About this Site

GRANTS, ETC. enables novice and advanced grant seekers, fundraisers, and donors to access relevant information throughout the internet. Under Funding Sources, you'll find gateways to thousands of American and Canadian government, foundation, and corporate sources, as well as access to nonprofit funders, international funding sources, individual donors, and matching services. Use Learning Resources to access online courses and workshops, professional associations, journals and listservs, information on tax and legal issues, and on the management of nonprofit organizations.

Many of the links on GRANTS, ETC. take you to well-recognized directories or meta-sites that are, wherever possible, free, comprehensive, and searchable. However, more specialized sites are also included, most of which are not readily accessible through the more comprehensive directories.

GRANTS, ETC. is designed and maintained by Professor Armand Lauffer and hosted by the University of Michigan School of Social Work. In use since 1997, it serves as a tool for both classroom instruction and distance learning. However, it is also employed by individuals and organizations in search of new funding or gift-giving opportunities. In 2001, GRANTS, ETC. was jointly recognized by Computerworld Magazine and the Smithsonian Institution for its innovative contribution to the use of technology in higher education.

From its inception, students from the University of Michigan were engaged in its development and used it integrally in the process of developing fundraising skills. Teaching assistants included Anita Morse, Jennifer Kush, and Margaret H. Notaro. The current version of GRANTS, ETC. includes extensive revisions by Daniel Roth. Isaac Attias designed the graphics. Book chapters by Armand Lauffer on philanthropy and fundraising and on the nonprofit sector will soon be availabe online from within this section. For a more extensive, book-length treatment of grant-getting and fundraising, see Armand Lauffer (1997), GRANTS, ETC. , Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Because the GRANTS, ETC. website has just undergone a major redesign, we welcome comments and suggestions from users. Here are a few issues on which your feeback can be very helpful:


  1. Links or topics to be added or dropped
  2. Length and details of descriptors
  3. Site categories (where links are located)
  4. Site graphics

Please be as specific as possible. Send feedback to Professor Lauffer at alauffer@umich.edu