What is website address to search for gov. and other grants for personal and business use?

someone told me that www.grant.com, area you can search for help with money for personal, business, educational and other grants, both government and other. grant.com is not the correct website because it costs. looking for free grant website to search.

dont try grant.com

go to www.govbenefits.gov

they have like a questionnaire tool to match you to the grants,loans, benefits, etc that you are eligible for

I would also try the Small Business Adminstration

There are alot of web sites availble, try these. It all depends on what you are looking for.Go under grants..
www.firstgov.gov http://www.hud.gov http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html www.grants.gov

Depending what state you are in each municipalities,economic development dept. etc. have grants available to enhance the community.There are a grants available for everything.From Elderly,Handicap,Women,Minorities,Low Income, etc. need to evaluate the need in your community.If you have more questions email me at innovativeinvest@sbcglobal.net.

Good luck

Maria

It is hard to find grants to start a business and grants are NOT given for personal use. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business.

Nonetheless, 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 FREE 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.

Avoid grants.com as it is simply out to scam you. Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or sites such as grants.com 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.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html...

"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."

Here is a listing of federal grants for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals for starting a business -- THERE'S NONE.
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALO...

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

Grants 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

For 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.

http://www.cfda.gov
http://www.grants.gov
http://gtionline.fdncenter.org
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants...
http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html