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Art Support: Created for fine art photographers, this site provides information about fine art photography, collecting fine art photography and the business of art. All artists and art collectors interested in photography will find it to be useful and valuable fine art photography resources. http://www.art-support.com

Editor and Publisher Magazine’s annual directory of grants/awards: publication costs $25. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/resources/awards.jsp

The Foundation Center, 79 5th Ave/16th St, NY, NY 10003/ Toll free phone: 800-424-9836, fax: 212-807-3677 Has a computer and library of books to look up a variety of grants. http://www.fdncenter.org

Grant Writing Basics Explained Well: http://www.onlinegraduateprograms.com/resources/graduate-business-resources-grant-writing/ and  http://www.businessinsurance.org/guide-to-grant-writing/

Listing Grants for Non-Profit Groups: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/2sgalpha.htm

Listing of Grants for Individuals http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3photo.htm

Michigan State University Libraries Photography grants http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3photo.htm

Michigan State University Libraries-Art grants. http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3arts.htm

Michigan State University Libraries-Individual grants http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3subject.htm

Michigan State University Libraries-Journalism grants http://www.lib.msu.edu

New York Foundation for the Arts. Not just for NY artists. NYFA website where grants can be searched by discipline, region, etc. http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_source.asp?id=47&fid=1

Corporation for Public Broadcasting/Basic elements of Grant writing http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html

EPA Grant/ Writing Tutorial http://www.filtersfast.com/EPA-Grant-Writing-Tutorial.asp

Foundation Center Proposal Writing Short Course http://www.fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html

GRANTSMART http://www.grantsmartwriting.com professional grants consulting service, which provides both grant seeking and grant writing services

Social Science Research Council http://www.ssrc.org/publications Click The Art of Writing, Proposals

Truman Scholarship Foundation http://www.truman.gov Click For Candidates

University of Wisconsin Grants Information Center/ http://grants.library.wisc.edu Provides outstanding guidelines for proposal writing including sample proposals / advice on inquiry letters

Great advice for all artists: http://www.artadvice.com/

Art Matters phone: 917-478-1010, email: info@artmattersfoundation.org/ http://www.artmattersfoundation.org/

Art Reach http://www.artreach.com/

Blue Earth Alliance is dedicated to helping photographers pursue documentary projects about endangered environments, threatened cultures and social issues. If your project is accepted, it will become a Blue Earth Alliance project and will be your responsibility to work through Blue Earth Alliance to obtain funding for your project. Blue Earth Alliance does not make direct grants to sponsored projects. http://www.blueearth.org/

Directory of City/State Art organizations http://www.phoenix.gov/ARTS/artop.html

Good legal information starting point: http://www.photoattorney.com and http://www.photoattorney.com/indexold.html

N.Y. State Foundation for the Arts individual Artist’s Site. A database of grants, jobs, etc for artists which can searched on various criteria.

http://www.nyfa.org/

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. 1 East 53rd St, 6th floor, New York, N.Y. 10022-4201 tel: 212-319-2787, ext. 1 fax: 212-752-6575 /

http://www.vlany.org/