or have been members of the British Commonwealth, with a current emphasis on Commonwealth Africa.
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
• Citigroup Foundation. Working with a global network of colleagues and partners, the Foundation gives grants focused in three main areas: Financial Education; Educating the Next Generation ; Building Communities and Entrepreneurs.
• The Jack Kent Cook Foundation. Our mission  is to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education.
• The Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust: A New England Philanthropy. The Trust funds projects in New England in the areas of health, education and the environment. The Trust also makes grants to support the development of philanthropy in New England.
• Educational Foundation of America. Exists to improve individual lives and their surroundings through education and awareness, hopes of bettering humanity and the world we inhabit.
• The Goldman Sachs Foundation. The Foundation's mission is to promote excellence and innovation in education and to improve the academic performance and lifelong productivity of young people worldwide.
• The William T. Grant Foundation. The goal of the William T. Grant Foundation is to help create a society that values young people and enables them to reach their full potential.
• Grassroots.org. A non-profit organization that serves other nonprofit organizations and information consumers worldwide. We provide free Internet services to charities, including full-featured web hosting and email services. We also provide legal consulting to charities at no charge.
• The William Casper Graustien Memorial Fund. The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund works collaboratively to improve education for Connecticut's children by supporting school change, informing the public debate on educational issues, and strengthening the involvement of parents and the community in education.
• The William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The charitable goals are Education, Health, Social Service and Culture.
• The Nellie Mae Education Foundation. The Nellie Mae Education Foundation, formerly the Nellie Mae Foundation, is New England’s largest public charity dedicated exclusively to improving academic achievement for the region’s underserved communities.
• School Grants. Grant writing tips and opportunities.
• The Wallace Foundation. The Wallace Foundation is currently active in three focus areas: Arts Participation, Educational Leadership, Out-of-School Learning.

Government Agencies

• Grants.gov. Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
• United States Department of Justice. The Department offers funding opportunities to conduct research, to support law enforcement activities in state and local jurisdictions, to provide training and technical assistance, and to implement programs that improve the criminal justice system.