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A Grantable series
Smarter Prospecting & Funder Research
For the person drowning in funder databases who wants a better way.
3 articles ~19 min all together Read in order, or jump in anywhere.
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Grant Prospecting in 2026: The Old Way Is Dead
The 3-4 pass manual filtering process that grant consultants have relied on for years is finally obsolete. Here's what replaced it — and why county-level geographic filtering changes everything.
· 8 min read
Does This Grant Actually Fit? How to Know Before You Waste 40 Hours
Most nonprofits spend weeks on proposals they were never going to win. Here's a systematic way to assess grant-org alignment before you invest the time.
· 8 min read
It's Time to Assume AI Can Do Our Jobs
I'm launching an AI product I'm proud of, and I'm conflicted about it. If AI can plausibly do our work, we should decide together what to hand over, what to protect, and who gets the savings.
· 3 min read