Every year, in excess of two billion dollars in financial aid is given out in the form of grants. Grants are monetary awards given to charities, businesses, individuals, or facilities who can prove a need and use for said funding. They prove this use by authoring a detailed grant proposal which outlines what exactly their organization does that is of benefit and should be funded. The grant proposal also outlines how much funding they are in need of, what they will use the funding for if they receive it, and the finer details of the group's staff, financial situation, and history. All of this results in a cumbersome packet called a grant proposal that takes a lot of patience and research to write successfully. The reason that writing a grant proposal takes such a large amount of patience and research is the web of guidelines and procedures that must be followed when writing a grant proposal. These guidelines are put in place by the grantmakers themselves, in order for them to sort-out the proposals that do not meet their conditions. Amateur grant writers too often forget this and ignore the all-important guidelines. This results in their grant proposals, no matter how detailed or perfect, getting thrown in the trash before they are even read by the grantmakers themselves. The guidelines must be followed if one expects to receive funding, but they are often difficult to comply with, which is why Grant Funding Connection exists—to make compliance with these onerous guidelines easier.