Editorial policy
How GrantCue's guides, comparisons and data reports are researched, sourced, labelled and corrected, written for grant professionals who are deciding how far to rely on them.
Who publishes the guides
The guides, comparisons and data reports on the GrantCue blog are published by the GrantCue team and carry the byline “GrantCue Team”. GrantCue is also a product, a grant discovery and management platform, and we say so. A post mentions the product where it bears on the question the post answers.
How topics are chosen
Posts start from questions that grant applicants and grant managers ask: what people search for, what they ask in public forums, and what the data we hold can answer. Each post answers one question, and most open with a short answer before the detail.
Sources and dates
A statement about a regulation, a deadline, a price or a number names where it comes from. We prefer the primary source: the regulation itself (for example 2 CFR Part 200 on eCFR), the funder's own notice or guidelines, the vendor's own pricing page, or the IRS filing.
Prices and other figures that change are given with the month we read them, for example “read September 2026”. A reader can then see how old a figure is without having to guess.
Some older posts were written before we applied this standard consistently. When we revise one, we bring it up to the standard.
Examples and composites
Worked examples, such as a sample budget or a sample proposal, are there to show a method. When an example is made up, the post labels it as a composite or as illustrative figures. A composite example is not a real award, and a composite organization is not a real client.
Comparisons and conflicts of interest
Pages that compare GrantCue with other products, such as our comparisons with Instrumentl and GrantHub, open by saying that GrantCue sells one of the products compared. They use each vendor's published prices with the date we read them and, where it is true, say where the other product is stronger.
Updates and what “Updated” means
The “Updated” date on a post, and the modified date in the page's structured data, move only when the body text of the post changes. Re-saving or republishing a post without changing its text does not change the date.
Data reports and the foundation directory
The foundation directory and the funding snapshots are built from public filings and from GrantCue's own grant catalog. Their sources, definitions and known limits are on the methodology page. When we leave data out or clean it, the post says so: the August 2026 funding snapshot explains the one record we excluded from every dollar total, and why.
Corrections
If you find an error, email support@grantcue.com with the address of the page and what is wrong. If you can, include the source that shows it. We check the claim against its source. When a post is wrong we correct the text, and when the correction changes a figure or the answer to the question, the post says what changed.
Other ways to reach us are on the contact page.