Grant Fit Scout - Grants.gov Grant Finder

Find federal grant opportunities and rank them by proposal fit, deadline urgency, eligibility clues, award details, and application workload.

This Actor uses the official Grants.gov public API. It does not need a login, API key, proxy, or browser.

Pricing

Grant Fit Scout is priced per useful result:

• Primary paid event: qualified-opportunity
• Price: $0.10 per scored Grants.gov opportunity
• Store display: $100.00 / 1,000 qualified opportunities
• Platform usage: included

The default input returns up to 25 opportunities, so a normal default run is designed to stay around $2.50 before any user-set max charge limit. You can lower maxResults for a smaller test run or raise it for a broader watchlist.

Why Use It

Most grant scrapers return raw listings. Grant Fit Scout adds proposal-facing signals a grant writer can use immediately:

• fitScore from 0-100
• fitReasons explaining why an opportunity matched
• urgency and daysToClose
• workload estimate such as moderate program proposal or heavy proposal lift
• eligibilitySummary
• awardSummary
• contactSummary
• direct Grants.gov link

It is built for grant writers, nonprofit operators, university teams, workforce programs, GovCon consultants, and business-development teams that want a short actionable list instead of a raw dump.

Good fit searches include:

• workforce development grants for nonprofit providers
• cybersecurity education grants for community colleges
• rural health workforce opportunities
• STEM training grants for universities
• technical-assistance grants for consultants building a client watchlist

Example Input

{
  "keywords": ["workforce", "cybersecurity"],
  "idealApplicant": "nonprofit or small business that provides workforce training, cybersecurity education, or technical assistance in the United States",
  "statuses": ["posted", "forecasted"],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "minimumDaysToClose": 14
}

Output Fields

• source
• opportunityId
• opportunityNumber
• title
• agency
• agencyCode
• status
• openDate
• closeDate
• daysToClose
• urgency
• cfdaList
• sourceUrl
• matchedKeywords
• fitScore
• fitReasons
• workload
• eligibilitySummary
• awardSummary
• contactSummary
• synopsis
• rawDetailKeys

Suggested Uses

• Build a weekly grant lead monitor.
• Score opportunities for a specific nonprofit, university, or small business.
• Export a CSV for a grant writer to review.
• Feed qualified opportunities into a CRM or proposal tracker.
• Watch forecasted grants before the full NOFO is released.

What You Get Back

Each result is one scored opportunity with the fields needed for first-pass pursuit decisions:

• fit score and reasons
• deadline and days remaining
• agency and status
• award clues when available
• eligibility summary when available
• contact summary when available
• cleaned synopsis
• direct Grants.gov source link

Data Source

Official Grants.gov REST API:

• search2
• fetchOpportunity

The API guide states these endpoints do not require authentication.

Local Verification

npm run build
apify validate-schema
apify run --purge

The latest paid launch test produced 28 scored opportunities for a workforce and cybersecurity search. Sample exports are available in samples/grant_fit_scout_sample.csv and samples/grant_fit_scout_sample_top5.json.

Notes

This Actor does not apply for grants, guarantee eligibility, or provide legal advice. It helps prioritize public opportunities for human review.