Ask Artemesia on Venture Philanthropy and Funding Credits, by Melissa Potter (from the summer 2004 issue of NYFA Quarterly)

Proposal Writing for Funding Projects, by Yedda Morrison
Learn about the components for a successful search and the different types of granting organizations.

Online

Corporation for Public Broadcasting provides a free guide to grant writing and research. Very thorough despite its short length.

Foundation Center
Fundraising library and resources for nonprofits and individuals, including a proposal writing "how to" and both free and paid database searches.

Grantmakers in the Arts
Provides links for arts funders nationwide and access to research papers.

Guidestar
Posts IRS 990 forms for all nonprofits that include complete lists of every grant they make, which are valuable when deciding if they might be receptive to your proposal. Requires free registration to access this information.

New York State Council on the Arts
Funds organizations and individuals in New York State.

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Funds organizations and individuals in New York City

Books

These are only a few examples. Many additional publications can be found in NYFA Source.

Resources for Individual Grant Seekers

Brewer, Robert Lee (ed.), 2011 Writer’s Market. Cincinnati, OH: Writers Digest Books, 2010.

The Foundation Center, Foundation Grants to Individuals, 19th Edition. New York: NY, Foundation Center, 2010.

Theatre Communications Group, Dramatists Sourcebook, 26th Edition. New York, NY: Theatre Communications Group, 2010.

Allworth Press, The Artist’s Resource Handbook, Allworth Press, 1996. Visual artists will find in this book a guide to organizations that can assist them along with information on legal, health, safety issues, and other topics.

Funder Directories

The Foundation Center, National Directory of Corporate Giving. New York, NY: The Foundation Center, 2010. ISBN 978-1-59542-309-2.

The Foundation Center, The Foundation Directory. New York, NY: The Foundation Center, 2011.

Fundraising Guides

Thompson, Waddy, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing. Alpha Books, 2004.

Quick, James Aaron and New, Cheryl Cater, Grant Seeker’s Budget Toolkit. New York: NY: John Wiley & Son’s, Inc., 2001.

Schladweiler, Kief (ed.), The Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web. New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2003. (available in print and on CD-ROM)

Writing Guides

Strunk Jr., William and White, E.B., The Elements of Style, 4th Edition. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.

The University of Chicago Press. The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, IL: 2010.