Free Grant Database: How to Find Grants Without Paying for a Subscription
The major grant databases charge hundreds of dollars a year for access to data drawn from public sources. Here's how to find the same grants for free.
Grant writing guides, funding tips, and resources — always free.
The major grant databases charge hundreds of dollars a year for access to data drawn from public sources. Here's how to find the same grants for free.
Nonprofit grant funding comes from four main sources: federal agencies, private foundations, corporations, and state governments. This guide covers how to search each one efficiently.
Grants.gov lists every federal grant opportunity, but its search interface is notoriously difficult. Here's how to navigate it — and why aggregators can be faster.
Grants for small businesses are competitive but real. SBIR/STTR, state economic development programs, and corporate giving are the three most accessible sources.
Most grants go to organizations, but individual grants — for artists, researchers, writers, and people in financial need — are real and searchable.
Before applying to any private foundation, read their 990-PF. It shows who they actually funded — which tells you far more than their website does.
If you don't have 501(c)(3) status but need to apply for a grant that requires it, a fiscal sponsor may be the answer. Here's how fiscal sponsorship works in practice.
The most preventable failure in grant seeking is missing a deadline. Here's a simple system for tracking grant deadlines across multiple funders and cycles.
SBIR and STTR are the largest federal grant programs for small businesses doing R&D. Over $4 billion is awarded annually across 11 agencies. Here's how they work.
Writing a grant application takes 20–100 hours. Before you invest that time, make sure your organization meets the basic readiness criteria most funders expect.