For grant seekers who are done scrambling
Grants aren't lost on the writing.They're lost on the preparation.
FundingRadar AI is not a grant finder. It is a funding decision engine.
It turns scattered documents, half-remembered funder notes, and last-minute budget math into one organized workspace — readiness scored, fit assessed, deadlines held, outcomes recorded. Three versions, built for three very different kinds of applicants.
The real reason applications fail
It's almost never the applicant. It's the scramble.
- You find an opportunity, get excited, and discover on page six you were never eligible.
- The story gets rewritten from scratch for the fourth time this quarter.
- The deadline is Friday and the current financials are on someone else's drive.
- You submit, hear nothing, and keep no record of what you actually said.
Every opportunity missed because you weren't ready is money that went to someone who was. Preparation is the only variable you fully control — so make it a system instead of a scramble.
Same work. Same mission. Completely different odds.
Without a system
- Applies to whatever opportunity shows up in an email
- Rewrites the same narrative from memory every time
- Discovers a missing attachment the night before
- Submits and loses the thread on what happened next
With Navigator
- Screens every opportunity against a weighted fit score first
- Adapts vetted answers instead of starting from a blank page
- Tracks every required document with status, owner, and expiration
- Clears a submission review gate before anything is sent
Three moves
From "we should apply for that" to submitted — without the panic.
Build the record once
Profile, financials, documents, and reusable answers assembled once so no application starts from zero.
Score before you commit
Readiness and weighted fit on every opportunity, so your hours go where they can actually win.
Submit and steward
Budget checks, a review gate, then report calendars and outcome tracking that keep the relationship alive.
Three workspaces. Pick the one that matches how you're funded.
For nonprofit organizations
Nonprofit Grant Navigator
Readiness scoring, funder research, budgets, submission review, awards and reporting — so the version of your organization that reaches a funder is the fundable one.
- Hard eligibility gate before an opportunity is ever shown
- SAM.gov, indirect cost rate, and audit exposure tracked with expiration watch
- Application effort estimated in hours, attachments, and approvals
- Board-ready pipeline reports and procurement quotes in one click
For small business owners
Business Grant Navigator
Size standards, certifications, SBIR/STTR rules, and state incentives assembled into one command center — application after application.
- NAICS size standard checked before anything is scored
- 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, and SDVOSB mapped to what each unlocks
- Grants, forgivable loans, and tax credits labeled — never blended
- Fee-charging "grant" offers filtered out with a source confidence score
For students and families
College Funding Navigator
Student Aid Index, true cost of attendance, award letter decoding, and scholarships you are genuinely eligible for — on one calendar.
- SAI modeled on the current post-FAFSA-simplification formula
- Cost of attendance built from all federal components, not the sticker price
- Award letters split into grants, work-study, and loans
- No pay-to-apply listings, every sponsor sourced and dated
Why we're different
They help you find opportunities. FundingRadar AI helps you decide which opportunities deserve your time.
The moat is not discovery, AI writing, or pipeline tracking — those all exist today. The moat is Eligibility + Capability + Readiness + Effort + Recommended Action.
A hard eligibility gate that runs before the AI
Binary pass/fail against the funder's own stated rules. Anything you cannot legally win never reaches your feed — it is not ranked lower, it is removed.
Capability, Readiness, and Effort scored separately
A strong match you are not ready to file is a different decision than a moderate match you could submit this week. We score them apart so you can tell.
A recommended action on every opportunity
Apply, Prepare, Monitor, or Skip — with the reason, the missing pieces, and the days remaining attached to it.
- YesPublicly confirmed feature
- PartialSome related capability, not the same thing
- Not marketedCould not verify as a publicly marketed feature
"Not marketed" means the competitor does not publicly market that exact feature. It is not proof that no internal equivalent exists. Comparisons reflect publicly available material and are reviewed as competitors change.
Find opportunities
- Typical search database
- Yes
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Personalized recommendations
- Typical search database
- Partial
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
AI matching
- Typical search database
- Partial
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Live opportunity monitoring
- Typical search database
- Partial
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Verified source data
- Typical search database
- Partial
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Hard eligibility engine
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Partial
- FundingRadar AI
- Yescore
Capability Fit
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Not marketedlimited
- FundingRadar AI
- Yescore
AI Fit
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Readiness Score
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Not marketedlimited
- FundingRadar AI
- Yescore
Application Effort
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Not marketedlimited
- FundingRadar AI
- Yescore
Source Confidence
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Partial
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Personalized decision recommendation
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Partial
- FundingRadar AI
- Yescore
Pipeline
- Typical search database
- Partial
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Application management
- Typical search database
- Partial
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Yes
Writing assistance
- Typical search database
- Partial
- Modern AI grant platform
- Yes
- FundingRadar AI
- Later
Shows only realistically relevant funding by default
- Typical search database
- Not marketed
- Modern AI grant platform
- Partial
- FundingRadar AI
- Yescore philosophy
| Feature | Typical search database | Modern AI grant platform | FundingRadar AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Find opportunities | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Personalized recommendations | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| AI matching | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Live opportunity monitoring | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Verified source data | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Hard eligibility engine | Not marketed | Partial | Yescore |
| Capability Fit | Not marketed | Not marketedlimited | Yescore |
| AI Fit | Not marketed | Yes | Yes |
| Readiness Score | Not marketed | Not marketedlimited | Yescore |
| Application Effort | Not marketed | Not marketedlimited | Yescore |
| Source Confidence | Not marketed | Partial | Yes |
| Personalized decision recommendation | Not marketed | Partial | Yescore |
| Pipeline | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Application management | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Writing assistance | Partial | Yes | Later |
| Shows only realistically relevant funding by default | Not marketed | Partial | Yescore philosophy |
Answers
Common questions, answered directly
Prefer the long version? The Answers page collects every question we get, product by product.
- What is FundingRadar AI?
- FundingRadar AI is an eligibility-first funding intelligence platform with three products: Nonprofit Grant Navigator, Business Grant Navigator, and College Funding Navigator. Instead of listing every opportunity, it removes the ones you cannot win and explains why the remaining ones fit.
- How much does FundingRadar AI cost?
- Nonprofit Grant Navigator is $99 per month. Business Grant Navigator is $49 per month. College Funding Navigator is $14.99 per month or $129 per year. Every plan starts with a free Funding Fit Snapshot and 3 free AI Match Analyses.
- How is FundingRadar AI different from a grant database?
- A database optimizes for volume; FundingRadar AI optimizes for elimination. Each opportunity passes five layers: a hard eligibility gate, capability fit, readiness, application effort, and source confidence. Anything that fails the eligibility gate is never shown as a match.
- Does the AI invent funding opportunities?
- No. Verified source records are the source of truth and AI never overrides them. Every eligibility determination carries an evidence chain back to the funder's own notice, plus a last-verified date.
- Is there a free trial?
- Yes. The Funding Fit Snapshot is free and requires no account, and new accounts include 3 AI Match Analyses before a paid plan is required.
- Where does FundingRadar AI get its data?
- Public and verifiable sources including Grants.gov, SAM.gov, IRS Form 990 filings, SBIR/STTR solicitations, SBA size standards, state and municipal portals, FAFSA and federal cost-of-attendance rules, and disclosed foundation and scholarship sponsor data.
The next deadline is already on the calendar.
You can meet it the way you met the last one — or you can spend twenty minutes today and be ready for every one after it.
Not sure which workspace? Start with nonprofits.