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Grants to Market Food Related Products Overseas
Grants to Bus Companies
Grants for Rural Businesses and Communities
Money for Livestock Owners Hurt by a Natural Disaster
Business Development Help for Small Businesses
Money and Help Before And After Adoption
The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services gave $4 million to 13 organizations to help families with adoptions. Find an organization near you at Children’s Bureau , 330 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20447; 800-FYI-3366
Seminars on How Women Can Sell to the Government
Grants to Dairy Farmers Whose Milk is Contaminated Because of Pesticides
Help for Contractors and Others to Get Bonded to Obtain Contracts
Free Money to Implement Conservation Programs
Local Colleges Get Money to Fix Up Your Home
Called the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program and referred to as Program #14.520 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program assists Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities, including neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development consistent with the purposes of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The HBCU program also encourages greater citizen participation in the local/neighborhood planning process and, ultimately, in development of their localities’ and States’ Consolidated Plan for submission to HUD. Contact: Ophelia Wilson, Office of University Partnerships, Office of Policy Development and Research, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-3061, extension 4390. FAX (202) 708-0309.
Visit: OPHELIA_WILSON@hud.gov
$2,700 Grants To Go To School
(Federal Pell Grant Program 84.063)
Grants are available to students with financial need to help meet education expenses. Grants may not exceed $2,700 per year, and must be used for student’s first bachelors or other professional degree. A Free Application for Federal Student Aid is available from the Federal Student Aid Information Center, P.O. Box 84, Washington, DC 20044; 800-433-3243; {www.studentaid.gov}. Contact Division of Policy Development, Office of Student Financial Assistance, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20202; 800-433-3243; Continue reading
Grants to Women-Owned Businesses for DOT Contracts
Money to Work on an Energy Related Invention
Help for Marine Suppliers U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair Facilities
1500000 Grant To Organizations Who Help Small Businesses in Small Towns
The Rural Business Opportunity Grants program offers over $8 million in grants to non-profit organizations, who in turn give the money to entrepreneurs to start businesses in small towns. Find out what groups in your area have this money for you to use. Contact Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA, Specialty Lenders Division, STOP 3225, Room 6767, 1400 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20250, 202-720-1400
Visit: www.rurdev.usda.gov
Business Grants to Conserve Energy
$30,000 In Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
The U.S. Department of Education offers funding for fellowships to graduate academic departments, programs, and units of institutions of higher education. The fellowships, awarded by the funded institution, are for superior graduate students with a financial need, who plan to teach or do research in academic areas of national need. These areas include biology, chemistry, computer and information science, engineering, geological science, mathematics, and physics. Contact the International Education and Graduate Programs Service, Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20202-5247; 202-502-7638; Continue reading
Help in Obtaining Federal Contracts for Small Businesses
Help for Exporters of U.S. Dairy Products
84 For Your Phone Bill
Link Up and Lifeline are two government programs that offer up to $84 a year in discounts on your monthly bill. Ask your phone company about them or contact your state utility commissioner. For more information on how to save money on your phone bill, contact your telephone company, your state regulatory agency, and/or the Federal Communications Commission (445 12th St., SW, Washington, DC 20554; 888-CALL-FCC
Grants to Producers of Grains
Help to Start or Expand a Micro-Enterprise
Fortunes Are Made In HUD Foreclosed Property
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sometimes needs to sell multifamily housing projects that are owned by the Department or are subject to a mortgage held by the Department. The property can also be sold with a grant for the rehabilitation of the property if the new owners meet certain requirements. See Program #14.199 Multifamily Property Disposition at Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing, Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Asset Management, Room 6160, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 202-708-0614, extension 2680