Find relevant funders
Start from your mission, community, and program rather than a generic national list.
Built with nonprofits. For nonprofits.
Find funding for your nonprofit without starting from scratch.
CharityEZ helps U.S. nonprofits discover funders aligned with their mission, spend less time researching, and keep using the nonprofit free plan for as long as it meets their needs.
No credit card is required for the nonprofit free plan. Paid plans are available when you want more power.
The problem
Funding research is difficult when every result looks possible.
Nonprofits searching for grants often encounter deadline lists, old articles, national programs that do not fit, and funders whose past giving has little connection to their work. The search consumes time before the real research even begins.
A stronger process separates three questions: Who has funded work like ours? Does the funder appear relevant to our mission and geography? What current requirements must we verify before taking action?
A clearer outcome
Know where to focus before you write.
Use evidence to build a shorter, more defensible list of funders and opportunities to investigate.
Learn from past giving
Use grant history to understand what a funder has supported—not what it promises to support next.
Avoid false certainty
Treat every result as a lead to verify, not a guarantee or open invitation.
Protect staff time
Focus deeper research and proposal effort on possibilities with stronger evidence.
How it works
Turn one clear description into a funding research path.
CharityEZ helps you begin with your nonprofit’s reality, not a prebuilt list for everyone.
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Describe the work
Explain the mission, program, population, place, or need you are trying to fund.
- 2
Discover potential funders
Review organizations whose giving patterns show possible alignment.
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Verify and prioritize
Check current guidelines, research the funder, and decide whether to cultivate, monitor, or apply.
Build a better shortlist
Use evidence before effort.
A useful prospect list is not measured by how many rows it contains. It is measured by how well your team can explain each name. Why might this funder care? Has it supported related work? Does geography matter? Is the likely grant size practical?
CharityEZ helps organize those questions so the nonprofit can make the decision with greater clarity.
- Mission and program relevance
- Population and geographic fit
- Historical giving context
- A verifiable next step
Stay accurate
A past grant is evidence—not a current opportunity.
Grant histories can reveal patterns and introduce funders you did not know. They do not prove that a program is accepting applications today or that your organization is eligible.
Before applying or contacting a funder, review its current website, published guidelines, deadlines, and relationship preferences.
Useful here. Powerful inside.
Learn the approach here. See your matches in CharityEZ.
On this page
A practical grant-finding process, the difference between funders and grants, and the evidence a nonprofit should use to prioritize research.
Inside CharityEZ
Actual mission-based funder matches, detailed records, saved research, relationship insights, and plan-specific search power remain in the CharityEZ application.
Questions nonprofits ask
Frequently asked questions
Where can nonprofits find grants?
Nonprofits can research private foundations, corporate giving programs, community foundations, and public opportunities. Start with mission and geography, use past giving as evidence, and verify current guidelines at the source.
Are the grants in CharityEZ guaranteed to be open?
No. CharityEZ includes funder and grant-history research. Historical giving does not mean a current application is open, and a research match does not guarantee eligibility or funding.
Can a new nonprofit use CharityEZ?
Yes. U.S. nonprofits can create a free account. New organizations should pay close attention to eligibility, operating history requirements, fiscal sponsorship options, and funder relationship expectations.
Can I keep using CharityEZ for free?
Yes. The nonprofit free plan stays free. You can choose a paid plan later if additional search power, research, modules, or team features would help.
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