Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (FDAC)
The catalog contains federal domestic assistance programs available to: state, local, and
tribal governments; public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations;
and specialized groups and individuals. Programs are grouped into 20 basic functional
categories, including agriculture, business and commerce, community development, health,
housing, and regional development to name a few. The catalog does not include
solicitations for the purchase of goods and services by the federal government, foreign
activities, or personnel recruitment programs.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Then Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research organization and
policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and
programs with an emphasis on those affecting low-and moderate-income people.
Community Development Financial Institution Fund
Administered by the U.S. Treasury Department, the CDFI fund makes grants on a competitive
basis to organizations which qualify as community development financial institutions.
Fannie Mae Foundation
Learn about the programs and grants of the foundation launched by Fannie Mae. Areas
covered include housing research and policy; homebuyer assistance; literacy, basic
education, ESL and higher education; graduate fellowships; housing and community
initiatives; and a national walkathon to benefit the homeless. Find grant applications and
housing research reports as well.
Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, Center for the Study of Rural America
Extensive information on rural policy issues that are important to rural areas; annual
rural policy conference.
Foundation Center
Find the addresses of 50,000 foundations, training programs in proposal writing and grant
seeking, newsletters and publications on current trends and issues in foundation and
corporate giving and more.
Freddie Mac Foundation
Learn about the programs and grants of the foundation launched by Freddie Mac to support
nonprofits working with children, youth, and families at risk.
Housing Assistance Council
HAC publishes a Bi-weekly newsletter with updates on rural policy issues. To subscribe to the email version, create an account here.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
LISC helps resident-led, community-based development organizations transform distressed communities and
neighborhoods into healthy ones – good places to live, do business, work and raise families. By providing capital,
technical expertise, training and information, LISC supports the development of local leadership and the creation
of affordable housing, commercial, industrial and community facilities, businesses and jobs.
We help neighbors build communities.
National Low Income Housing Coalition's
Advocates Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy
Easy to use background information on federal programs, advocacy processes.
National Rural Housing Coalition
Formed in 1969, the NRHC is a network of rural housing advocates from around the country.
Marquette University’s Funding
Information Center
Get links to information about foundation funding, the IRS list of charitable
organizations, federal grants, prospecting for individual donors, writing proposals, and
developing nonprofit organizations.
Office of Comptroller of the Currency
The OCC home page provides links to matters relating to the Community Reinvestment Act and
to OCC's community and economic development initiatives, including it's policy guidance on
community development issues to national banks, senior OCC management, and examiners, its
research on community development topics, and its management of the community development
Corporation, community development projects, and other Public Welfare Investments program.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Get continuously updated information on programs, funding, and application deadlines at
foundations across the nation from the "newspaper of the non-profit world."
Rural Policy Research Institute
Policy-orientated research addressing welfare reform, access to capital and
telecommunications issues.
Southern Rural Development Initiative (SRDI)
SRDI is a bottom-up intermediary--a regional collaborative working together to
dramatically increase the flow of philanthropic and development capital to the South's
poorest rural communities.
USDA Economic Research Service and Rural Housing Service
Best federal government sites for background information on rural America.
Welfare Information Network Rural Issues
Resources on child care, transportation, and housing in a rural environment in the context
welfare reform.
