Describe your organization once and every personalized feature works from it — matching, eligibility checks, and full funding-landscape scans. You do not repeat your mission on every request.
The one field that matters
Mission. One sentence, concrete. “Youth STEM education programs for underserved middle schoolers in Oakland” works far better than “improving outcomes for communities.”
If you fill in nothing else, fill in this.
Fields that sharpen results
| Field | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Applicant type | nonprofit, for-profit, municipality, tribal, individual or academic — decides which programs you are eligible for at all |
| Geography | “Fresno, CA”, “Iowa”, “national” — place names are canonicalized for you |
| 501(c)(3) status | Gates a large share of foundation funding |
| Sector | e.g. healthcare, clean energy |
| NAICS code | 2–6 digits, used for contract fit |
| Annual budget | Funders often size awards to organizational capacity |
| Year founded | Some programs restrict by organizational age |
Certifications unlock contract set-asides
If you hold contracting certifications — 8A, WOSB, EDWOSB, HUBZONE, SDVOSB, VOSB, SDB — add them. They are cross-referenced against set-aside eligibility when OpenGrants scans government contracts, and without them a whole category of opportunity stays invisible.
This is the most commonly skipped field on the profile and the one that changes results the most for businesses.
Updates are partial
Send only the fields you are adding or changing; everything else is kept. You do not have to re-enter the whole profile to correct one value.
You can clear your stored profile at any time.
What good looks like
A profile with mission, applicant type, geography and — for businesses — certifications and a NAICS code will produce noticeably better matches than mission alone. It takes about two minutes and it is the highest-leverage setup step in the product.