# GrantCue

> GrantCue is a grant management platform for organizations that live on grant funding — nonprofits, research institutions, SBIR/STTR startups, and public-sector teams. It combines live federal, state, and foundation grant listings with AI fit scoring, deadline tracking, task management, team collaboration, and AI-assisted grant writing. A free single-user tier exists; paid plans are listed publicly.

Key facts:
- Built by a small independent team based in rural Pennsylvania.
- Grant catalog: live Grants.gov (federal) listings plus 748 state and state-agency sources across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, foundation and community sources, refreshed continuously.
- Free foundation directory: 11,000+ U.S. private foundation profiles built from IRS Form 990-PF e-filings (grants paid, median grant, giving by year, top recipient states, largest awards, what the latest filing says about applying). No account required: https://www.grantcue.com/foundations
- Fit: AI checks each recommendation against the organization's profile and the grant's own text and says why it fits and what is not known yet; grants in Discover also show an opportunity fit with the evidence used: https://www.grantcue.com/ai-scores
- Funder research from the same 990-PF filings, on every plan: foundations matched to an organization, who funds a named organization, the funders of an organization's peers, officers and trustees, and red flags such as invitation-only funders. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities whose programs GrantCue has checked are also listed, with giving history from Form 990 Schedule I where they file one.
- A free Claude and ChatGPT connector (MCP, no sign-in) at https://www.grantcue.com/api/v1/mcp: search GrantCue's public grant listings and public foundation profiles from inside the assistant. Setup: https://www.grantcue.com/connect/claude and https://www.grantcue.com/connect/chatgpt
- Pricing is public (Free $0 / Essentials $49 / Team $109 / Organization $229 / Enterprise custom, per month): https://www.grantcue.com/pricing

## Product

- [Features](https://www.grantcue.com/features): discovery, funder research, pipeline, deadlines, tasks, collaboration, AI writing, Census community data, reporting, exports, the Claude and ChatGPT connector
- [Deadline and report tracking](https://www.grantcue.com/features/deadline-and-report-tracking): Track every grant deadline, task and post-award report in one place: reminder emails, a calendar feed for Google or Outlook, and a free plan with no card.
- [Proposal preparation](https://www.grantcue.com/features/proposal-preparation): Start a grant proposal from seven free templates, write it section by section, check it against the funder's requirements, and download it as Word or PDF.
- [Grant fit explained](https://www.grantcue.com/ai-scores): how recommendations are checked for fit and how Discover's opportunity fit is worked out
- [Pricing](https://www.grantcue.com/pricing): all plans and what each includes
- [Pricing as Markdown](https://www.grantcue.com/pricing.md): the same plans, prices, seats and trial terms as plain text
- [Security](https://www.grantcue.com/security): encryption, access control, uptime target
- [What's new](https://www.grantcue.com/roadmap): dated notes on what changed for customers, newest first, and every capability live in production today (nothing planned or unreleased)

## Who it serves

- [Research institutions & sponsored programs](https://www.grantcue.com/solutions/research-institutions)
- [SBIR/STTR startups & small businesses](https://www.grantcue.com/solutions/sbir-startups)
- [Public sector: counties, cities, school districts](https://www.grantcue.com/solutions/public-sector)
- [Nonprofits](https://www.grantcue.com/solutions/nonprofits)
- [Grant consultants](https://www.grantcue.com/solutions/grant-consultants)
- [Schools and districts](https://www.grantcue.com/solutions/schools)
- [Migrating from GrantHub](https://www.grantcue.com/granthub-migration)

## Comparisons

- [Instrumentl vs GrantCue](https://www.grantcue.com/compare/instrumentl): plan prices per month and per year from Instrumentl's own pricing page (checked October 2026), what each tool does, where Instrumentl is stronger, tracking only, spreadsheet option
- [GrantHub alternatives](https://www.grantcue.com/compare/granthub): GrantHub was discontinued on January 31, 2026; what each replacement costs and which job it fits, with sources
- [Candid vs GrantCue](https://www.grantcue.com/compare/candid): for people leaving Foundation Directory Online; Candid's plan prices (checked October 2026), where Candid is stronger, and GrantCue's free funder pages and exportable grant lists
- [Grant tracking spreadsheet vs GrantCue](https://www.grantcue.com/compare/spreadsheet): when a spreadsheet is enough, when it stops working, and what importing a CSV takes

## Use GrantCue from an AI assistant

- [Connect Claude](https://www.grantcue.com/connect/claude): add the public GrantCue connector to Claude, with example questions and limits
- [Connect ChatGPT](https://www.grantcue.com/connect/chatgpt): add the public GrantCue connector to ChatGPT, with example questions and limits

## Free foundation directory

- [Foundation directory](https://www.grantcue.com/foundations): 11,000+ private foundation profiles from IRS 990-PF filings, free, no login
- [Foundations with application information](https://www.grantcue.com/foundations/accepting-applications): funders whose latest 990-PF gives application information and does not check the "preselected organizations only" box
- [Browse by state](https://www.grantcue.com/foundations/state/pa): giving by recipient state (replace `pa` with any two-letter state code)
- [Full dataset as CSV](https://www.grantcue.com/foundations/data.csv): every public profile with totals, medians, filing years, and top recipient states; licensed CC BY 4.0; cite as "GrantCue Foundation Directory, IRS 990-PF data, 2021–2025"
- [Foundation Application Information 2026](https://www.grantcue.com/research/foundation-application-information-2026): data report on what the latest 990-PF filings of 11,279 private foundations say about applying (27.1% give application information; that group paid 40.4% of 2024 grants), with CSV files under CC BY 4.0 and a Zenodo DOI
- [How the directory was built](https://www.grantcue.com/blog/free-foundation-directory): source, inclusion rule (≥$1M paid and ≥5 grants), known limits

## Guides

- [How to write a grant proposal, section by section](https://www.grantcue.com/blog/how-to-write-a-grant-proposal)
- [Sample grant proposals and templates](https://www.grantcue.com/blog/sample-grant-proposal-nonprofit-organization-templates-guide)
- [Free grant templates](https://www.grantcue.com/templates): Word and Excel templates, worksheets and full sample proposals for every stage of a grant, free, no sign-up
- [Grants lifecycle management](https://www.grantcue.com/blog/grants-lifecycle-management-guide)
- [SBIR/STTR grant management for startups](https://www.grantcue.com/blog/sbir-sttr-grant-management)
- [Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) explained](https://www.grantcue.com/blog/uniform-guidance-2-cfr-200-grant-management)
- [Research grant proposal templates for PIs](https://www.grantcue.com/blog/research-grant-proposal-template-examples)
- [Blog index](https://www.grantcue.com/blog)

## Contact

- Support: https://www.grantcue.com/support (support@grantcue.com)
- About: https://www.grantcue.com/about