Money Grants Review

By whoknewthecolorcouldbeblue on Feb 25, 2009 | Reply

The federal government provides Pell Grants. That is the financial aid that you would receive if you went onto fafsa.gov and filed for financial aid. They are free grants, depending on what your income was last year, if you were independent or dependent and living with your parents, etc.

Also, some colleges offer grants from alumni who donate school for those who need the money. Contact your college and see if they offer something like this.

By the way, most states offer a grant program where if you got good grades in High School you can get free tuition until you graduate. NJ has a program called NJ Stars – if you graduated in the top 20% of your high school class, have a certain GPA, and are considering being full time, they will literally give you a free ride up until graduation day.
Your state probably has an equivelant program. Check it out!

Good luck!

By Stoney on Feb 28, 2009 | Reply

I applied for a single parent scholarship and wasn’t able to get it this year… but they sent me this link that has been wonderful. It takes a while to go through, but I found it most helpful. Lots of reading, but it allows you to critique about yourself and filter through them. Best of luck… I got one for even more than the original single parent scholarship I applied for.

By imisidro on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. There are no grants for paying bills, no grants for paying off credit cards, no grants for getting out of debt and no grants for simply fattening your wallet.

Grants are free, but it means OBLIGATION. You will be obligated to do as the grant sets out to do. Grants have objectives, and your purpose must fit the objective of the grant.

For one, you have to write the grant application and the grant application is not a simple document – you have to explain how your purpose for applying for the grant fits well with the objectives set out by the grant.

There is a stringent review process through a committee. You will compete with other applicants for the grant money, and this grant review committee will evaluate the merits of each proposal. Only those that they feel exemplifies the objective of the grant will be approved.

You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and 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.

Even 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.

Note 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.

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