ALA’s Washington Office District Dispatch: grants category: Provides frequent grant listings and updates from the American Library Association’s Washington Office.

Library Grants blog: For librarians interested in grant opportunities; frequently updated. Compiled by two librarians, co-authors of Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do It Manual (Neal Shuman, 2006).

Grants for Nonprofits: Libraries: A compilation of web pages and books of potential interest to nonprofit organizations seeking funding opportunities related to libraries. Published by the Michigan State University Libraries.

Washington State Library: LSTA Grant Opportunities: A listing of grant cycles offered by the Washington State Library, and federally funded by LSTA (the Library Services and Technology Act) through IMLS (the Institute of Museum and Library Services).

GrantStation: A searchable online database of grants information about all types of funding–federal, state and private. CTED, the Washington State Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development has purchased subscriptions to GrantStation for every city and county in Washington, including public libraries. GrantStation also publishes a newsletter, the GrantStation Insider. For more information and to subscribe, visit the CTED Grants page, or contact Tina Roose.

The Foundation Center: A national nonprofit service organization connecting nonprofits and grantmakers. Maintains the most comprehensive database of U.S. grantmakers and their grants. Seven Washington locations, mostly libraries, hold Cooperating Collections, free funding information centers that provide a core collection of Foundation Center publications and a variety of supplementary materials and services in areas useful to grantseekers. Links to online training, tutorials, tools, and resources are available on the Information for Nonprofit Grantseekers page.

Non-Profit Guides: Grant-writing tools for non-profit organizations. Free Web-based grant-writing tools designed to assist established US-based non-profits through the grant-writing process.