How to Track Funder Award Patterns with OpenClaw
Use OpenClaw and ToolRouter to analyze funder award patterns. Match your profile against past grant data.
Tool
Analyze what a funder has awarded in the past and match those patterns against your applicant profile. Use `search_grant_history` to pull historical awards and `match_applicant_profile` to check alignment. OpenClaw is best when you want to batch-analyze multiple funders or rerun the same pattern analysis on a schedule.
Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw
1Install the CLI
npm install -g toolrouter-mcp2Call tools directly from OpenClaw
toolrouter-mcp call web-search search --query "AI tools"
toolrouter-mcp toolsSteps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Grants Finder tool:
- Define the list of funders to analyze and your organization profile with consistent field names.
- Use `grants-finder` with `search_grant_history` to pull past awards for each funder in batch.
- Run `match_applicant_profile` against each funder's patterns to generate comparative scores.
- Review the batch results and rerun only the funders worth deeper investigation.
Example Prompt
Try this with OpenClaw using the Grants Finder tool
Use grants-finder to search the grant history for the Wellcome Trust, UKRI, and Gatsby Foundation in health innovation over the last 3 years. Then match my profile as a mid-size UK nonprofit focused on mental health technology against each funder's award patterns. Keep the schema stable so I can compare all three side by side.
Tips
- Search grant history for multiple funders at once so you can compare which one has the strongest precedent for your type of work.
- Lock the output schema before batching so all funder comparisons share the same structure.