Government Grants: State Grants

State of California - Get Grants Portal
http://getgrants.ca.gov/

California Department of Education: Funding page
Grants, contracts, and apportionments from the California Department of Education. Also check the link for "Outside Funding" for a listing of funds administered by agencies and foundations outside the department.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/

Sign up for automatic email funding notification at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/joinlist.asp

Government Grants: County Grants

Los Angeles - Office of Small Business
http://www.laosb.org/cgi-bin/contracting.cfm

Los Angeles County - Bids and Awarded Bids & Contracts
http://camisvr.co.la.ca.us/lacobids/

Los Angeles County Departments & Agencies
http://www.lacounty.info/departments.htm
As well as going to the previous sites, you may also want to directly contact the departments and agencies that deal with your services.

Government Grants: City Grants

City of Los Angeles
http://www.lacity.org/lacity7.htm

Frequently Asked Questions about Nonprofit Boards

An Excerpt from the Center's Nonprofit Answer Book: An Executive Director's Guide to Frequently Asked Questions printed in 1998. Our goal is to provide nonprofit managers and directors with a useful reference for spotting potential problems and enable further research.

All Aboard: Become a Board Member

by Alison Buttenheim, Los Angeles Business Journal

Even the most successful entrepreneurs and executives often desire a level of civic involvement that their jobs do not provide. There are many ways to meet this need: coaching a Little League team, cooking meals at a church soup kitchen, or mentoring a high school student. For those who have enjoyed building a company or managing a team, however, serving on the board of directors of a nonprofit agency is a particularly satisfying way to get involved.