Grant Fit™

Stop applying for grants you'll never win.

Grant Fit™ tells you exactly which foundations are worth your time, and which ones to skip, before you write a single word. Every opportunity is scored against four eligibility factors, so you pursue only the funders with a realistic case for saying yes.

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No charge · Takes 5 minutes to request · Delivered within 1 business day

Most small nonprofits don't have a grant writing problem. They have a grant selection problem.

The hours spent researching foundations that fund different geographies. The application written for a funder whose priorities shifted two years ago. The deadline missed because no one was tracking the calendar. These are selection failures, not writing failures.

Grant Fit™ addresses the problem one step earlier: identifying which opportunities are actually worth pursuing before a word of the application is written.

The Methodology

The Grant Fit Score™

Every opportunity in a Grant Fit report is evaluated against four factors before it is included. Opportunities that do not clear all four are excluded, regardless of award size.

Mission Alignment

Does the funder support organizations doing work like yours? Program focus, population served, and theory of change are all assessed against the funder's stated priorities.

Geographic Eligibility

Do they fund in your city, state, or region? Many foundations restrict awards to specific areas. Geographic mismatches are the most common reason applications fail before review.

Funding Stage Match

Do they award grants to nonprofits at your stage of development? Some funders require audited financials or a minimum operating history. Others focus specifically on early-stage organizations.

Award Compatibility

Are typical grant sizes aligned with your project budget? A $500,000 request to a funder with an average award of $15,000 signals a mismatch that reviewers notice immediately.

What remains after scoring is a shortlist of funders with a realistic case for saying yes, not a list of foundations that happen to fund nonprofits.

The Clarity Guarantee: If your Snapshot does not surface at least one funder you have not previously researched, I run a second pass at no charge. No questions asked.

Process

Simple. No retainer required to start.

Tell me about your organization

Send your mission, the populations you serve, your geographic focus, and any funders you have already approached. Takes five minutes.

I score your funding landscape

I search active grant databases, verify eligibility against funder guidelines, cross-reference award history from public Form 990 data, and apply the Grant Fit Score™ to each opportunity.

You receive a prioritized shortlist

Your Grant Fit Snapshot or Audit lands in your inbox with a clear recommended next step for each opportunity, not a list to research yourself, but a plan ready to act on.

Sample Work

See exactly what you will receive

The report below is a real Grant Fit Audit™ produced for a Cleveland-based nonprofit theater company. It shows the level of funder-specific detail included in every engagement.

Grant Fit Audit™

Cleveland Public Theatre

Cleveland, OH · Performing Arts · Youth Workforce

This report identifies active funding opportunities matched to CPT's mission, geography, and eligibility, including prior funder relationships, specific award amounts from public Form 990 records, and a prioritized recommended next step for each opportunity. Funders covered include the Mandel Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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About

Byron Coke

I am an independent grant researcher working exclusively with small US nonprofits. I developed the Grant Fit Score™ methodology to solve a specific problem: most nonprofits lose time applying to funders they were never going to win, not because their work is weak, but because the match was wrong from the start.

Every report I produce is built on verified funder data, public Form 990 giving histories, and current application guidelines. I do not generate generic lists. I do not work on contingency. And I do not take on more clients than I can serve well.

What comes next

The Snapshot is the starting point.

Everything else depends on what it finds. If the free Snapshot surfaces opportunities worth pursuing, here is where the work goes deeper.

$497

Delivered within 2 business days

Grant Fit Audit™

Five to seven verified funders with full Grant Fit Score analysis, Form 990 funder history, verified deadlines, a clear priority order, explicit do-not-pursue warnings, a Grant Readiness Assessment, and a 90-day action plan. The full decision, not a preview.

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$1,500–$2,500

Per month, priced by organization size and scope

Grant Intelligence Desk™

Done-for-you funding intelligence for organizations that need continuous coverage. Weekly matched opportunities, ongoing funder monitoring, deadline tracking, and a monthly advisory review. Message before ordering to confirm fit.

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Get Started

Find out which grants your organization should actually be pursuing.

The free Grant Fit Snapshot™ is a first-pass look at where your strongest funding fit may be. Tell me about your organization and I will surface a few likely-fit funders, with one scored in full so you can see the method. No charge, delivered within one business day.

Request Your Free Grant Fit Snapshot™

Takes 5 minutes · No obligation · Delivered within 1 business day

Prefer email? Reach me directly at byron@byroncoke.com