From "which grants fit us?" to a submitted application and a clean report, in one place.

GrantSherpa finds the federal, state, local and foundation funding that fits your nonprofit, shows the evidence, drafts your application from facts you approved, checks the budget, tracks the decision, and keeps every commitment after the award. Nothing is guessed and nothing is submitted for you.

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Built for small nonprofits without a full-time grant writer. First tested with community health and family/victim-support organizations; it works for any U.S. nonprofit that applies for grants. Grant writers can manage several client organizations from one login.

How it works

  1. Tell us about your organization - five minutes. Mission, programs, where you work. "Not sure yet" is a fine answer.
  2. See what fits, with proof - every match quotes the notice: what fits, what conflicts, what is unknown, the deadline and the award range. Federal first; state, local and foundation sources on demand.
  3. Draft the application from your own facts - the brief lists every requirement with its source. Sections are drafted only from facts you approved; missing facts are marked, never invented. Edit, keep versions, approve, export to Word or PDF.
  4. Check the budget and hand off - exact arithmetic, cost-share and period checks, then a handoff record of what you submitted, when, and the receipt. You submit through the funder's own system.
  5. Track the decision and deliver - status with its source, next actions from agency letters, and after an award: a commitments calendar, an evidence log, and report drafts with the missing pieces listed.

What makes it different

Evidence, not guesses

Every eligibility point, deadline and amount quotes the real notice. When the notice is silent, you see "unknown", not a guess.

Your facts, your words

Drafts use only facts you approved in your evidence library. Missing facts get a clear placeholder. You edit and approve every section.

One place for the whole cycle

Find, evaluate, plan, write, check, submit, track, deliver, report, reuse. Results you approved feed the next application.

Honest by design

An intake receipt is never shown as a decision. A declined proposal is never sold back as "winning language". A quiet week says so.

Coverage you can see

Every search shows which sources were checked, skipped or blocked, and why. We never claim more coverage than we have.

Nothing leaves without you

No automatic submission, no portal passwords, no charges without warning. Download or delete all your data at any time.

Sample match

This is a real, currently-open Grants.gov opportunity, rendered by GrantSherpa's actual analysis for an illustrative sample organization ("Hudson Valley Community Health Partners") - it is not a live result for any real customer. The award figures, dates, and quoted eligibility passage below come straight from the Grants.gov notice.

Sample match - not a live result
Needs reviewTitle X Family Planning Services Grants
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health · Posted 04/03/2026 · Closing: 01/11/2027 · Award range: $200,000 - $22,000,000 (no cost share required)
Title X funds nonprofit family planning and reproductive health education projects nationwide, which overlaps directly with a community health education mission - but this is a large, complex program (up to $22M) more typically won by an established multi-site provider network, not a first-time federal applicant.
  • Explicitly open to any public or private nonprofit entity, not restricted to prior grantees.
  • Funds health education and counseling activities, which matches a community health education program description.
Clearly fits:
  • Nonprofit organizations are eligible applicants - "Any public or private nonprofit entity is eligible to apply."
Unknown from the notice: Whether a single-location organization without prior Title X experience would be competitive against established multi-site applicants is not stated in the notice.
Stated requirements: Projects must provide services "throughout the 50 United States, District of Columbia" and named territories per the notice's service-area language.
Last checked 2026-09-23. This is GrantSherpa's analysis, not a certification of eligibility - confirm every detail in the complete notice before acting. View original notice on Grants.gov →

Your real dashboard also shows forecasted opportunities (not yet posted, no confirmed deadline) and clear-fit matches, sorted into Eligible / Possibly Eligible / Cannot Determine / Ineligible / Saved / Dismissed.

Pricing

PlanPriceWhat's included
TrialFree for 7 daysFull product, your real profile, live weekly digests. Cancel any time with no charge.
After your trial$99/monthSame product, cancelable monthly. Federal grant postings in this segment cluster seasonally (December and May-September), so a quiet month is normal, not a sign the product stopped working.

We will never auto-charge you into a paid plan. You'll hear from us before your trial ends, and nothing is billed without you confirming.

Start your free 7-day trial

Takes about five minutes. We'll email you a link to confirm your address; your trial starts when you open it, and we start checking opportunities against your profile right away.

Federal grant eligibility is almost never place-of-performance restricted, but we use this to help tailor outreach and any state-specific notes.
Organization type
At least 10 characters; up to 2,000.
What you actually run day to day. At least 10 characters; up to 2,000.
More about your organization (optional, two minutes - it makes the matches sharper)
2-120 characters each, up to 15.
Amounts like 50000, $250K or 1.2M. Many notices don't state an amount - we'll never drop a notice just because its award size is unknown.

The next few questions are about your organization's current capacity. "Not sure yet" is a completely normal, first-class answer - we'll still show you opportunities and flag what to figure out before applying.

Can your organization provide cost-share/matching funds if a grant requires it?
Does your organization have a Unique Entity ID (UEI)?
Does your organization have an active SAM.gov registration?
Do you have grant-writing capacity (staff or volunteer time to write an application)?
Do you have partner organizations you could collaborate with on a grant?
Has your organization received federal grant funding before?
2-80 characters each, up to 25.
2-120 characters each, up to 25.

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What this is not

Being straight about limitations up front:

  • We do not submit anything for you, and we do not replace your judgment. Drafts are built only from facts you approved; you edit, approve and submit through the funder's own system.
  • We are not a legal or eligibility determination. Every match is GrantSherpa's own analysis, quoted from the notice where possible - always confirm every detail against the complete Notice of Funding Opportunity before acting.
  • We never guess at an eligibility rule, deadline, or award amount a notice doesn't state - we label it "unknown" instead.
  • We don't promise a grant award or a higher win rate. We help you spend limited time on the opportunities most likely to be worth it, and keep every promise you make after an award.
  • Coverage is not complete. Federal (Grants.gov) is thorough; state, local and foundation sources are checked on demand and every search shows exactly what was and was not checked.