Search for Grants
- Pivot (Harvard Login)Largest database of funding. Search federal and private funding opportunities in all fields. Updates daily.
- Foundation Directory Online (Harvard Login)Funding database maintained by Candid (formerly the Foundation Center). Provides comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. Includes is a database of over 100,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S.; Also, includes a database of over 4,000 sponsoring companies.
- Grant Station (Harvard Login)Included as part of our Chronicle of Philanthropy subscription, this searchable database of grant makers, deadlines, and other funding information helps you to maximize your grant-seeking strategy and efforts.
- SPIN (Harvard Login)Lists grants available from government and non-profit organizations.
- Annual Register of Grant Support (Print Only)A comprehensive resource for researching and uncovering a full range of available grant sources. Includes little known, nontraditional grant sources such as educational grants. Available at Loeb and Widener Libraries.
- Grants.govThis site helps organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies
- Harvard Office for Sponsored ResearchList of external sources of funding.Includes federal, non-federal and private sources of funding.
- Harvard Fellowships Office Support for GSAS studentsThe Fellowships Office maintains the CARAT Database for Grants and Fellowships.
Research on Grant Makers
- Foundation Directory Online (Harvard Login)Funding database maintained by Candid (formerly the Foundation Center). Provides comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. Includes is a database of over 100,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S.; Also, includes a database of over 4,000 sponsoring companies.
- GuideStar Pro (Harvard Login)Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million IRS-recognized organizations, including public charities and private foundations. Includes Federal 990 forms. Register to download results.
- Inside Philanthropy (HKS Login)In depth reporting and research tool on how foundations and major donors are giving away their money, and their motivations for making grants. HKS Affiliates only. Contact HKS Library for access information
- Leadership Connections (Harvard Login)Contains contact data for thousands of nonprofit, government and business leaders in America - with emails, phone numbers, addresses, and background information.
- BoardEx (in WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services)Profiles on over 1M Directors & Senior Managers including current compensation data for disclosed earners on the FTSE, Stoxx Europe 50, S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, DAX and CAC quoted companies. This platform allows for historical individual searching,connections/networking as well as automatic tagged identifiers for Harvard affiliates/alumni. Contact HKS Library for access information.
- USAspending.orgGathers contract, grant, loan, and other financial assistance awards by federal agencies. Data can be downloaded in bulk and accessed through API. Search by recipient name, state, zip code and Congressional district.
Funding for HKS Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE and SYPA)
Check information on funding for PAE-related expenses in KNET and in Canvas for your PAC Seminar. HKS research centers and initiatives have provided funding for PAE-related expenses. There is a common application for all the sources of HKS funding. The MPP Program Office distributes information about the application process in October. Students are encouraged to seek funding from other sources.