Wyoming Grants Information

Cooperating Foundation Center Libraries (http://fdncenter.org/collections/index.html)
The Foundation Center sponsors cooperating collections in libraries all over the country, including Wyoming. These facilities own all materials published by the Center. They also have full text financial reports filed with the IRS (990-PF) for foundations located in their state.

Wyoming Foundations Directory. (http://www.wycf.org/WyomingFoundations.html)
The Wyoming Community Foundation is now providing the Wyoming Foundations Directory in an updated and revised on-line format.

Wyoming Foundations Directory 2001. Compiled and edited by M. Ann Miller.
Laramie County Community College.
This is a print "guide to public and private foundations with interest in the State of Wyoming... its main purpose is to match grantseekers with grantmakers within Wyoming." Contact LCCC's Instructional Resources Center for purchase information, or check WYLD for library locations.

Federal Grants Information

CFDA: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally -recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

Grants.gov
Grants.gov is your source to FIND and APPLY for Federal government grants. There are over 1,000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant making agencies. Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than $400 billion in Federal grants.

Benefits.gov
Benefits.gov is a collaborative effort of 17 Federal agencies. This partnership not only funds, but strategically guides the direction of the program to continuously expand its value to citizens and government agencies, saving taxpayer dollars while improving the lives of millions of citizens in the process.

A Sampling of Specific Organization Web Sites

• Wyoming Community Foundation (http://www.wycf.org/)
• Wyoming Council for the Humanities, Grants Program(http://www.uwyo.edu/humanities/grants/index.html)
• Farmer/Rancher Research Grants-Wyoming(http://wsare.usu.edu/grants/)
• Union Pacific Foundation(http://www.up.com/found/)
• Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grant Program(http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html)
• GoWYLD Guide to Wyoming Foundations and Grant & Funding Opportunities(http://gowyld.net/wyoming/resources.html)

Searching: Sites and Tips

Federal Register (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html)
Grants information is available by searching the Federal Register.

To search for current information:

In the Search Terms box type, Grants AND Wyoming and press <Submit>. Search results are available in full text (PDF or ASCII) or Summary format.

**For more information search the WYLD Database. Be aware when you search for Grants as a keyword in the WYLD database you will get over 1600 hits. Some of these will include "grants three wishes to..." , "Grants Pass, Oregon"...

In order to narrow your search here are some suggestions:

Grants in Word or Phrase = 1600+ hits
Grants AND Wyoming = 60 hits
Grants AND Proposals = 30 hits

Note the "Try these too..." categories in the right-hand column for further ways to narrow your search.

Other topic suggestions:
Foundations AND Wyoming = 14 hits
Grant writing = 56 hits
grantsmanship = 13 hits

More Information

• Getting Grants (http://LibrarySpot.com/features/grantsfeature.htm)

Created by Statewide Information Services, Wyoming State Library
Last updated March 2007