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6 ways Instrumentl can help you discover new grant opportunities and funders

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Create a project, insert relevant keywords, and let Instrumentl continuously search for active grant opportunities and funders that match your program area needs.

User interface showing a fields of work selection panel with categories like Art & Culture, Community & Human Services, Education, Health, Other, and Science & Environment, plus three selected tags: American Art, Art & Culture, Music Education. A pop-up overlay shows a message: 'We found 146 grants for you!' with a breakdown of 97 foundation grants, 32 corporate grants, and 3 government grants, a note about adding new grants, and a green 'Let's go' button.
Screenshot of a business engagement grant matching interface showing 300 matches with a list of grant opportunities on the left, including the Rockefeller Family Fund: Environment Grant marked as rolling with unspecified amount. On the right, details of the Rockefeller Family Fund grant display deadline as rolling, unspecified grant amount, fields of work highlighted as Environmental Justice & Advocacy and Environmental Policy, applicant type nonprofit, funding uses including education, outreach, general operating expense and project program, with project and residency location as United States. Options to save or hide the project and a note field are visible.
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Access consolidated data that includes over 400,000 funders and 20,000+ active opportunities on a single platform and search for opportunities by factors that are important to your organization.

3

Get personalized recommendations for foundations based on your project criteria and the award histories of funders.

Information panel for United Way Worldwide as a funder showing grant amounts from $5,001 to $445,716,984, fields of work including Art & Culture, American Art, and Music Education, and history of giving in Alabama, United States. It includes a notice about IRS 990 filing delays for 2021 and 2022, with total assets of $77,794,373, total giving $179,973,235, an average grant amount of $23,469, and median grant amount of $10,000. A separate overlay states 227 funders found, with a note that information comes from funders' 990 filings, and a green button labeled 'Let's go.'
User interface showing funding opportunity matches with tabs for Funding Opportunity Matches (145), Funder Matches (1549), and Hidden From This Project (1). A list of funding opportunities appears below with a highlighted 'Standard Corporate Giving Program & Charitable Foundation' from StanCorp Financial Group. A filter menu on the right includes options to include previously saved or hidden opportunities and checkboxes for fields of work like Art & Culture, American Art, and Music Education with exact match toggles.
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Easily refine your search parameters to get more relevant results and get recommendations for additional grants.

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Find active grants from corporate funders, federal governments, state governments, private foundations, community foundations, clubs and societies—even those funders that are invite-only, “off the radar”, and don’t have an online presence.

User interface showing a list of funder matches with filtering options and a popup menu. The interface tabs display counts: Funding Opportunity Matches 145, Funder Matches 1549 (BETA), Hidden From This Project 1. The list includes Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund (27%, Boston, MA), Schwab Charitable Fund (23%, San Francisco, CA), American Online Giving Foundation Inc (Newark, DE, $12,376), and National Christian Charitable Foundation Inc (18%, Alpharetta, GA, $6,000). A filter popup with checkboxes includes options: Include previously saved foundations, Include previously hidden foundations, and Include invite-only funders, all checked.
Funding opportunity details for Convening Grants by Terra Foundation for American Art showing a saved status, updated deadline notice changing letter of inquiry from Dec 10 to Dec 9, 2022, current and later application cycles with letter of inquiry and full proposal dates, grant amount range from $10,000 to $25,000, fields of work including American Art and Native American Culture & Heritage, and form fields on the right for amount requesting, application cycle dates, submission goals, tasks, and documents.
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Tell us about your organization or program area and see active funding opportunities that match.

Each week, you'll get an email with new matching opportunities.

Did you know that 10 out of 10 users say they’ve developed a better list of prospects by using Instrumentl as their institutional fundraising platform?

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Winning 30% more grants thanks to Instrumentl was a huge morale boost. Seeing how many funding opportunities are out there gave our Executive Director and our development team the confidence to hire me as a full-time grant writer. By using Instrumentl, this confidence continues to grow.
‍- Linda Rucker, Grant Writer at Cy-Hope
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