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Grants & Funding Resources: Reference Resources

Seeking Grants for Penn College

If you are working on a grant for the college and need research assistance from the library, please contact Tracey Amey, Director of the Library.

Terminology

Learn the terminology of grant seeking by learning the jargon. Here are links to various glossaries or dictionaries of terms:

Grant Terminology
Glossary of grant terms based on the Grant Policies and Grants.gov functionality.
Types of Support Terms
Candid Learning Knowledge Base
Glossary & Acronym List
National Institutes of Health central resource for grants and funding information.

Print Directories

Annual Register of Grant Support: A Directory of Funding Sources, 52nd ed., 2019 by Information Today, Inc.
Call Number: REF AS911 .A2 A67 2020

Publication Date: 2019

Listing of grant programs by subject and subcategory. Includes information on eligibility requirements and restrictions, application procedures and deadlines, grant size or range, contact information, and more.
Funding Sources for Community and Economic Development, 21e by Louis S. Schafer (Editor)
Call Number: REF HN90 .C6 H85 2022

Publication Date: 2022

Offers tips and resources for organizations and communities seeking funding for development programs, outreach programs, neighborhood improvement programs, general operations, fellowships, and numerous other program types.
Directory of Pennsylvania Foundations, 7th ed. by Free Library of Philadelphia
Call Number: REF HV98 .P4 D58 2003 7TH ED.

Publication Date: 2003

Arranged geographically, indexes by deadline date, county, corporate “connections”, officers, major interest codes, and foundation name.
Funding Sources for Children and Youth Programs, 10e by Louis Schafer (Editor); Anita Schafer (Editor)
Call Number: REF HV741 .F86 2021

Publication Date: 2021

Allows grantseekers to find information about funding for thousands of programs to benefit young people such as youth violence prevention, children's healthcare and health research, teen pregnancy prevention, youth sports, and after-school programs.