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Be the 7%
where AI actually works.

Grantfolio is the AI-powered grant strategist for small nonprofits. Fewer applications, better fit, higher win rates. And the funder-facing transparency to prove it.

92% of nonprofits use AI1 only 7% say it's actually working1
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Free for early adopters. No credit card required.

The problem

Nonprofits are running out of money, drowning in AI, and being sold enterprise tools they can't afford.

39% of nonprofits ran an operating deficit in FY252, nearly double the rate from FY22.2 More than a quarter have already cut services.2 Federal grants are being terminated mid-cycle.3 60% of nonprofit CEOs say foundation grants are harder to secure than they were 18 months ago.4

Meanwhile, 92% of nonprofits now use AI in some form.1 Only 7% say it's producing meaningful results.1 65% describe their AI use as "reactive and individual": one-off ChatGPT prompts, personal experimentation, no team workflows.1 The biggest barrier isn't budget. It's the absence of a strategic path.5

And the tools that promise to help? The leading enterprise platform in this space starts at $299/month and tops out at $899.6 That's a full-time staff member's monthly budget for many of the small nonprofits who need help the most.

Grantfolio is built for the nonprofits who need AI to actually work, not the ones who can afford $300 a month to figure it out. We're a curation-and-quality engine, not another ChatGPT wrapper. Every suggestion is gated behind your review. Every claim we make on this page is sourced.

Transparency by design

Built for a world where funders are watching.

Foundation program officers are increasingly flagging AI-heavy proposals.7 NIH bans submissions "substantially developed by AI."8 NSF requires disclosure.9 We built Grantfolio for that world, not against it.

Human review gates every AI output

Nothing goes to a funder without your explicit approval. AI drafts arrive as suggestions, never submissions. The workflow is designed to make bad applications harder to submit, not easier.

Per-section AI attribution

Track exactly which sections of your proposal are human-authored, AI-assisted, or AI-generated. Export a one-click disclosure statement in NIH or NSF-compliant formats for federal apps, or plain-language for foundations.

Fit-score gating on discovery

The AI defaults to hiding low-fit opportunities. Call it anti-spam by design. Every recommendation includes a transparent fit score and the specific reasons it matched your org profile. You'll never apply to a mismatch by accident.

Cited claims, ours included

When Grantfolio drafts a section based on your answer library or funder intelligence, it shows the sources it drew from. And when we make a claim on this website (like the ones above), we cite it too. Scroll to the bottom.

No sales gauntlet

When we launch, you'll be able to sign up, see everything, and start using Grantfolio without "contact sales" games, mandatory demos, or annual commitment traps. Small nonprofits shouldn't have to negotiate to try a tool.

Your data, your voice, your ownership

Grantfolio never trains models on your proposals. Your org profile, past applications, and answer library stay yours. Export everything at any time. If you leave, you leave with your data.

How it works

Curation, not spam. Quality, not quantity.

Three capabilities, one platform. Designed to help you apply to fewer, better-fit grants, with defensible quality signals every step of the way.

Discover

Best-fit grant discovery

AI scans thousands of opportunities and surfaces a weekly digest of high-fit grants, scored against your mission, geography, budget, and capacity. Low-fit opportunities are hidden by default. This is the opposite of a firehose.

Draft

Org-aware proposal drafting

First drafts pulled from your past proposals, org profile, and funder intelligence, not generic templates. Per-section AI attribution and one-click funder disclosure statements are built in. You review, edit, and own every word.

Manage

Full grant lifecycle

Track every opportunity from prospect to post-award. Deadlines, tasks, documents, funder profiles, and board-ready reporting. The grant management core your team relies on, whether you're replacing a sunset tool or building your first real system.

Built for

Three kinds of nonprofits use Grantfolio.

If you see yourself in any of these, we built the tool for you specifically.

1
Federal-funding refugees

You just lost a federal grant.

Your grant was terminated, canceled, or frozen mid-cycle. You need a foundation pipeline built fast, and you need it to hit. We help you find the right funders, draft strong proposals, and stand up a new revenue stream in weeks, not quarters.

2
Small nonprofits, big workloads

One dev officer, twelve applications.

You're the whole development team at a $500K-$3M nonprofit. You need to punch above your weight without hiring. Grantfolio automates the busywork of discovery and drafting so you can focus on relationships and strategy.

3
Grant consultants

You serve 3-10 clients.

Grantfolio's multi-org workspace, cross-client answer library, and white-label proposal outputs make you look like a firm three times your size. Switch between clients in one click. Reuse your best language across engagements.

Easy onboarding

Bring your data with you.

Migrating from a sunset legacy tracker, an enterprise platform you've outgrown paying for, spreadsheets, or a shared inbox? We support all of it. Nothing gets left behind.

1

Export your data

Grab your CSVs, documents, and proposal archives from wherever you're tracking grants now.

2

Upload to Grantfolio

Our import tool maps your data automatically. No manual re-entry. No lost history.

3

Pick up where you left off

Your existing data powers smarter discovery and drafting from day one.

The AI grant tool that actually works.

Early adopters get free access, a direct line to shape the product, and priority when we open paid tiers.

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Free for early adopters. No credit card required.

Sources

We cite every statistic on this page. Because we expect the same of you toward your funders.

  1. The 2026 Nonprofit AI Adoption Report, Virtuous. Based on a survey of 346 nonprofits, late 2025. ai-adoption.report.virtuous.org
  2. Survey warns that some nonprofits are in danger of closing due to funding cuts, NPR, May 2026. Reports 39% deficit rate in FY25 and 26% reducing services. npr.org
  3. Nonprofits Devise Creative Solutions to Address Federal Funding Cuts, Nonprofit Quarterly. nonprofitquarterly.org
  4. State of Nonprofits 2026: 3 Dire Realities Facing the Sector Right Now, NonProfit PRO. nonprofitpro.com
  5. 2026 AI Trends Survey of Nonprofits, Coastal Cloud. 67% cite lack of strategic direction as the biggest AI barrier.
  6. 2026 pricing data for the leading nonprofit grant discovery platform: $299 Standard, $499 Pro, $899 Advanced, per GetApp. Source
  7. Are Grantmakers Denying AI-Written Grant Proposals?, Spark the Fire. sparkthefiregrantwriting.com
  8. Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications (NOT-OD-25-132), National Institutes of Health, July 2025. The policy on AI-developed applications. grants.nih.gov
  9. NSF Restricts Use of AI in Grant Proposal Reviews, AIP. aip.org