Resources

Reference material for nonprofits that receive grants. Written to be useful on its own terms — sourced, dated, and honest about what we don't know.

Guide · 2026-08-26

What is grant management software?

What these tools do, why grant-seeker products differ from grantmaker products, when spreadsheets stop working, and a vendor-neutral evaluation checklist.

Reference · verified 2026-08-26

Free grant data sources

The public datasets behind prospecting — IRS Form 990 bulk data, the free Grants.gov search API, USAspending, Candid at libraries — with cost and update frequency verified against each publisher.