Resources & Tools

Finding Federal Grant Opportunities

More than $300 billion in federal grants are awarded each year. Many of these opportunities can be found through the federal government’s main grants portal that has grant announcements for 26 federal agencies. Before you begin searching for specific grant opportunities, it is helpful to consider which agency or agencies might be the best fit for your organization. The federal agencies that have opportunities listed on grants.gov include:

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

• Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)

• U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

• U.S. Department of Education (ED)

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)

• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

• U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

• U.S. Department of State (DOS)

• U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

• U.S. Department of the Treasury (TREAS)

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Small Business Administration (SBA)

• Social Security Administration (SSA)

• Other Grant-Making Agencies