Granted AI

Granted AI is a grant research and application-preparation service for nonprofits, researchers, and small businesses, with a web product and an API. It is a strong fit for applicants who want matching, guided drafting, and proposal critique in one place. Its central limitation is practical: the work ends with a Word draft, which applicants must submit themselves.

Overview

Granted brings together more than 140,000 live grant opportunities and 133,000+ foundation profiles. Mission-based recommendations can help narrow a broad search, while deadline tracking supports follow-through. The combination is useful for organizations that need to identify plausible funders and keep opportunities moving toward an application.

Granted covers preparation rather than the full application process. Applicants download their drafts as Word documents and submit through each funder’s own channel, so teams seeking a single system that handles submission should look elsewhere.

Key features

Funding discovery and drafting

Recommendations match an organization’s mission to 133K foundations, alongside access to the live opportunity database. For applicants who already have a request for proposals, uploading it prompts requirement analysis, followed by section-by-section drafting grounded in the applicant’s answers and the funder’s criteria. This gives the writing process a useful structure; the quality and completeness of the application still depend on the answers the applicant supplies.

Proposal review and compliance

Six AI experts review a proposal independently, deliberate, and return a consensus-ranked set of weaknesses with suggested fixes. That makes the review more actionable than a simple pass or fail, though applicants remain responsible for deciding which edits fit their proposal.

Compliance monitoring checks four IRS data sources: BMF, Pub78, Revocations, and OFAC screening. This can help organizations check compliance against those sources as part of their workflow. Granted also offers a REST API and an MCP server for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other compatible assistants. The free registered API tier allows 10 AI searches and 100 requests per day.

Data handling and support

Granted says data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256, stored on US-based servers, and not used to train AI models. It uses OpenAI’s API for grant-writing coaching and says processing is covered by OpenAI’s data processing agreement. Granted says it will respond to questions about security practices within one business day.

Pricing

Granted has a free plan and free trial, with paid plans from $29/mo. The plans divide into applicant tools and API access, so the right choice depends on whether the main need is preparing proposals or integrating funding data into another product.

• Free API: free (billed $0/month); 100 requests/day, 10 AI discovery searches/day, semantic search, and community support. A useful starting point for light API exploration, but the daily search allowance is modest.
• Anonymous API: free (billed $0); 50 requests/day per IP, 3 AI discovery searches/day, and a shared API key. Its lower search cap and shared key make it better suited to trying the service than to building a sustained workflow.
• Basic: $29 a month (billed $29 per month); three AI drafts per month, Grant Writing Coach, full RFP Analysis, and unlimited active grants. It fits an organization preparing a small number of applications each month; the draft cap is a real constraint for frequent applicants.
• Professional: $89 a month (billed $89 per month); unlimited drafts and early access to new features. It suits teams whose drafting volume exceeds Basic’s allowance.
• Starter API: $149 a month (billed $149/month); 500 AI discovery searches/month, 25,000 DB queries/month, foundation financials, and priority support. A step up for products or teams that need regular API access and financial data.
• Growth API: $499 a month (billed $499/month); 2,000 AI discovery searches/month, 100,000 DB queries/month, key people data, and dedicated support. It fits heavier data use where those higher quotas and people data matter.
• Enterprise API: custom pricing; 10,000+ AI searches/month, unlimited DB queries, bulk data exports, custom datasets, and dedicated support and SLA. It is aimed at large-scale integrations that need export or service commitments.

Platforms

Granted is available on web and through an API. Its MCP server also connects with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible assistants.

Who it's for

Granted is best suited to nonprofits, researchers, and small businesses that want help finding relevant funding and shaping applications around specific RFP requirements. Basic can suit occasional applicants, while Professional is more appropriate for teams that draft frequently. API plans serve teams building grant discovery into their own systems. Applicants who need automatic submission through funder portals should choose a different workflow.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Broad discovery coverage: 140,000+ live opportunities and 133,000+ foundation profiles give applicants a substantial pool to search.
• Criteria-based drafting: RFP analysis and section-by-section drafting help organize responses around funder requirements.
• Structured proposal critique: Six AI reviewers produce a ranked list of weaknesses and suggested fixes.
• Several access routes: Web, REST endpoints, and MCP connections support direct use as well as integration.

Cons

• No application submission: Applicants must download Word drafts and send them through the funder’s own channel.
• Basic limits drafting volume: Three AI drafts per month may not cover an active application schedule.
• Free API access is capped: The registered tier allows 10 AI searches and 100 requests per day, while anonymous access allows only 3 searches per day.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Nonprofit Grant Writing Software.

• Grantable is a freemium web alternative with five daily chat messages on its free plan; choose it if that free chat allowance suits your writing workflow.
• Grantboost is a freemium web option with 10 Writer chats and 10 grant views per month on its free plan; it may suit applicants who want to start with those monthly limits.
• Grantivo offers a free web plan with 10 credits, unlimited proposals and drafts, a full funder directory, requirement tracking, and readiness features; it is worth considering if those proposal tools are the priority.
• Grantora has a free Community plan with up to four Grant Project Outputs per year, 5 MB storage, and one admin and one writer user; choose it if that small-team project allowance fits.
• Mavenly is a paid web and API alternative with a free sandbox of 500 requests per month; it may suit teams seeking a limited API starting point.
• ProposalMint is a freemium web alternative with a free plan that includes EIN-based profile building, grant browsing and search, smart match scoring, and a foundation explorer; it is a reasonable option when those discovery features are the draw.
• GrantAppli offers a free web plan for three grant projects; consider it if that project cap meets your needs.
• Grantsville offers a free first application; consider it if you want to begin with one application.

Verdict

Granted AI is a strong choice for organizations that want a large funding search, RFP-guided drafting, proposal feedback, and compliance checks in one service. The main reason to choose it is the breadth of its preparation workflow, including its API and MCP options. Look elsewhere if you need applications submitted for you, or if Basic’s three drafts per month will not cover your workload.