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Organizations seeking to scale through public capital often face a critical bottleneck: discovery. With over $400 billion in annual giving and hundreds of billions more in federal contracts and awards, the landscape is vast. Navigating this environment requires high-performance infrastructure. Organizations typically choose between two primary paths: utilizing a free federal grant search or investing
HUBZone Certification: Active Status Isn’t Eligibility
HUBZone certification still opens billions in federal contracts, but after the July 1 map cliff, active status no longer means you can bid.
STEP Grant for Exporters: You Apply to Your State
A STEP grant for exporters isn't a federal application. SBA funds states, so you apply through your state trade office. Here's how, before FY2027 cuts.
7 Mistakes You’re Making with Your Government Grant Search (and How to Fix Them)
Accessing public capital is one of the most effective ways to scale a nonprofit, small business, or community project. However, the ecosystem of government grants is notoriously fragmented, technical, and high-stakes. Every year, billions of
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Funding Alert: Up to $750K for Aircraft Structural Integrity Research
Funding Alert: Up to $750K for Aircraft Structural Integrity Research Up to $750K per award is available for U.S. based graduate level engineering universities (and their private
The Ultimate List of Grant Writing Tools
The Ultimate List of Grant Writing Tools Our team of writers swear by these tools. Full disclosure, we love OpenGrants and Asana and we may benefit if
Funding Alert: $100,000 for Cultural Anthropology Research
Funding Alert: $100,000 for Cultural Anthropology Research An average of $100K over 40 awards is available for any entity that's able to produce empirically grounded findings that
Funding Alert: Up to $1M for Military Medical Photonics Research & Development
Funding Alert: Up to $1M for Military Medical Photonics Research & Development Up to $1 million (per award) is available for startups, non-profits and universities using lasers
Funding Alert: $150,000 Per Year for Geospace Environment Modeling
Funding Alert: $150,000 Per Year for Geospace Environment Modeling Up to $150,000 per year for up to five years is available for startups or organizations conducting research
Funding Alert: Up to $3 Million for Work on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
Funding Alert: Up to $3 Million for Work on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Up to $3 Million dollars (per award) is available for startups that can accelerate astrophysics work
What Broke the Government?
What Broke the Government? No matter your political leanings, you know that the government wastes money. You probably feel like there’s nothing you can do about it. You’d
How to Restore Economic Prosperity
How to Restore Economic Prosperity If we want to restore economic prosperity, we have to equip the public funding ecosystem with modern infrastructure and actionable data, which
Startup Funding Alert: $10 Million for Hydrokinetic Turbines
Startup Funding Alert: $10 Million for Hydrokinetic Turbines Up to $10 Million dollars (per award) is available for startups working on new designs for economically attractive Hydrokinetic Turbines