I'll try to sum up what was said at the conference fast (my 3 year old thinks he owns my computer -- so he's retaliating right now).
The key to snagging a grant is to have a good business plan. Either pay someone to write one for you, or do it yourself (Business Plan Pro is a good program to use).
The US Government set aside well over $300 Billion dollars for grants this year - and that number keeps on rising every year.
This money is for small business grants, as well as grants to buy a house (people have been known to get $30,000 for their down payment), or to fix up their house.
But there's just not Gov't grants, there are grants from organizations as well.
I would write more, but my son is up into the kitchen cupboards right now (he's too smart for his own good -- already knows how to manipulate people into getting what he wants lol -- I plan on getting him his own computer (for him and my husband) next month).
Anyways...
There's a great PDF file I got from a website (can't remember the address). It 600+ pages of grant information - it has everything you can think of in there.
http://www.rockergrrl.com/Government...E-Book2002.pdf
Its 2.72mb. And loads up fast (unlike most PDF files)
I'll write more later
Tonya