The Lion Project Grant Engine
Find the right grants and turn the best opportunities into stronger applications.
Grant Engine helps nonprofits find the right grants, prioritize the best opportunities, and start with free matched-grant emails. Upgrade only when you want writing help.
Built for small to mid-sized nonprofits without a full-time grant team.
First 5 founding members get 3 months of Growth free
Free snapshot preview
Your first funding map
12
likely lanes
$2.1M
open funding
30d
next deadlines
Grant Engine points your team toward the opportunities worth pursuing first, then helps you build from snapshot to pipeline.
The Lion ProjectBuilt by The Lion Project
A nonprofit serving hundreds of families through mobile food markets, community outreach, and real-world impact.
Lived need
We’ve sat at the table trying to figure out how to fund food for families.
Real work
We’ve spent hours digging through grants that didn’t fit.
Built from it
We built this because real needs should not wait on wasted search time.
What Grant Engine Does For You
Every grant scored against your actual mission, programs, and budget — not just keywords
Your top 5 matched opportunities delivered by email every week, with fit notes and deadlines
Complete application drafts generated from your profile in minutes, ready for your review
Sound familiar?
You spend more time chasing funding than doing the work
You find grants you qualify for... after the deadline passed
You start applications but never finish them
You know there’s money out there — you just can’t find it
You know funding is out there… you just don’t have time to chase it
Grant Engine was built to fix exactly this.
How It Works
Get your free snapshot
Tell us about your nonprofit and we map your strongest funding lanes.
Get matched grants by email
Starter sends a weekly list of relevant grants with fit notes and next steps.
Upgrade when you want writing help
Growth, Partner, and Grant Office add application drafts, review, and support.
Built for nonprofits focused on:
We use it ourselves
The Lion Project runs its own grant pipeline on Grant Engine — the same matching, scoring, and drafting we sell is how we fund our mobile food markets.
Real grant sources, refreshed weekly
Grants.gov, Colorado Health Foundation, the Denver Foundation, the Colorado Trust, DOLA, and more — synced automatically so deadlines are never stale.
You stay in control
AI drafts are starting points. Nothing gets submitted by us — you review, edit, and send everything under your own name.
Start free. Upgrade when the grants are real.
Begin with a no-cost snapshot and weekly relevant-grant emails. Upgrade when you want drafts, review, or a managed grant-writing lane.
Starter
Free matched-grant emails for nonprofits getting oriented
- Free Grant Readiness Snapshot
- Weekly list of relevant grant matches
- Top 5 opportunities by fit
- Fit explanations and next steps
- Save and track promising grants
- Upgrade only when you want draft help
- AI-drafted applications
- Human-written grant applications
- Monthly strategy reports
- Priority support
Growth
Add grant-writing support when you are ready to apply
Starts with your free snapshot — upgrade anytime
- Everything in Starter
- 2 AI-assisted application drafts/month
- Budget justification drafts
- Application quality scoring
- Reusable content library
- Priority support
- Monthly funding strategy report
Partner
For nonprofits building a serious grant pipeline
Starts with your free snapshot — upgrade anytime
- Everything in Growth
- Unlimited matched opportunities
- 5 AI-assisted application drafts/month
- Deadline pipeline and reminders
- Monthly funding report
- Priority support
Done-for-you service
Grant Office
For nonprofits that want us to help write, review, and submit applications with monthly strategy and a managed grant pipeline. Includes up to 2 submitted applications/month; additional submissions are scoped separately.
AI-generated drafts are starting points. Your organization is responsible for reviewing, editing, approving, and submitting all grant materials unless you are on a separate Grant Office agreement.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be a 501(c)(3)?
Most grants in our database require 501(c)(3) status, but we also include opportunities for fiscally sponsored organizations and other nonprofit structures. Our eligibility check will clarify what you qualify for.
How does the AI find grants?
Grant Engine combines rule-based matching, local AI-assisted summaries, and capped premium AI drafting depending on your plan. Starter gives you a free snapshot and weekly matched-grant emails; paid plans add deeper AI help when you are ready to write.
What if I don’t have a grant writer on staff?
Starter helps you find relevant grants for free. Growth and Partner can generate first-draft application materials, but your organization reviews, edits, approves, and submits them. If you want human review and submission support, ask about Grant Office.
Do you review and submit grants for us?
Not on Starter, Growth, or Partner. Those are software plans. Grant Office is the separate done-for-you service for human-reviewed drafts, submission support, and monthly strategy.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. All plans are month-to-month with no contracts. Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel from your account settings whenever you need to.
How is this different from other grant databases?
Most databases give you a search bar and wish you luck. We actively match you with grants that fit your specific organization for free, then offer paid writing support when you want help applying. And we’re built by a nonprofit that actually uses this system.
Find out where your nonprofit should look for funding first.
The free snapshot and Starter emails give you a practical funding lane before you buy anything.