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Chapter I · Nonprofit staff / board

Your first match in fifteen minutes.

How Grantd reads your org profile and files a morning briefing.

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Welcome. You probably came here because grant research is eating your week.

Here''s the path we''ll walk today: EIN lookup → org profile → 3 matches → pick one to track → tomorrow''s briefing. Total time: about fifteen minutes.

Step 1: EIN lookup (30 seconds)

Paste your nine-digit EIN and we pull everything we need from the IRS and ProPublica''s Nonprofit Explorer — your ruling year, NTEE code, revenue band, city, state. No typing forms. If the number isn''t recognized, there''s a manual-entry path.

Step 2: Tell us what you fund (3 minutes)

Most important field: what your programs actually do. Write it in the language you''d use with a peer at lunch, not the language you''d use in a boilerplate "about" section. That shapes every match. If all you have is five bullet points in a Google Doc, paste those.

Step 3: Pick three from your morning briefing

We''ll file you a morning briefing — one screen, our best three matches, with match scores and why-it-matched reasons. You can swipe through to triage. Passed grants go to an archive you can reopen. Tracked grants go to your Docket with their deadlines watched.

Why three?

Free / demo mode tracks up to three at once. For most solo development directors that''s already more than they''re actively applying to. When you''re ready for more, Pro is \$39/mo with a seven-day free trial.

A note on the voice

Grantd writes like a newspaper because grant work should feel like serious, specific work — not a chat app. If the newspaper styling is ever in your way, we have a plain-language toggle coming.