Free resources — grants by type

Curated free lookups by type for Oregon-relevant arts, nonprofit, watershed, and community work — not an ocean of every RFP. Public entry points only.

Type A — Federal competitive

One door for federal opportunities across agencies.

Grants.gov Searchhttps://www.grants.gov/search-grants Grant-making agencies indexhttps://www.grants.gov/learn-grants/grant-making-agencies.html Applicant resourceshttps://www.grants.gov/applicants/applicant-resources

Type B — Arts & culture (national + Oregon)

Arts and cultural funders with Oregon doors.

NEA Grantshttps://www.arts.gov/grants Oregon Arts Commission grantshttps://www.oregonartscommission.org/grants/ Oregon Cultural Trust grantshttps://culturaltrust.org/grants/ Oregon Heritage grants (OPRD)https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/grants.aspx

Type C — Community / private foundations (Oregon doorways)

Oregon foundation doorways — start here before paid directories.

Oregon Community Foundation — Grants & Scholarshipshttps://www.oregoncf.org/grants-scholarships/ OCF grants hubhttps://www.oregoncf.org/grants-scholarships/grants/ Meyer Memorial Trusthttps://www.mmt.org/

Type D — Watershed / habitat / coastal field

Field money for watershed, habitat, and coastal work.

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) grantshttps://www.oregon.gov/oweb/grants OWEB grant programshttps://www.oregon.gov/oweb/grants/Pages/grant-programs.aspx National Fish & Wildlife Foundation — programshttps://www.nfwf.org/programs NFWF applyhttps://www.nfwf.org/apply-grant EPA Grantshttps://www.epa.gov/grants EPA Wetland Program Development Grantshttps://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wetland-program-development-grants NOAA Office for Coastal Managementhttps://coast.noaa.gov/

Type E — Libraries / museums (national)

Museum and library federal doors.

Institute of Museum and Library Serviceshttps://www.imls.gov/ NEH Grantshttps://www.neh.gov/grants

Type F — Funder research (free entry)

Free public entry points only. Some Candid tools have paid tiers — Foundation Directory Online is not free.

Candid — find fundinghttps://candid.org/find-funding Candid homehttps://candid.org/

Not a list of open RFPs or named wins — directories and doorways. Grant Desk curates.

Next (not in this ship): optional scanner over free DBs feeding a fit-scan; human curate; no auto-submit.

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