How Do I Get A Government Grant?

Hi, I am hoping to get help on how to send for those government grant to help you with a home,start a business

• Hi, I sent away for those cd that say you can get help from goverment grants to help with a down payment on a house, start a business, i sent away for a cd that was to help me sent away for grant but it was a rip off the cd did not help, but i know there are goverment grants out there to help people,can any one help me how to get these grant? please help! Thank You.

• Answer:

  The CD is a rip off as well as all those sites proclaiming you can get grants for anything because they are simply peddling lies. It is not true that you can get grants for whatever purpose you want In terms of buying a home, the Housing and Urban Development in their Grants Available page makes it clear that they do not provide grants to individuals -- hence no grants for a person to buy a home http://www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm --------------------------------------… "While HUD does not offer direct grants or loans to individuals, we do work through local governments and non-profit organizations to make financial assistance and counseling available." --------------------------------------… In terms of starting a business, the SBA on their website makes it clear that they don't give grants for starting a business http://www.sba.gov/mostrequesteditems/CON_FAQ2.html --------------------------------------… "The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments." --------------------------------------… You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture (there's none). Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs