How to Get a Free Emergency Money Grant

Get the money you need when you need it.

Emergency grant money to start up your nonprofit business, to supplement your income in a time of crisis or to fund the development of your manuscript is all available. You just have to know where to look. Here is what you need to know to about applying for emergency grant assistance.

Things You'll Need

• Grant Application

Instructions

1. Find an emergency money supplier.
   Search through the multiple emergency assistance sources at your disposal. Grants.gov provides funding for research projects, activists and nonprofit organizations, but they also have an option in their search database for individuals. If you are a writer or artist, apply to the Writers Emergency Assistance Fund; they provide professional freelance nonfiction writers with emergency grants when they have fallen ill, are disabled or suffering from the effects of natural disasters.
   Contact your local unemployment office. In many major metropolitan regions, unemployment offices provide a national emergency grant for dislocated professionals.

2. Fill out the grant application. Filling out the application correctly is the most important part of the grant process. Be conscious of the deadline for submission and allow yourself ample time to find all necessary information to fill out the form. Government assistance programs and colleges are excellent resources to utilize for help with finding all the needed information to fill out grant applications.

3. Submit your application at least two weeks before the due date to ensure there are no complications with processing. Your submission will be evaluated among a pool of many other competitive applicants, so it is vital there are no mistakes in the form. Have someone else look over the application before submitting it to identify any possible errors.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are applying for a very large amount of money, or applying on the behalf of a nonprofit organization or startup, you might have to write a proposal along with the application. It is usually individuals applying for personal grants that are only required to fill out applications.

References

• Grants.gov
• Writers Emergency Assistance Fund

Resources

• Government Grant Applications