university grants 2009

will this affect how much pell grant I receive?

I have received full pell grants for the last 2 years while attending community college. now this fall (fall 2009) i am transferring to a university which will cost me around $21,000/year. I currently have $11k that i made while working these past 2 years. I still would like to get full grants. I have about $11k saved up for extra expenses for college (books, living, food…). I hope to recieve all the financial aid possible since my family makes less than $20,000/year. will i still get full pell grants?

Joe:

I answered this question for you the other day – you must not have liked the answer.

I’ll try again.

Your aid eligibility is determined by your answers to the 100+ questions on the FAFSA. Some of those questions ask about your parents’ assets, some of those questions ask about your assets.

$11,000 in the bank is an appreciable amount of money. As I explained the other day, the financial aid system is predicated on the belief that a student (and the student’s parents) are PRIMARILY responsible for paying the cost of an optional college education.

If you have $11,000 available to you (congratulations on your savings ethic and hard work, by the way), the government rightfully expects you to put some of that money towards your own college education.

I’m not quite understanding why you think that the taxpayers should pay your way through school, so that you can hold onto your money and use it for something more “exciting”.

Theoretically, the most “worthwhile” thing that you can use your savings for is to help buy yourself the education that will enable you to get a great job – and earn a good income. Any investment that you make in your education today will pay off many times over in the future.

When you complete the FAFSA application, you are obligated to acknowledge that you, personally, have $11,000 available to you in savings. That will be analyzed as part of the EFC calculations.

Having $11,000 does not, in any way, make you automatically ineligible for a Pell Grant – based on the answers to your other 100 odd FAFSA questions, you could still perfectly well qualify. If your family actually makes less than $20,000 a year, the chances are still excellent that you will.

On a related note, I hope you are taking into consideration that the maximum Pell award is still less than $5000. You’re not going to get a bigger Pell because your 4-year school costs a lot more than your community college did. That’s not to say that your school will not be able to help you out with institutional forms of aid, and you may well be offered a Work Study assignment, too. My point is that it would be highly unlikely that you are going to receive $21,000 in financial aid. Even if you do get a Pell, there’s a good chance that you will have to dip into that $11,000 account to help pay part of your own way through school.

Hopefully you’ll like this answer more than you apparently liked the last one. You may get other answers, but they’re not going to be more factual or correct than this one.

Good luck to you!

writing grants

How do you get grants for repair’s to your home.I am a paraplejic. And I am not good at writing up anything.

I have trouble writing sense my car accident and I have been told you write up letter’s for grants and they see is if you wrote your letter good enough you can reseve help from grant’s.

In arkansas, where i live, there is an organization called “Arkansas Rehab” that can and does help people pay for services that they need to their home or things that they might need but aren’t able to afford. I think it depends on income, individual cases, needs, etc. but you might could search around on the internet for a similar service based on which state you live in.

Another idea: you could maybe contact a local service organization, or a church group and see if they might could help you out in some way. i’ve worked with a couple of groups of people and it is always rewarding for workers as well as for the people that are benefiting from the fixing up.

Last idea: contact a college (primarily the occupational therapy, interior design, or architecture departments) in your area and see if the students or the faculty would be interested in doing a project to help you out with the work that you need.

I don’t think that you need to look into government grants. That is a long drawn out process that would probably only be useful if you were in need of a very large sum of money.

Anyways, good luck with everything

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Learn Who The Famous People Born On February 15Th Are –Susan B. Anthony ! And More!!!

Learn Who The Famous People Born on February 15th Are –Susan B. Anthony !   And More!!!

 ABRAHAM CLARK was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey in  1726.   While he was young his father hired a tutor to teach him surveying.  While working as a surveyor he taught himself law and went into practice.  He became known as “the poor man’s councilor” as he offered to defend those who couldn’t afford a lawyer.  He married Sarah Hatfield in 1748 and they had 10 children together.  During this  time he entered politics as a clerk of the Provincial Assembly and later became the High Sheriff of Essex County, and was elected to the Provincial Congress in 1775.  In 1776 Clark was appointed as a delegate to the Continental Congress.  They arrived in Philadelphia in June 28, 1776 and signed the Declaration of Independence in July.He remained in the Continental Congress through 1778, and then from 1780-1783 and 1786-1788.   He died in 1794 from sunstroke. 

 SUSAN B. ANTHONY  was born (1820)  and raised in West Grove, near Adams, Massachusetts.   She was a prominent civil rights leader who played a large role in the 19th century women’s rights movement to introduce women’s suffrage into the U.S.  She traveled all over the U.S. and Europe and gave 75-100 speeches each year about women’s rights for 45 years.  Anthony also took a prominent role in the anti-slavery movement in New York.  At the age of 29 she was secretary for the Daughters of Temperance.   In 1850, two people  especially inspired her to give all her energies to the Women’s Rights cause;  Horace Greeley, and Lucy Stone.  Then in 1851 she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Seneca Falls, New York.  They became fast friends and traversed the country together giving speeches and trying to persuade the government that men and women should be treated equally.  She and Frederick Douglass were good friends, but they butted heads over the issue of equal rights – he believed in granting suffrage to black men but not women.  She was arrested  for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election.  She never did pay the fine.  Anthony and Stanton founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association (1869) .   Anthony was vice president at large until 1892 when she became its president.   Susan B. Anthony died of heart disease in 1906.  She was 86.

 ELIHU ROOT  was born  in Clinton, New York in 1845.  He was a lawyer, statesman and the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.  He was the “prototype of the 20th century ‘wise man’ who shuttled between high-level government positions in Washington, D.C., and private-sector legal practice in New York City.”  (Wikipedia)He was educated at Hamilton College and New York University School of  Law.His wife was Clara Wales,  and they had three children; Edith (wife to U.S. Grant), Elihu, Jr. (became a lawyer), and Edward Wales (became President of Art at Hamilton College).  His political career;  U.S. Secretary of War (1899-1904) under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.  His accomplishments during that time were reform of the organization of the U.S. Military; enlarging West Point and establishing the U.S. Army War College and the General Staff.  In 1905 President Roosevelt named him Secretary of State.  In 1909 he was elected U.S. Senator from New York and served until 1915.  For his work to bring nations together via arbitration and cooperation Root received the Nobel Peace Prize.  (d.1937-age 91)

JOHN SIDNEY BLYTH BARRYMORE  was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1882.  He was an American actor spanning the years 1903-1941.  He first gained fame as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and  finally in groundbreaking portrayals in plays such as Hamlet and Richard III.  Today John Barrymore is mostly known for his roles in movies such as Don Juan (1926), Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933),  and Twentieth Century (1934).  He was a member of a “multi-generational theatrical dynasty – he was brother of Lionel  and Ethel Barrymore and grandfather of Drew Barrymore.  He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  (d. 1942, Los Angeles, California)

 CESAR JULIO ROMERO, JR  was born in New York City in 1907.   A Cuban American film and television star, he was The Joker  in Batman television series.  When  Batman was made into a film  in 1966, he was the first to play the Joker in a motion picture.  In 1929 his parents lost their sugar import business in the Stock Market Crash and his acting abilities enabled him to support his large family.  In 1942 he joined the U.S. Coast Guard and served in the Pacific during World War II.  He was aboard the USS Cavalier and saw action at Tinian and Saipan.   From the 1930s thru the 1950s he played “Latin lovers”   He was in The Cisco Kid series of  six Westerns from 1939-1941.  Romero danced and did comedy in films such as  Week-End in Havana and Springtime in the Rockies during the 1940s.   He was a villain in The Thin Man in 1934, and he co-stared with Tyrone Power in the 1947 Technicolor epic, Captain from Castile.  Some interesting roles he played on television were that of Don Diego’s uncle in some Zorro episodes, and as the head of THRUSH in France in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.  Romero never married and it was known around the Hollywood set that he was a confirmed bachelor.  (d. 1994)

 ALLAN  ARBUS  born in New York City in 1918.  He is an actor most notable for his role as Dr. Sidney Freedman on the television series M*A*S*H*.  During the 40s he was a photographer for the U.S. Army and later set up a photographic advertising business with his wife.  He and his wife Amy Arbus had one of their photos in Edward Steichen’s photo exhibition The Family of Man.  Allan and Amy were divorced in 1969 and he was later married to Mariclare Costello.  He had a lead role in Robert Downey’s film Greaser’s Palace (1972) and stared opposite Bette Davis in Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973).  He was also in W.C. Fields and Me (1976).  These led to his role in the M*A*S*H* series. 

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Earl Grant – The Best Of Earl Grant : Singin` And Swingin` * $16.95 Reissue producer: Marty Wekser.Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Personnel: Earl Grant (vocals, piano).Audio Remixer: Paul Elmore.Liner Note Author: Joseph F. Laredo.Recording information: 07/15/1957-12/02/1968.Photographer: Frank Driggs.Earl Grant was a multiple talent: a great singer, a swinging organist whose mastery of the Hammond B-3 was a thrill to listen to, and a songwriter who could come up with material as solid as the standards he regularly recorded for Decca in his all-too-short career. This 21-track collection brings together the cream of his stay at Decca, featuring hits like "The End," "Ebb Tide," "Misty," "Teach Me Tonight," and his own "Swingin` Gently," with the bonus track of "The End" sung in Italian thrown in to round out the package. A great song selection and superb mastering make this a marvelous introduction to this pop-jazz artist. ~ Cub Koda Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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council grants scotland

I am an English graduate working as a p/t Library Assistant. Where do I go from here? Any job/career ideas?

I live in Scotland and graduated with a degree in English in 1993, tried teachier training and didn’t like it. I ended up in I.T. (local government) with a good job at £25k after doing an HNC in computing. I took 6 yrs off to have kids and lost my confidence. Took a job with the council as a library asst 18 months ago. I like it but I’d like to use my brain a bit more (and get more money). It still needs to be part-time (2-3 days per week). I can’t really afford to retrain unless it’s fairly cheap/flexible or I get a grant. Would I get a grant? My husband earns £70K so I’m not sure. I don’t want to start my own business, husband tried that and we are so rubbish with money we got in trouble with tax. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.

create a few useful lecture series on subjects of interest to your library users and give night classes there. You can charge for this, and it can be quite shorterm. Adult literacy classes where you use volunteers, but apply for a grant for your fees as organiser?

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action grants

“Any right enumerated in the Bill of Rights will receive the same protection against state action as against?

federal?” True or False?

Also, requiring the owner of a shopping center to provide access to persons desiring to distribute handbills constitutes a taking. True or False?

Also, a state law that grants widows, but not widowers, a property tax exemption necessarily violates equal protection. True or false?

Please do your own homework.

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grants taxable

Is there anyone that actually earns a billion dollars a year?

I know Forbes releases info about people with high salaries in different fields but not everybody. Does anyone actually earn taxable income of 1 bill. Most billionaires have high net worths due to stocks owned, annuities owned, and stock options granted by their companies. Their actual annual taxable income is WAY different than their actual net worths, Warren Buffet said he makes btwn 45 – 50 mill taxable income but owns loads of stock options and other financial tools.

In a word, Yes.
There won’t be many since the recession earning that much a year though. What I have to say though is to make lots of money you need to have your finger in lots of pies so to speak. Own a business, invest in business, invest in stocks etc. Billionaires have a passion for work, not earning money, if they did they would stop after 1 billion wouldn’t they.
You always have to be looking to the future to earn many millions p.a and always give back, you don’t need extra money that you will never need if you can help save a friend from losing their home. Generosity will succeed in any capacity.

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small business grants and funding

Where can I find state and federal grant programs for small businesses?

I am looking for state or gederal grants for the funding of a small business I would like to start.

You stand a greater chance of getting a government-guaranteed loan through the Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/financing than a government grant. Read the SBA Financing page to learn about criteria needed for borrowing

It is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK – lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.

Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov – these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/mostrequesteditems/CON_FAQ2.html

“The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments.”

Here is a listing of federal grants for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals for starting a business — THERE’S NONE.

http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_BENEF_RPT.show

Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT – Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women’s Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women’s business center that will train women entrepreneurs

I suggest you read the following books to get ideas of how to finance your business:

Financing Your Small Business http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572484500/powerhomebizguid
Small Business Financing: How and Where To Get It http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0808007386/powerhomebizguid
Financing the Small Business: A Complete Guide to Obtaining Bank Loans and All Other Types of Financing http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580626815/powerhomebizguid
The SBA Loan Book http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158062202X/powerhomebizguid
Angel Capital : How to Raise Early-Stage Private Equity Financing http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471690635/powerhomebizguid
Financing Your Small Business (Barron’s Business Library Series) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764124897/powerhomebizguid

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grant city missouri

I need a few pointers that will help me start up my business, can you help?

I am currently in contact with my city’s gov’t/city hall about home based business law. I’m sure they will have me abide by state/federal as well. There are a lot of home-based businesses where I live and I’ve been wanting to start this for a while. I just finally have the 2 kids under my belt (well, as much as you can have two boys under control!) and have the ability (and space!) to do this now. Anyway, what I was wondering is the following:
1. Are there any grants available to women for starting a business? (If so, do you know where I could read about them?)
2. Is there a basic guideline you know of that I could follow (I am a person who loves to stay very organized)?

I’m in Missouri, if that is of any consideration/help. Thanks a lot!

Go to http://www.grants.gov for a list of government grants and how you can apply for them. However, there are no grants for a for profit business unless you are opening a daycare and then it is a minimal amount. If you need money, you will need to apply for a loan. No lender will talk to you unless you provide them with a valid business plan. Go to http://www.sba.gov , http://www.score.org or http://www.bplan.com for sample business plans and instructions on how to write a business plan.

Then, go to http://www.score.org/ and in the upper left hand corner, enter your zip code. On the next screen, you will get information on the nearest SCORE chapter. Call them and arrange for a free meeting with a SCORE counselor to review your business plan and discuss various loan options available to you.

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

SCORE has 389 chapters in locations throughout the United States and its territories, with 10,500 volunteers nationwide. Both working and retired executives and business owners donate time and expertise as business counselors.

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grants uk education

Re:Im thinking of moving to Canada, From [UK] (JOB)?

I am from the UK (England) and was thinking of moving to Canada (Toronto).

The work I was thinking of doing there is to do with Public Services preferably Police, because I’m doing a course in Public Services in the UK. I do not mind anything else though. I’m not just a random clown expecting and better life, I did some research on countries and I do think it suits me best.

I have fairly good Education grades (6 GCSE’s including maths.)

Reason for wanting to leave the UK is its overcrowded, expensive in general, houses are stupidly expensive and not even worth it, full of immigrants who take the country for granted, I could go on but you get the point.

So I was wondering will they accept me?, Do I have a higher chance of getting into the country?

Any other background info would be appreciated

Sorry for not making my self clear I’m half asleep.

Any Information about this will be greatly appreciated!
more to the south(warmer)..more convienent(shops etc)

Yep i understand about your wish to leave the UK (emigrated from there myself to Canada 4 yrs ago). Take a look at the immigration website first this has all the info that you need to start the process…

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp

This also has a points calculator on it so you can see if you have enough points. I am not sure what points you’d currently get with your qualification and GCSE results?, I know that if you were in the police force already you’d probably get in as Canadian recruiters are going to the UK job fairs to entice police to move over here.

Have you been to Canada at all?, maybe come over on a visit, there’s so many cities to choose from unless you have a reason to go to Toronto there’s better places. Most cities are in the South and warm too in the summer – most of course in the Winter are cold. It all depends on what you want out of your new life also. I live in Calgary, Alberta, near to the Rocky mountains – great for summer and winter sports. We have hot summers and cold winters BUT we have Chinook winds that come in and can change the temp from -30 to 0 in one day – most other cities don’t have these so have winter for 5 mths of the year. We also get so many lovely sunny days here even in the Winter, Vancouver is mild year round BUT has more rain than the UK.
There are also emigration fairs in the UK that you can go to that have all the companies that you’d need to use for emigration, they have ones in the North and South of England

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grants nonprofit

Can someone help me find grants (private and government) for a new nonprofit social services business?

I am wanting to open center in the Dallas area that assits those with disabilities, especially mental health and mental retardation, apply for Social Security Disability (SSI/SSDI) at all levels including the initial, appeals, and the ALJ level (Administrative Law Judge for SSA). Also, I want to include services such as employment assistance for SSA’s “Ticket to Work” program, as well as assisting clients with navigating through the complicated Medicare A-B-D, and Medicaid (QMB) programs. If I am a NEW BUSINESS wanting to start up, are there grants available to get started???

Let me congratulate you for your project and i wish you all success !.
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The following steps should be taken :-
Select a name that is legally available in your state.
File your “articles of incorporation,” and pay a filing fee.
Apply for federal and state tax exemptions.
Create bylaws that will dictate how the corporation is run.
Appoint an initial board of directors.
Hold the first meeting of the board of directors
Apply for any licenses or permits that your corporation will need to operate in your state and local municipality.
In order to qualify for tax-exempt (501c3) status , you should create a concept paper and document your ideas with the structure for the organization you propose and you must share your concept with like minded persons and involve them as initial founders.

Next step would be to contact an attorney to assist you in preparing incorporation filings in your state. After your organization in incorporated, obtain an employer ID number, and apply for 501c3 tax-exempt status with the IRS.

Your funding requirements will depend on various factors , for which you have to prepare a plan which will be of use to you in approaching potential funding sources .

The Nonprofit Handbook $24.98 Containing practical advice for starting a nonprofit organization as well as tips about effectively managing one, this guide is the definitive reference for working in the nonprofit sector in the United States. The handbook is filled with information about current federal laws and regulations, steps to applying for tax exemptions in each state, and tips about fundraising, getting grants, political lobbying, setting up a board of directors, and volunteer management. Additionally, the manual includes a list of all the addresses, telephone numbers, and websites of the government contact offices. Fully updated, this fifth edition also discusses the benefits of the Internet, changing demographics, and the future of the nonprofit sector.

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