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**Grant writing experts agreed that the amount of corporate giving is deceiving. The number is actually much larger since corporations often account for donations as 窶徇arketing窶� not as 窶彡haritable donations.窶�/p>
**They also agreed that corporations are also great sources for donations of human resources (time, energy, resources) as well as products they manufacture. Here窶冱 a true story. A student was trouble getting money donated to put in a needed fence at an animal shelter. I suggested that she open to a more creative solution that would bring about what she needed (fencing) more quickly. So, she brainstormed manufacturing companies that made fences. I told her that a corporation would likely give her a substantial discount for the fencing or donate it completely. As luck would have it, the very first corporation she contacted agreed to give her the fencing and install it for free!
Facts:
In 2006, according to Giving USA, corporations gave $12.72 billion.
Tips for Finding Them:

**Browse the corporation窶冱 commercial web-site for ideas.
**Use the electronic retrieval and database searches online or available for free in libraries and nonprofit information centers in every state. Find the nearest free center near you at faith-based charities, education and human services (which included disaster giving).
A logical question for you to ask is, 窶弩here will the grant come from to help my faith-based charity [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], school, or human service charity?窶�Answer: 窶弩herever it is right now.窶�
Tips for Finding Them:
**In 2006, foundations gave a record-breaking 386 grants of over $5 million each.
**Corporations usually give 窶忤here they are.窶� This means that they usually interested in philanthropy close to home. Look for corporations near where your agency lives.
**In 2006, 1,263 of the largest private and community foundations in the U.S. gave almost half of all U.S. foundation giving totally $19.1 billion.
FOUNDATIONS
**Find an employee who works within the corporation. Ask them to find out what grants are available and who to contact. Who knows, the employee may even be able to take a proposal forward on your behalf. Corporations often fund projects in which their employees are involved.

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There are over 71,000 foundations. They give more than $37 billion annually.
Seriously, grants typically come from one of four primary sources: corporations, foundations, government and individuals.
Facts:
**Even in difficult economic times, foundation giving continues to rise.
When asked where the money would come from to launch Transcendental Meditation in America, Maharishi replied smilingly, 窶弩herever it is right now.窶�/p>
Where is the money coming from for your project [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], dream or nonprofit agency? Answer: 窶弩herever it is right now.窶�/p>
One great place to look is 窶徃rants.窶�
**Individual donations are a great source of discretionary funding that agencies can use for creative projects and to make it possible to win the larger grants and funding necessary for sustainability. Discretionary funding has no strings attached.
The word 窶徃rant窶�means different things to different people. Wikipedia defines 窶徃rants窶�as 窶彷unds given to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations or local governments by foundations, corporations, governments [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], small business and individuals.窶� What is missing from this definition is that private individuals scholarships, down payments for first time home owners, etc.) and businesses defense contactors, etc.) also receive 窶徃rants.窶�
CORPORATIONS
Tips for Finding Them:
**Foundations have more money in reserve (invested) than all of the other three funding types (corporate, government and individuals) combined.