How AI Is Revolutionizing Grant Research: Find Active Funders Faster

How AI Is Revolutionizing Grant Research: Find Active Funders Faster

Presented by Jake Simon

Wednesday, May 20th, 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Eastern Time

During this Tech Trends Webinar, we will cover how you can use technology to:

The public data hiding in plain sight: where 990s live, what they tell you, and which free sources (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, IRS BMF, FDO free tier) let you pull funder intel without paying for a platform
Three AI prompts that turn a 200-page 990 into a one-page funder summary (runs in ChatGPT or Claude for free)
The “zombie funder” problem: how to quickly check whether a foundation is still active before you waste a week researching it
How to benchmark nonprofit salaries from public filings in ten minutes instead of paying for a compensation report
Stick around after the Q+A for a walkthrough of GrantLedger Pro for nonprofiteers who’d rather skip the manual work and save weeks of research

GrantLedger is a grant research platform that gives nonprofits affordable access to foundation funding data for 75% less than Candid or Instrumentl. Drawing from public IRS Form 990-PF filings, it covers 177,000+ foundations and 10.7 million searchable grants, with full giving histories, verified contact information, and an “Openness Score” that identifies which foundations are open to funding new organizations — not just their existing grantees

About the presenter:

Jake Simon was a power user of Candid — and one of its most frustrated customers. As someone who understood exactly what the platform was built on, he couldn’t reconcile the price tag with the value being delivered to the nonprofits who needed it most. So he built GrantLedger: a faster, smarter grant research tool that delivers everything Candid and Instrumentl charge thousands for — at a fraction of the cost. Same research power. No sticker shock.