Where to Look for Funders
The Illinois Department of Public Health
IDPH offers funding opportunities for a variety of public health initiatives including women's health issues, tobacco use, etc. Requests for Application forms are updated regularly. Guidelines may be downloaded from the Illinois Department of Public Health Website:http://www.idph.state.il.us/fundop.htm
The National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/researchfunding/index.cfm
NIMH grants and contracts programs can be found here. Grant applications, RFA's, RFP's, and ongoing program announcements are detailed in this site.
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/
This web page lists the currently open grants through the U.S. Department of Education.
Donors' Forum of Chicago
www.donorsforum.org
This site provides information on grantmakers committed to Chicago-area projects online. The available library is full of grant information from a wide variety of sources.
Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org
This is an excellent source of information on private grantmakers. Their Grantmaker Information Directory provides: links, both direct and annotated, to nearly 1,000 grantmaker Web sites; highlights and excerpts from the Center's research on foundation giving; and a range of informational materials produced by individual foundations and hosted by the Center as part of its "Foundation Folder" program.
Join Together Online
http://www.jointogether.org
The focus of this site is on gun violence prevention and substance abuse prevention, but there is also general violence prevention information available. Information on funding includes both public and private sources. The listserv from Join Together is also an excellent source of news and information on violence prevention.
The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/fol.asp
This organization provides a great list of grant programs and grantmakers geared towards the prevention of violence.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Violence Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/res-opps/funding.htm
NCIPC provides financial and technical support to state and local health departments in their efforts to prevent violence. This site provides information on grants and funding oportunities and includes policies, guidelines, and links to other funders.
National Resource Center for Safe Schools
www.safetyzone.org
This web page provides links to other sites with funding information, electronic mailing lists that send funding updates, and additional grantmakers. All links are related to school safety and school-based violence prevention.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
This web page provides information on funders specific to preventing youth violence and crime. Also available is information specific to OJJDP funding opportunities.
Partners Against Violence Network (PAVNET)
www.pavnet.org
This web page provides a list of funders that support violence prevention initiatives, along with links to their web sites and other contact information. Funders include private and federal grantmakers. Also included is a list of publications that provide additional grant information.
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