Grant Engine
FreeWhat it is
A live grant search plus a full grant engine. The search is an aggregator built to run across multiple grant sources; source one is the full federal grant database, pulled live from Grants.gov, and source two is SAM.gov, live federal contract opportunities (solicitations and notices, paid government work, not grants; it appears only when its API key is set). Two more sources run live web research for SIGNED-IN members only, because each check costs real research calls: Your added sources (specific grant sites the owner manages in the admin panel, searched site-scoped; it appears once sites are added) and Web search (the open web). Both report only real pages actually found, with the page URL and only facts the page states (amounts and deadlines are omitted unless stated), and every such hit carries a note to verify details on the source page. Searching the free databases is free on the public page with no account; guests see an honest note that the web-research sources turn on with a free account. With a free account members track any grant (found here or anywhere on the web, added manually) in their Grant Book at /grants/book: exactly five statuses (Watching, Preparing, Applied, Approved, Declined), applied and decision dates, notes, the published amount range, and the partners and contacts (name, role, email) attached per grant; the account view is My Grants (/my-stuff/grants, up to 100). Saved alert searches re-run daily (and quietly when the Grant Book opens) and ring the in-app bell ONLY for genuinely new postings, never faked; alerts cover the databases and the owner-added sites, not the open-web search (too noisy for the bell). The AI readiness check (uses credits) reads the grant's own requirements and builds the honest checklist: eligibility read, required registrations (EIN, SAM.gov/UEI, a Grants.gov account for federal grants), required documents, what is still needed, and every unknown as a question; it never declares anyone eligible. The writing engine (uses credits, interview included) asks 3 to 6 pointed follow-ups then drafts the five standard pieces (need statement, project narrative, goals and outcomes, budget justification, organization background) from the member's real facts only: no invented numbers, partners, or credentials, and missing facts come back as open questions. Reworking one section uses credits; the Word (.docx) download is free. No funding guarantees ever, and final submission happens on the official grant portal; the engine prepares everything. The Grant Book also has Grant Scout, the owner's research-lab grant-hunting method generalized for every member: a small scout profile (business type, state, mission, org type, an optional full organization profile, and optional member-controlled identity checkboxes) drives several narrow searches per run across every source including the open web (credits per run, auto-refunded when nothing new turns up). The scout skips everything already in the member's Grant Book, drops expired deadlines, never resurfaces dismissed findings, and returns a digest classified URGENT, NEAR-TERM, ROLLING, and WATCH with geography tags read only from stated facts and one honest AI fit line per finding (alignment only, never an eligibility verdict). Saved alerts gained a member-chosen cadence: twice a week (Tuesday and Friday, the honest default for new alerts) or daily.
What it is for
finding grant money and getting a complete, honest application ready to submit
How to use it
Search live grants free at /grants (Grants.gov plus more sources; signed-in members get live web-research sources too). In the Grant Book at /grants/book, track any grant through five statuses, run the AI readiness check, and draft the five standard application pieces from your real facts (uses credits). Grant Scout hunts new grants from a short profile. Download the Word file free and submit on the official portal.