GrantsPath Support Center
Guides, FAQs, and help for using GrantsPath — from your first search to audit-ready records.
Getting Started
New to GrantsPath? Here's the quick version:
- 1Create your free account — no credit card required
- 2Complete your profile — your organization, focus areas, and location power Fit Scores
- 3Search for grants — we search federal and state grant portals and flag tribal eligibility
Feature Guides
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Discovery
Grant Search & Matching
Search federal and state grants, review why matches appear, and save briefings as stable snapshots.
State & Pass-Through Grants
How state grants work in GrantsPath, including federal pass-through funding administered by state agencies.
Policy Watchtower
Understand how recent executive orders may affect grant programs and your funding opportunities.
Application
Applications
Track your grant pipeline, manage prep sheets, and stay on top of deadlines.
NOFO Analysis & Criteria Extraction
Upload a NOFO to extract evaluation criteria and configure the proposal generator to match how this specific funder scores.
Supporting Document Generation
Generate logic models and organizational capacity statements from expert-authored rubrics matched to federal reviewer scoring.
BudgetBuilder
Build SF-424A-compliant budgets with NOFO constraint extraction, indirect cost rate application, and AI-generated justification narratives.
SF-424 Application Forms
Understand the SF-424 form family and where to get the official versions.
Calendar & Reminders
Monthly calendar view with grant deadlines, personal events, briefing overlays, and policy risk markers.
Post-Award
Post-Award Compliance Monitoring
Monitor active awards for reporting deadlines, executive order impacts, and compliance conditions before they become audit findings.
Renewal Generation
Generate renewal applications from prior award data — performance history, budget actuals, and compliance record.
Grant Matching & Fit Scores
Understand how your tribal profile powers AI fit scoring on every grant.
Location Verification (Sovereignty Shield)
Verify your project location to protect your authority during audits and prove your Tribe's legal standing.
Sovereign Vault & 7-Year Records
Keep your grant records audit-ready for 7 years, more than twice the 3-year federal minimum.
Joint MOU Templates
Reference MOU clauses for inter-tribal grants and consortium applications. Copy, customize, and review with counsel.
Federal Grant Management Course
View full course →New to grants? This free, self-paced course teaches federal grant management from the ground up — 6 modules, approximately 4 hours total.
Finding the Right Grants
Build a discovery process that surfaces well-fit federal and state grants continuously. Learn the five fit dimensions, set up a watchlist, and stop hunting from scratch every quarter.
Reading a NOFO Like a Reviewer
Learn how federal grant applications are scored before you write a word. Understand NOFO structure, evaluation criteria, and what separates winning applications from the rest.
Building a Competitive Application
Understand proposal structure, logic models, capacity statements, budgets, and how to write every section as a rubric response.
Frequently Asked Questions
Using GrantsPath
How do Fit Scores work?
When you open a grant's detail page, GrantsPath generates a Fit Score (0–100). The score evaluates your tribal profile against eligibility criteria, jurisdiction, focus areas, and compliance signals — and uses AI analysis to catch nuances that simple keyword matching would miss. Green (80+) means excellent match, yellow (60–79) is a good match, red (below 60) is a partial match. Each score includes a 'Why This Grant Fits' explanation. Requires Researcher tier or above.
How do I search for grants?
Use the Search page to type a question or enter keywords. GrantsPath auto-detects whether to use natural language or keyword matching, and you can lock to Keyword mode with the search mode dropdown. Filter by source (federal or state), agency, funding amount, tribal eligibility, and deadline. Open any grant's detail page to generate a Fit Score, start a prep sheet, or track the application.
Can I bookmark grants?
Yes. Click the bookmark icon on any grant to save it. Visit the Bookmarks page to see all your saved grants. Separately, you can save a natural-language search as a 'briefing' — a snapshot of search results you can revisit or overlay on your calendar to spot deadline patterns.
How does the Calendar feature work?
The Calendar shows a monthly view of your tracked application deadlines (color-coded by status), personal events you create, and briefing watchlist overlays from your saved searches. Grants affected by executive orders show risk markers. The calendar also suggests milestones like 'Final Narrative Review' (3 days before deadline) for at-risk grants, and lists unscheduled or continuous grants in a sidebar.
What is the Executive Order Impact Analysis?
When a grant may be affected by a recent presidential directive, the grant detail page shows an Executive Orders card with a risk level (1–10), matched terms from the executive order, and an explanation of the potential impact. This helps you anticipate changes in funding priorities before investing time in an application. Visit the Policy Watchtower at /policy-watchtower for a live view of current policy signals.
Can I export my data?
Yes. From a grant's detail page you can export a Grant Summary PDF. Sovereign tier and above can generate a Council Summary PDF — a formatted report with grant details, fit score, and tribal authority information designed for sharing with leadership. You can also export SF-424 form data from prep sheets.
How often is grant data updated?
We import federal grants from Grants.gov daily and state grants nightly: from state portals where they publish data, and from listings our team curates where they don't. Grants are flagged for tribal eligibility automatically. The home page shows how many states have open grants right now.
What tiers include which features?
Explorer (free) includes unlimited basic search, 5 deep searches a day, tribal eligibility filters and up to 3 saved grants. Researcher adds fit scores, unlimited search and bookmarks, deadline reminders, and application tracking with SF-424 form filling. Professional adds AI proposal drafts, NOFO criteria extraction, BudgetBuilder, award tracking with AI report drafts, renewal generation, and up to 3 users. Sovereign adds tribal verification, SF-424 PDF export, post-award compliance, drawdowns and SF-425, the 7-year Sovereign Vault, Helpers, and up to 5 users. Nation adds multi-tribe applications, territory overlap checking, unlimited users and a named GrantsPath contact. The Pricing page at /pricing has the full comparison.
Account & Profile
How do I reset my password?
On the sign-in page, click 'Forgot password?' and follow the instructions. You'll receive an email with a link to create a new password.
Is GrantsPath single-user or multi-user?
Explorer and Researcher are single-user. Professional includes up to 3 users, Sovereign up to 5, and Nation unlimited, all sharing one workspace with team roles, so staff can work on the same applications and awards.
How do I manage my profile?
Open Profile from the sidebar. Your profile has five sections: Personal Information, Tribal Affiliation (with BIA Registry verification), Compliance Status, Grant Preferences, and Additional Details. The more you complete — especially tribal verification and focus areas — the more accurate your Fit Scores will be.
Technical & Security
My page isn't loading properly. What should I do?
Try refreshing your browser, clearing your cache, or using a different browser. If problems persist, please contact support with details about the issue, including which page you're trying to access and any error messages you receive.
Which browsers are supported?
GrantsPath works best with modern browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. We recommend keeping your browser updated to the latest version for optimal performance.
How is my organization's data protected?
GrantsPath follows tribal data sovereignty principles. We never mine, sell, or share your data with third parties; every service provider that runs part of GrantsPath is listed at /sovereignty. Records are stored with encrypted connections and secure authentication. Grant records are kept for 7 years, more than twice the 3-year federal minimum (2 CFR 200.334). You can export your data at any time. For details, see our Privacy Policy at /privacy.
Contact Support
Need more help? Send us a message and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Email: support@grantspath.com
Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm MT