Sources for Finding Funding

1. Sources for Finding Funding UMBC Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) http://research.umbc.edu/office-of-sponsored-programs/

2. Main Questions What resources are available? How do I access these resources? What do I search? How do I search?

3. Three Funding Resources • Foundation Directory Online • Grant Forward • Grants.Gov

4. Getting To Know…Foundation Directory Online (FDO)Professional Subscription Dr. Michael T. Walsh Grants & Contracts Manager & Training Coordinator Office of Sponsored Programs

5. What is FDO? Foundation Directory Online is an organization that allows subscribers to access comprehensive information on grant makers and their grants. FDO cites innumerable foundations across the United States-as well as other nations- that have and will provide grants for research organizations. Features Link: https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/welcome/features

6. How to Access FDO Log into myUMBC Click on Guide (Topics) Tab Click on Financial Services & Accounting Scroll to the bottom of the page to the heading Additional Resources-click on link “Foundation Directory Online”. Note: You can ONLY access FDO while on UMBC’s Campus

7. Additional FDO Access Point http://research.umbc.edu/external-funding/

8. FDO: Stats and Details FDO contains information on over 140,000 grantmakers (foundations, corporate giving programs, and grant making public charities in the U.S). The database consists of over 4,000 sponsoring companies, offering a quick pathway to corporate funders; The database contains over 11 million grants FDO offers a keyword-searchable database of over 1 million recently filed IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF (filed by exempt organizations -- i.e., private foundations and private charities). International grantseekers? Yes! Info on Grants to Individuals? Yes!

9. FDO Records • Grantmaker Record: include limitations, purpose and activities, fields of interest, geographic focus, transaction types, support strategies, application information, governing bodies, and financial data • Grant Record: include type of recipient, grant amount, year authorized, duration, description, type(s) of support, and subject(s)

10. FoundationDirectory • Manual Funding Searches • Power Search (9 databases at once) • Update Central • Cross-Border Giving (U.S. Grant-makers to non-U.S. recipients) • Posted RFPs • Newsletter (Sign up for funding watch, job bulletins, RFP bulletins, etc.) • Archived Webinars & Blogs • Chat Now • Training • Online Tutorials (Highly Recommended)

11. UPDATES & ALERTS IN FDO • New and updated grantmaker, company, and grant data appears weekly • New grantmaker-related news, job opportunities, RFPs, publications, and articles appear daily. • Social media content is updated live with the most recent activity whenever the tab is opened or refreshed. New IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF are posted when they become available from the IRS. • FDO WORKSPACE (New!): • MY FDO • FDO does not have a daily email that is sent out in regards to RFPs (though you can sign up for periodic alerts).  • Alerts are granted by a researchers setting up their My FDO “profile” which is part of Foundation Directory’s Workspace. • Workspace can be personalized based on research interests • Further information on Workspace can be located at: • https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/welcome/features.

12. PATHWAYS • Pathways illustrates networks of funders and recipients. The initial settings in Pathways view are determined by your account profile. To alter that view, you can change the selection criteria or enter a funder's or recipient's name to see a different network. • EXAMPLE: Funding pathways to organizations based in Maryland; in support of Education; starting in year(s) 2006 to present starting with University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

13. FDO Quick Start FDO Quick Start is a more recent, improved way to quickly look up basic information about foundations by name, EIN, or location (formerly known as FDO Free) FDO Quick Start CANbe accessed off-campus through the web. No log-in or subscription needed. But functions ARE limited. http://foundationcenter.org/find-funding/fdo-quick-start

14. Advantages In Using Foundation Directory Online? Search across a funder's grants (using search criteria and indexes) Map a funder's grants for any given year by recipient type or primary subject/the ability to view disbursements by county, city, ZIP code, or congressional district Chart a funder's grants for any given year by recipient type or primary subject. Receive funder-specific e-mail alerts Ability to search across all four Foundation Directory Online databases as well as the Foundation Center's philanthropy news, nonprofit jobs, RFPs, foundation publications, and nonprofit literature databases simultaneously User-friendly interface IPhone & Android Compatibility Constant and consistent updating of database (weekly updates)

15. What to Search Searching by grantmaker Will list all foundations who have distributed grants in the past Search Types: Grantmaker name, field of interest/geographic focus, grantmaker state and total giving, grantmaker city, establishment year, trustees/officers/donors, and keyword or a combination thereof. A Company search Will list all companies who distribute grants. Search Types: Company name, state and business type, subsidiary state/country, subsidiary city, total sales, directors/officers congressional district, and keyword.

16. What to Search A grant search Will list all organizations who have received foundation grants and from who. Search Types: Grantmaker name & state, recipient type and types of support, recipient state and grant amount, and/or recipient city, congressional district, types of support, year authorized, and keyword A 990s search Will list all organizations who have filled a 990 within the criteria selected. Search Types: Grantmaker name, fiscal year and grantmaker zip and/or grantmaker state, EIN (tax ID), and keyword

17. The Power Search One-Stop Search: • Grantmakers • Companies • Grants • 990s • News • Jobs • RFPs • IssueLab Reports • Nonprofit Literature

18. How to Search Select what you want to search Grantmakers Companies Grants 990s The Grantmaker-Specific Search Grants Screen is used to search for records of recently awarded grants specific to a particular grantmaker while the main Search Grants Screen is used to search for records of recently awarded grants across our entire database. Enter any and/or all information The more fields entered the more narrower the search

19. How to Search Additional search option Clicking on the link “view index” under each search criteria. Select field you want to search Indexes included on the Grantmaker-Specific Search Grants Screen contain fewer entries than the indexes on the main Search Grants Screen because these indexes are specific to the grantmaker whose grants you are searching.

20. Results A sample search by City, County, State Sample search results on UMBC as Recipient

21. Results • Grantmaker Profile includes: • Background • Fields of Interest • Donor • Contact • Financial Data • Types of Support • Map & Chart • Grant Details: • Recipient • Grant • Grantmaker • Contact/Email

22. Mapping & Charting Grants

23. Links to Social Media

24. FDO Support Foundation Directory Online features a comprehensive Help section, search tutorial, and list of frequently asked questions. Subscribers can also visit the Eye on FDO subscribers' blog to stay current on the latest news and enhancements. For additional assistance, subscribers can e-mailcustomerservice@foundationcenter.org or call our Customer Service on (800) 424-9836 “ASK US” Feature: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/askus/ Email Live Chat Popular Questions

25. OSP Contact Information For FDO Office of Sponsored Programs ospa@umbc.edu 410-455-3140 http://research.umbc.edu/office-of-sponsored-programs/ ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Michael T. Walsh mwalsh3@umbc.edu 410-455-3037 **Please feel free to contact your college’s specific Grants and Contracts Manager and Specialist**

26. An Introduction to Grant Forward Ms. Taylor Hall Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist Office of Sponsored Programs

27. What Is Grant Forward? • This pre-award funding search database includes a diverse inventory of more than 9,000 federal funding opportunities and more than 6,000 Foundation opportunities, spanning diverse academic fields including the arts, medical sciences, education, humanities, social sciences, business, engineering and technology, physical sciences, law, and many more. • Over 39 subject fields including: • Agriculture Area Studies Arts Behavioral Sciences Biotechnology Business Administration Communication Computer Science Earth SciencesEducation • Over 2,009 categories • Grant Forward also offers several assistance aids on their website: • Grant Forward Home Page: http://www.grantforward.com/ • Educational materials: http://www.grantforward.com/education • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2JReXmS7sKlGSy3NA1JKww • Knowledge base: http://feedback.grantforward.com/knowledgebase EnergyEngineeringEnvironmental SciencesEthnic and Racial Group StudiesFoods and Food ScienceGender StudiesGeographic Locations Home EconomicsHumanitiesInformation Science InstitutionsOpportunity Restricted to WomenOpportunity for Junior FacultyPhysical SciencesPlant SciencesPopulation StudiesRural StudiesScienceSocial SciencesSpace SciencesTechnologyTransportationUrbanism International StudiesLaw Leisure StudiesLibrary ScienceLife SciencesMathematicsMedical SciencesMilitary SciencesMuseologyNatural SciencesNuclear SciencesOpportunity Restricted to Minorities

28. Accessing Grant Forward • Grant Forward can be accessed directly from a campus computer, or from an off-campus computer by setting up an account using your UMBC e-mail address. Grant Forward can be accessed DIRECTLY at http://www.grantforward.com/.  • OSP Website Access: http://research.umbc.edu/external-funding/ • Also Note the Link to “How To Use Grant Forward” published by Cazoodle

29. Grant Forward: Creating an Account • Go to www.grantforward.com. Click on Sign Up on the Home Page • Enter your UMBC E-mail Address • Enter your Password and confirm your Password • UMBC should populate in the “Institution” Field.

30. Create Your Researcher Profile! GrantForward allows you to do more than just search for grants. With a researcher profile, you can receive grant recommendations related to your field and research interests

31. Basic and Advanced Search From Main Page

32. Finding Grant Forward Opportunities Search Page • Can conduct a basic broad search using ‘keywords’ or ‘phrases’ • If you are unsure of a specific category to use, click on ‘select from list’ and Grant Forward will provide a list of available categories from which to choose. • If you have a more specific topic of research in mind, click “Advanced Search” to bring up more detailed query fields.

33. Finding Grant Forward Opportunities Advanced Search • Advanced searches are helpful when trying to narrow down your research topic. • You can search funding opportunities by sponsor, deadline, sponsor type, grant/award type, status, etc. • You can select multiple sponsors and options in the various fields so that you do not have to do separate searches for each sponsor, sponsor type, etc.

34. Search: Sponsor Directory

35. Grant Forward Search Results The search results provides the following information: • Submission Deadline • Funding Amount • Eligibility • Submission Info The yellow star gives you the option to mark certain opportunities as ‘favorites’ so you can come back to them later. You can also choose to further narrow your search using the fields to the left of your search results.

36. Grant Forward Search Results • This page provides you with the following: • General overview of the opportunity (Opportunity Source) • URL to Application Package • Contact Info (Agency and POC) • Ability to ‘Annotate’ the opportunity with notes and reminders. • Ability to ‘Star’ as a ‘Favorite’ • Ability to Export overview to PDF Format • NEW!: Share this Grant with colleagues

37. Grant Forward 2018 Updates! • Pre-solicitations Search • GrantForward released Pre-solicitations Search, allowing you to find pre-solicitations or to-be-announced grants by using keywords and other filters such as estimated grant amount or estimated grant call date. • Grant History • Now you can easily view all grants you have viewed or excluded and revoke your previous exclusion, allowing you to better control over choosing which grants should be shown.  • Search Awarded Projects Tab • Share URL of Current Search Condition • Direct sharing of a search is now supported. You can click on the "URL" button on the Search Grant Opportunities page, and share the search URL directly or via email to your colleagues, so that they can see the same search as your current search condition.

38. ONLINE SUPPORT https://www.grantforward.com/support

39. OSP Contact Information For Grant Forward Office of Sponsored Programs ospa@umbc.edu 410-455-3140 http://research.umbc.edu/office-of-sponsored-programs/ ------------------------------------------------------- Ms. Taylor Hall hall10@umbc.edu 410-455-3010 Dr. Michael Walsh mwalsh3@umbc.edu 410-455-3037 **Please feel free to contact your college’s specific Grants and Contracts Manager and Specialist**

40. An Introduction to Grants.gov Ms. Jessica Holte Grants & Contracts Specialist Office of Sponsored Programs

41. Concept originated in the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999. E-Grants Initiative; Established as a Governmental Resource Part of President George W. Bush's FY 2002 Management Agenda to Improve Government Services to the Public Grants.gov Origins • Congress enacted legislation to provide an online connection between grant seekers and federal grant makers. It has been specifically and purposefully designed to make grant research, application, processing and management more efficient. • MISSION: “Provide a common website for federal agencies to post discretionary funding opportunities and for grantees to find and apply to them” (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/about-grants-gov.html)

42. Simplifies the grants application, management and awarding processes by reducing paperwork through downloadable and fillable forms, auto-populated data, error checks, email notifications and online support. Creates a centralized, online process to find and apply for over 1,000 grant programs from the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. Designed to be the one-source access to standardized grant information, application packages and processes. Over $500 billion in annual funds to state and local governments, academia, not-for-profits and other organizations. Saves time and expense that is associated with traditional paper-based grant applications Grants.gov Objective

43. Accessing Grants.gov Visit www.grants.gov Note: Accessing Grants.gov is permitted off-campus.

44. Accessing Grants.gov Through The OSP Website: http://research.umbc.edu/external-funding/

45. Grants.gov Functionality For Grantors Post Grant Opportunities Post Related Application Packages Retrieve Application Packages Assign Tracking Numbers For Grantees Search for Grant Opportunities Workspace Complete Application Packages Offline Check Application Errors Submit Completed Application Packages Track the Status of Submitted Applications • Additional Info: • Grants Learning Center is a great online tool to use to become acquainted with the “grants world”. • Social Media- Follow Grants.gov on Twitter • New Mobile App for Grants.gov is now available for your phones!

46. Grants.gov Registration Institutional registration in grants.gov has been completed for UMBC. New for 2018: With the implementation of Workspace, each individual PI must now create their own Grants.gov profile and affiliate with UMBC. This is done through using UMBC’s DUNS number, available on the OSP website: https://research.umbc.edu/proposal-information-sponsor-information/ OSP personnel are the Authorized Organization Representatives (AORs) that will submit the applications to the federal agencies.

47. Finding Grants.gov Opportunities Use the search options available on the Search Grants page. Email notification service is also available. Perform a basic search, browse by category, browse by agency, or conduct an advanced search. Sign up for emails as well. Complete search and click submit. The results will display all applicable grants. As soon as grant programs are announced by the agencies, they are posted on Grants.gov and available for review. After you receive your results, you can link to the synopses of the grant opportunities that provide important information about each grant and links to the full announcements.

48. Search Options Basic search allows search by Keywords, Funding Opportunity # or CFDA # Allows sorting by Status of opportunity (Open, Closed or Archived) Enables editing which instrument type desired (Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Contract, Other) Sorts by who is eligible for the award (e.g. Public and State controlled institutes of higher education) Sort by category (arts, education, health etc.) Allows selection of specific government agencies

49. Grant Synopsis Details Shows a quick glimpse of grant details: Funding Opportunity # CFDA # Posted and Closing Date Program funding Award Ceiling and Floor Cost share requirement Eligibility Brief Description of the program

50. Grants.gov WorkSpace • Workspace is a shared, online environment where members of the same organization may simultaneously access and edit different forms within an application. The forms can be filled out online or offline. • Allows multiple team members within an organization to access and edit forms at the same time.