Giving Report Overview
CFO Grant Opportunities
- View current grant program from the CFO
- Overview of the CFO’s grantmaking programs
- How to apply for grants from the CFO
Grant Writing Professional Support
- Southwest Missouri Grant Writers Association: Learn more about SMGWA on their website or Facebook.
- Missouri Foundation for Health: Grant Writing Resources
- Association of Fundraising Professionals: Ozarks Regional (Springfield Area) Chapter, Central Missouri Chapter, St. Louis Regional Chapter, Greater Kansas City Chapter
Other Collaboration & Collective Impact Resources
- National Council of Nonprofits: Collective Impact Overview and Resources that references the following resources and agencies:
- MissionBox: Successful Program Collaboration - How Nonprofits Can Get Started
- Collaboration for Impact presented an a webinar series: Collaboration in Changing Times
- Stanford Social Innovation Review: Collective Impact Article
- Tamarack Institute: The Resource Library includes an overview of collective impact as well as many other resources on the topic.
Finding & Researching Grants
- Candid/Foundation Center: Every year, millions of nonprofits spend trillions of dollars around the world. Candid finds out where that money comes from, where it goes, and why it matters. Through research, collaboration, and training, Candid connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to do it. Candid's data tools on nonprofits, foundations, and grants are the most comprehensive in the world. Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces to become Candid, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Find locations in or near CFO’s service region.
- State of Missouri Grant & Contract Opportunities for services and goods: State of Missouri Agency Bid Proposal Sites and Statewide eProcurement System, Missouri BUYS, must be accessed for most state services and goods.
- Federal Grant Opportunities: These can be found at grants.gov. This site has had a recent update and includes many grant writing and search resources such as writing grants as a team, grant writing blog, etc.
- Rural Community Grant: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) lists all of their grant opportunities on this site. The programs & services page gives an overview of the goals of each grant and program area.
- Missouri Foundation for Health: This organization has a robust grant writing site with many resources that are applicable to grant writing for all types of funding and programming.
General Resources & Courses
- Missouri University Library contains many grant writing resources.
- For information about data resources to support grant applications, see the Data Resources guide.
Grant Writing Courses & Training
- Missouri State University offers a noncredit Grant Writing From Good to Great course periodically.
- Southeast Missouri State University has several online grant writing courses.
- UMKC Talent Link - A to Z Grant Writing Class can be instructor led or self-paced.
- Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership is holding a specialized training on Grants Management, Allocations, Audits, Form 990, Communicating Progress and Social Enterprise on 10/21/21. Partial scholarships are available.
