Obviously, applying for grants is a highly specific process -- matching the particulars of your organization, location and purpose with the common practices of the grant-making organizations in government and private foundations. In other words, your mileage may vary.

In the links below we hope to introduce you to grant-making organizations you may not know. Please let us know of your grant successes, and feel free to send us suggestions for additional links: info@nationalinterop.com.

Federal Funding

National Institute of Justice's upcoming solicitations for Communication Technologies.

Department of Justice's COPS (Community Oriented Policing Service) has provided funding opportunities in the past, but there are no programs open right now.

More than 25 of the federal grant programs have been consolidated at the Grants.Gov website, which offers a search tool to find funding opportunities.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance has limited funding opportunities, read this.

Department of Homeland Security's Office of Grants and Training list of current programs.

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant is here (part of DHS but administered separately).

Another DHS program is the Preparedness Directorate, which includes CEDAP (Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program) which just closed September 22.

 

Private Foundations

We are still working on this list. Check back soon.