Grants, Government and Recipients Free Grants for Women
State Governments, local
governments, administrative bodies, and non
profit organizations engaged in specific and accepted areas of
operations, are eligible for grants
What is Grant?
There are several organizations, committees, and non profit groups
working for a social cause or upliftment of society, poor people, or
people affected of natural calamities or wars. All these works need lot
of money, manpower and efforts. Governments of all countries provide
funds for such social causes; these funds are known as Grants. Grants
are not benefits or entitlements; it is a kind of financial assistance from
governments, trusts, or organizations to a recipient agency to
accomplish social purpose of support or stimulation authorized by the
law.
Grant Categories and Recipients
State Governments, local governments, administrative bodies, and non
profit organizations engaged in specific and accepted areas of
operations, are eligible for grants. These accept areas for which
grants are entitled are:
1. Disaster Prevention and Relief
2. Humanities
3. Food and Nutrition
4. Community Development
5. Employment, Labor and Training
6. Environmental Issues
7. Education, Health and Housing
8. Agriculture, Business and Commerce
9. Natural Resources
10. Science and Technology
11. Law, Justice and Legal Services
Apart from above specified categories, there are several other
categories for which grants are entitled to operating agencies.
Grants for Small Business
Small Businesses and small level organizations which complies rules and
guidelines set by Grant Commissions and seeking for funds to fund their
various needs and set up their work are also entitled to these Grants.
In some cases grants are also awarded to individuals, but there are
restrictions applied to grants, like an individual cannot apply for a
grant meant for organizations only.
In United States, federal bodies like Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), NASA, Homeland
Securities, Department of Justice and Department of Education are major
Grant providers.
Grants provided to agencies working for environment
protection helped in generating awareness about ill effects of
pollution, deforestation and urbanization. Several Small Business got
benefited through these grants and spread their wings in various
segments of their business.
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services for
the federal and state government sector and community organizations.

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