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Discovery — finding funders & RFPs

Where the Grant Hub shows funders matched to your projects, Discovery is the global opportunity browser. Search across every active RFP and IRS-enriched funder in our database.

Not on GrantHub Lite. The standalone Discovery panel is a paid feature and is hidden on the free Lite tier. Lite still searches the same opportunity database through AI matching in the Grant Hub — you just see grants matched to your profile instead of the full unfiltered browser. See GrantHub Lite.

Discovery

Three sub-views

Toggle at the top:

  • Opportunities — active grant RFPs (federal, state, local, foundation).
  • Funders — IRS-enriched 501(c)(3) foundations, 184K of them, drawn from our 1.9M nonprofit DB.
  • RFP Archive — historical federal awards, useful for "who funded this kind of project before?"

Filters

The toolbar has three filter axes:

  • Amount — Any, <$100K, $100K–$500K, >$500K. Filter to your typical ask range.
  • Deadline — Any, 30/60/90 days. Helpful when you need a quick win.
  • Source type — Federal, State, Local/Municipal, Foundation, Corporate.

Anatomy of an opportunity card

Each card shows:

  • URGENT badge — appears when deadline is ≤14 days.
  • Funder/agency name — clickable to the funder profile.
  • Title — clickable to the original source (Grants.gov or Federal Register).
  • Fit score — relative to your tenant's NTEE/geo profile.
  • Source label — GO = Grants.gov, FR = Federal Register, FDN = foundation.
  • Geographic scope — national, international, or specific state(s).
  • Amount — if disclosed.
  • EIN — for foundation sources.
  • Deadline — days remaining.

Card actions:

  • Save — pushes this RFP into one of your projects (you pick which).
  • RFP — opens the original posting on Grants.gov or Federal Register.
  • Investigate — opens the funder's full IRS profile, past grantees, and a recommended letter-of-intent draft.

Stats banner

Top of the list shows:

  • Total active RFPs matching your filters.
  • Combined ceiling (sum of all max-amounts).
  • Urgent count (≤14 days).

Tips

  • Use the search box generously — keyword search hits both title and funder name. Try "scholarship", "youth", "music", whatever describes your work.
  • Save liberally — saving an RFP to a project costs nothing and lets you decide later. Dismiss only when you're certain it's not a fit.
  • Check daily for federal RFPs — Grants.gov posts new opportunities every weekday morning. The first to apply often has an edge.
  • Federal opportunities have short windows — most federal RFPs give 30 days from posting to deadline. If you see one you want and it's already 7 days in, move fast.