OpenGrants, right inside Claude
Search 100,000+ grants, contracts and funders, get AI matches scored to your organization, check eligibility, and save what fits — all from a conversation. No tabs, no copy-paste.
Claude · OpenGrants connectorSeven tools, one connection
Claude calls these on your behalf — backed by your OpenGrants account, secured with OAuth.
Discover
Search the full catalog by topic, with filters for applicant type, geography, award size and deadline.
Search Grants
Keyword + semantic search across 70,000+ grants.
Search Contracts
26,000+ government contracts by NAICS & set-aside.
Search Funders
Look up 5,000+ funding organizations.
Qualify
Turn a long list into the few that actually fit — scored against your organization.
Match to Profile
ProAI-rank grants against your org, with “why it fits”.
Check Eligibility
ProMet / not-met against a grant’s criteria, with reasoning.
Act
Keep what matters and never miss a deadline — your account stays in sync.
Save Grant
Bookmark an opportunity to your OpenGrants account.
Create Alert
Save a search as a recurring funding alert.
Built for how you actually work
Whether you’re a two-person nonprofit or a small business chasing contracts, the connector turns a question into a fundable shortlist.
Nonprofits
From your mission to a matched shortlist
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Describe your mission once — Claude ranks grants by fit.
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Confirm which criteria you meet before you invest time.
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Save the winners and get alerted when new ones drop.
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Small business · GovCon
Find and qualify for set-aside contracts
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Sweep new RFPs by your NAICS codes and set-asides.
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See whether you qualify before writing a proposal.
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Get pinged the moment a matching contract is posted.
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Everyone
Never miss a deadline again
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Set alerts for the topics and funders you care about.
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Ask Claude what’s new and closing soon, any time.
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Build a living pipeline you can act on all year.
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Put it on autopilot
Cowork lets Claude run multi-step work for you. Drop one of these playbooks in — or schedule it — and the connector does the legwork. Copy, tweak the brackets, and go.
Weekly Funding Radar
Every Monday, a digest of new grants matched to your profile — with the top eligibility checks already done.
match_grantscheck_eligibilitycreate_alert“Each Monday, use OpenGrants to find new grants that match our organization’s profile, rank the top 5 by fit, check our eligibility for each, and summarize them with deadlines and links.”
Grant Application Sprint
Go from a topic to a ready-to-apply shortlist, with eligibility and a draft outline for each.
search_grantsmatch_grantscheck_eligibility“Find open grants for [topic] under [amount], match them to our mission, check eligibility for the top 3, and outline what each application requires.”
Contract Bid Finder
Sweep new government contracts in your NAICS and set-asides, qualify them, and summarize the requirements.
search_contractscheck_eligibilitysave_grant“Find new government contracts in NAICS [code] with [set-aside], check which ones we qualify for, and summarize the requirements and deadlines for the best fits.”
Add OpenGrants to Claude in under a minute
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In Claude, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
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Paste the server URL:
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Click connect — you’ll sign in on OpenGrants and choose Allow access.
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Ask away: “Find education grants in California under $250k due in 90 days.”
Secured with OAuth 2.0. Claude gets a connection token scoped to your account — it never sees your password, and you can revoke access anytime in OpenGrants → Developer settings.
What you’ll need
- Free account — search, save grants, and create alerts.
- Pro / Developer — unlocks AI matching + eligibility, with your org profile.
- Claude.ai or Claude Desktop with custom connectors.
Bring funding into your workflow
Stop tab-hopping between funding databases. Ask Claude — and let OpenGrants do the searching, matching and qualifying.