Free money from a private foundation,
federal,
state or
local agency for the express purpose of accomplishing some
task,
project or
goal. Grants may be given for
research,
business,
art, or
culture.
Grants are usually received after a person has applied for
funding by turning in a
grant proposal. Writing these
documents involves calling or writing the agency from whom you would care to get some free money to obtain
guidelines. Information about your project or
idea is submitted with a
budget. After your proposal has been reviewed, they write you a letter to tell you if they thought you were good enough to receive money.
A good place to begin to understand grants and how to find them is http://fdncenter.org/