There are some good sources and ideas to help you begin your reconnaissance of grant funding sources, including:

Direct Sources

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Federal Register
• Federal Assistance Monitor
• National Park Service Challenge Cost Share Program
• Agency Web Sites
• Congressionally chartered foundations (such as the National Park Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Forest Foundation, National Environmental Education Foundation)
• State Agencies and Bond Measures
• County/regional agencies
• Public Foundations
• Private or Family, Corporate-Sponsored, Operating and Community Foundations
• Funder Websites
• Service Clubs
• Corporations
• Universities
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

• NPS Partnerships Webpage
• Foundation Center, including a free online directory of foundations and their IRS 990 forms
• Grantsmanship Center
• Guidestar
• The Red Lodge Clearinghouse
• FindIt.Org - The Nonprofit Online Resource
• The Giving Forum, Regional Associations of Grantmakers
• Grant Proposal.com
• Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet)
• The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
• Management Library for Nonprofits
• Nonprofit Resource Center
• TechSoup
• Goolgle.com
• Guidebooks
• Professional Societies
• Brainstorm with Partners
• New Initiatives
• Grant Directories/Periodicals
• Annual Reports
• Newspapers and national/regional magazines such as Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nonprofit Times, Business Week, Time Magazine and Industry Standard
• Email discussion groups and electronic newsletters such as Charity Channel, Philanthropy News Network, and Philanthropy Journal Alert