Research
We match your mission to the federal, state, and foundation funding you actually qualify for — not a generic list of every grant that exists.
The real problem
A list of two hundred grants is not a strategy.
Search any federal database and you'll drown in open opportunities. Almost none of them are yours. Eligibility turns on details that never appear in the summary — your legal structure, your service area, your match requirement, whether the funder has ever awarded an organization your size. Sorting that out is the work. The list is only the raw material.
How it works
The research process
Matching, not searching — we bring the opportunities that fit.
- 01
Eligibility mapping
We map your mission, geography, and population served against active federal, state, and foundation funding streams.
- 02
Opportunity shortlist
You get a prioritized shortlist of the grants worth pursuing, not a spreadsheet of everything that's technically open.
- 03
Ongoing monitoring
We track new and recurring opportunities year-round, so you're never scrambling to catch a deadline.
The deliverable
You should be able to read your funding strategy on one page.
What lands on your desk is a ranked shortlist: the opportunities you qualify for, in the order worth pursuing them, with the deadline and match requirement against each one. Short enough to take into a board meeting and act on that evening.
What's included
A research engagement typically includes:
- Eligibility and fit assessment across federal, state, and foundation sources
- A prioritized funding opportunity shortlist
- Ongoing monitoring for new and recurring opportunities
Want to screen a few yourself first?
Funder research, laid out on a worksheet.
The worksheet packet includes funder research logs you can type straight into, enough to rule out the obvious mismatches before you call anyone.
The Full Lifecycle
Research only pays off with the stages around it.
A funding list is only as strong as the readiness behind it and the writing that turns it into a submission. See where research fits against the other four services.
Start here
Find out what you actually qualify for.
Tell us your mission, your geography, and who you serve. We'll come back with the funding that genuinely fits.
Free 20-minute fit conversation