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Grantboost is AI grant writing software that handles both halves of the job: it finds funding opportunities that match your mission, then drafts submission-ready proposals in your organization's voice. Instead of a patchwork of spreadsheets, RFP databases, and writing tools, your discovery, pipeline, deadlines, and drafting all live in one workspace.

Yes, and it doesn't expire. Every account starts free with no credit card required, and the free plan includes 10 chats in the Writer and 10 grant views in the grant database each month. Those refresh at the start of every month. Paid plans remove the limits entirely — AI usage is unlimited on Solo, Write, and Autopilot. See the plans.

Most teams are up and running the same day. Paste your website URL or upload a past proposal, and Grantboost builds an understanding of your mission and programs from there. After that, strong matches land in your inbox — for most customers, before their first coffee. See how it works.

No. Grantboost is used by full-time grant professionals and by people writing their first proposal. Best-practice templates mean you never start from a blank page, and every draft is built from your own materials. As one first-time grant writer told us: "I'm new to grant writing, and what I'm learning through Grantboost is giving me the confidence to learn more."

Grantboost analyzes your website, mission statement, and any documents you provide, then matches you against funders based on the projects they've funded in the past. Every opportunity it surfaces is scored for alignment with your programs, so you can tell at a glance whether it's worth pursuing — no more reading through tax 990s by hand.

Grantboost continuously monitors roughly 1.5 million funding sources — Grants.gov, state and local portals, foundation databases, and thousands of individual funder sites. The list refreshes in real time, so you see opportunities while they're still open rather than after they've closed.

Every week you'll get a curated list of upcoming opportunities matched to your mission. Some weeks it's more, some weeks less — the list is filtered for fit, not padded for volume. You can also switch on separate deadline alerts so you never miss a closing date.

Coverage is strongest in the United States: federal, state, and local programs plus private and corporate foundations. Some international opportunities do surface, and we have customers outside the US, but if you're seeking funding entirely outside the US the database will be thinner. Ask us about your region before you subscribe.

Yes. Every grant in your pipeline carries its deadline, and you can switch on deadline notifications to get an alert before an opportunity closes — so you're not finding out the week of. They're yours to configure: turn them on if you want the reminders, leave them off if you'd rather manage deadlines yourself. Either way, monitoring and meeting those deadlines is ultimately your responsibility — see our terms for the specifics.

It writes the first draft. Grantboost reads the RFP, extracts the questions you actually need to answer, and drafts each section from your past proposals, programs, and voice — typically in about 15 minutes, against the 20 to 40 hours a proposal traditionally takes. You then edit, refine, and submit. AI proposal drafting is included on the Write and Autopilot plans.

That's the part we spend the most effort on. Drafts are generated from your past wins, your tone, and your programs rather than from a generic template, so the language reads like your team wrote it — because, in a way, you did. You still review every paragraph before it goes out.

Upload past proposals and annual reports, or just paste your website URL. Grantboost reads them to build a voice profile alongside a map of your mission and programs, and it gets closer to how your organization actually writes the more you use it. Brand voice training is included on Write and Autopilot.

Yes — proven templates for every proposal section, drawn from proposals that have won, so you never start from a blank page. Write includes grant templates; Autopilot includes the full library. Compare plans.

No — you stay in control of what gets submitted. Grantboost finds the opportunities, breaks each RFP down into the questions you need to answer, and drafts those answers. You review, edit, and file the application yourself, with a direct link to each funder's application page.

Your drafts export to standard document formats, and opportunity data can be imported and exported manually. There are no third-party integrations today — no CRM, Zapier, or Google Docs sync — so if a specific connection is a hard requirement for your team, talk to us before you buy.

Nonprofits are the core audience. It's designed for lean development teams — solo development directors and small shops carrying a full grant calendar. Our average customer goes from spotting about one fitting grant a month to ten. More for nonprofits.

Yes. Each client gets their own workspace and you switch between them in one click. There's a white-label option — your domain, your logo, your colors — plus per-client billing and usage reports so you can pass costs through transparently or bundle them into retainers. More for agencies, and ask about custom pricing if you manage 10+ clients.

Yes. Sponsored research offices, faculty, and PIs use Grantboost for federal, foundation, and corporate research funding — discovery, RFP breakdown, and drafting in one place, in a private and secure environment. Institutional pricing is custom. More for universities.

Absolutely. Alongside nonprofits, Grantboost is used by freelance grant writers, schools, and local government. The Village of Peck runs its applications through it, and so does a public school teacher in southern Brazil. See what customers say.

Probably not — the Solo plan exists for exactly this case: one seat, unlimited AI usage, and full discovery at $32/mo billed annually. A one-person development shop is a completely normal Grantboost customer, and the free plan lets you test the fit before paying anything.

Three plans, billed annually: Solo at $32/mo, Write at $49/mo, and Autopilot at $66/mo. Month to month, those are $39, $59, and $79. Solo covers discovery; Write adds AI proposal drafting, brand voice training, and templates; Autopilot adds unlimited seats, the full template library, and enhanced data security. See the full comparison.

Any initiative you're seeking funding for. Whether you're hunting down the right grants or crafting a winning proposal, every program you're working on counts as one project. Archive a project any time to free up a slot — your work is always saved and searchable. Each plan includes a set number of active projects; the comparison table has the current limits.

Solo includes 1 seat, Write includes 5, and Autopilot includes unlimited team members. Everyone on the account shares the same workspace, pipeline, and templates.

No. AI usage is unlimited on all three paid plans. What differs between plans is the number of active projects, the number of seats, and which writing tools are included.

Annual billing works out to two months free — $84/yr saved on Solo, $120/yr on Write, and $156/yr on Autopilot compared with paying month to month. Prices on the pricing page show annual by default; use the toggle to see both.

You can cancel at any time. If you cancel before your billing period ends, you keep access until that period is over. We don't issue refunds on cancelled subscriptions — the free plan is there so you can try Grantboost properly before you pay. Full details are in our terms.

Yes. Autopilot covers 50+ active projects, with custom plans beyond that. Agencies managing 10+ clients and universities buying institutionally both get custom pricing. Contact us and we'll find the right fit.

Yes. Every account gets a private workspace — your documents, drafts, and pipeline are visible only to the people you invite. Autopilot adds enhanced data security on top, for organizations with stricter requirements.

No. What you upload is used to personalize your own matches and drafts — your voice profile, your programs, your past wins — and nothing else. Your content is never used to train third-party AI models.

It's the additional protection included with the Autopilot plan, for teams working under stricter internal or institutional requirements. If you need to review the specifics against your organization's policy, get in touch and we'll walk you through it.

Grantboost drafts from your own materials — your past proposals, your programs, your language — so what comes out is your organization's content, reorganized and expanded to answer a specific funder's questions. You edit and approve every word before submission, which we'd recommend regardless: the strongest proposals are always the ones a human has read closely.

Email support@grantboost.io — our team typically responds within 4 hours on business days. Write and Autopilot include priority support. You can also send us a message and we'll route it to the right team within 24 hours.

Yes — self-serve answers, walkthroughs, and tutorials live in our knowledge base.

Autopilot includes an onboarding call. If you'd like to see the product before you commit, book a demo — we run them for teams, agencies, and institutions.

Live system status is at grantboost.betteruptime.com. If an issue is affecting a deadline you're working toward, email support@grantboost.io right away so we can prioritize it.