Track Funder Award Patterns Before You Apply
Analyze what a funder has awarded in the past and match those patterns against your applicant profile to decide whether it is worth applying.
Build a Funding Shortlist with Real Fit Signals
Find active grant calls, compare them to precedent funding, and rank the programs that genuinely match your organization profile.
ToolGrant search becomes expensive when every opportunity looks promising in the abstract. A good shortlist needs more than keywords. You need to know whether a program fits your geography and applicant type, whether similar work has been funded before, and whether the timeline is realistic for your team.
Grants Finder helps you build that picture in one place. You can search live opportunities across official sources, inspect funded-project history for precedent, score opportunities against an applicant profile, and open the exact detail page before you commit application effort.
Agent Guides
Claude
- Connect ToolRouter in Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
- Define the applicant profile before the first search: state the organization type, geography, sector, funding need, timeline, and any preferred funders.
- Use `grants-finder` to run `search_opportunities`, `search_grant_history`, `match_applicant_profile`, and `opportunity_details` for the first shortlist.
ChatGPT
- Connect ToolRouter in ChatGPT: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
- Give ChatGPT the applicant profile and the audience for the output: state the organization type, geography, sector, funding need, timeline, and any preferred funders.
- Use `grants-finder` to run `search_opportunities`, `search_grant_history`, `match_applicant_profile`, and `opportunity_details` and collect the candidate programs.
Copilot
- Connect ToolRouter in Copilot: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
- State the exact output format you want before the run: define the organization type, geography, sector, funding need, timeline, and any preferred funders.
- Run `search_opportunities`, `search_grant_history`, `match_applicant_profile`, and `opportunity_details` through `grants-finder` and keep eligibility, deadline, and funding fields explicit.
OpenClaw
- Connect ToolRouter in OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
- Define the slices and output schema before you batch the run: state the organization type, geography, sector, funding need, timeline, and any preferred funders.
- Run `search_opportunities`, `search_grant_history`, `match_applicant_profile`, and `opportunity_details` with `grants-finder` and keep field names fixed across each slice.
Related Use Cases
Compare Grant Programs Side by Side
Search multiple grant programs, pull full details for each, and evaluate them against each other so you can prioritize the strongest opportunities.
Assess Applicant Eligibility Before You Apply
Check whether your organization qualifies for a specific grant by matching your profile against the full opportunity details.
Monitor Upcoming Grant Deadlines
Search for active funding opportunities and combine them with your watchlist to maintain a live calendar of upcoming deadlines.