Now these are just two examples and the obvious problem that you most likely see in them is that you have to own a farm or a corporation to get your snout into this kind of trough of cash. So then what are some of the things that an everyday Joe or Jane can use to get themselves into a position to score on the real juicy government grants.
The very first thing that you need to come to terms with is that the US government only gives theses multi-thousand and multi-million dollar grants to organizations. Not to individuals so you can just forget about Uncle Sam handing you a check personally any time soon. Even so that doesn’t mean that your out of the game. You see all you need to do now is start your own organization.
Now the good news I that today thanks to the Internet starting your own charitable organizations a heck of a lot easier then it used to be. All you really have to do now is come up with a name, get a website up and then your done and its just that easy. With a click of a mouse anyone can go to you site see your smiling face and read about your charitable organization.
Now the next hurdle you have to overcome is getting your charitable organization recognized as legitimate and the term that’s usually tossed around is “accredited”. When your organization is accredited it means that its recognized in your community as legitimate and you need to have legitimacy to score on government grants.
So your next step is to do some charitable thing and one of the best and easiest has to be feeding the hungry. Hey! Everybody gets hungry from time to time and your food is good you can bet your going to have plenty of no-paying customers. Throw a big barbeque, invite the neighborhood, video tape it and post it on your site.
Now the end game to all of this is to get yourself into a position where you’re involved in your community to such a level that you and your organization are able to influence how people vote. You need to have political issues to promote, and catch voters with and once you accomplish this you control what is called a “voting block”. Now with a voting block you can then influence local politicians into helping you get the big grants.
Written by Gustav Merlani. Find the latest information on government grants and free government grants