I can give you some direction as to where to look for grant money. I am the grant coordinator at a not-for-profit hearing and speech services agency in Missouri, and am looking for grant money every day.

First, check with the library to see if they have corporate and foundation refrence materials for your state. These directories contain info on who is interested in what. From this, you can build a prospect list.

I would suggest writing a letter of inquiry or calling each prospect to discuss your project and see if they might be interested in receiving a proposal about the project.

The proposal simply describes the problem you will address, what you will be doing, the likely outcome or impact this project will have, and what you want from them.

If you do not have a 501(C)(3) designation, you will need to look for corporate or civic groups such as Optimist of Kiwanas(sp?) Clubs to support your project.

Best of luck.