Where do I find someone to write out a application for U.S. allow ? Question: would like to apply for funding from US gov.
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It is hard to find grant to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal rule and even private foundations hardly furnish grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grant mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, to be exact why a cottage industry of grant writers be born.
Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grant.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grant. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit scheme.
Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or account that supposedly has information on grant -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA have, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is indistinguishable - hardly any grant for starting a for profit business.
Even SBA does NOT give out grant. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html...
"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grant to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a all-embracing variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does propose some grant programs, these are largely designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business control, technical, or financial assistance. These grant generally support non-profit organization, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local government."
Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups next to specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanate from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program
Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organization involved in training or other similar goings-on (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
For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription base website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb with the sole purpose says that the database is just the thing for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid office." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't enjoy listings of private foundations who give grant to would-be entrepreneurs.
http://www.cfda.gov
http://www.grants.gov
http://gtionline.fdncenter.org
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm
http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
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