🌐 Grant & Foundation Opportunities Scraper

Automatically scrape grant and funding opportunities from multiple portals and export clean, structured data in 4 formats — ready to use in Excel, Google Sheets, or any database.

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📦 Output Fields

Every record always contains all 6 fields. Missing data shows as N/A — no blank cells.

Field	Description	Example
grant_id	Unique grant / opportunity number	R25AS00279
funder	Organization or program name	Ford Foundation — Climate Justice Fund
amount	Funding amount	$500,000
eligibility	Who can apply	Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status
deadline	Application closing date	30 June 2026
link	Direct URL to the grant page	https://grants.gov/…

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🚀 Quick Start — Demo Mode

Want to see the output instantly without scraping?

1. Open the Input tab
2. Turn "Demo Mode" toggle ON
3. Click Run Actor
4. In 2 seconds you get 10 sample records with all 6 fields filled

Demo Mode loads 10 built-in sample records from grants.gov and fundsforngos.org — no internet requests, no proxy needed. Perfect for previewing the output format before buying credits.

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🌍 Supported Sources

Source	grant_id	funder	amount	eligibility	deadline	link
grants.gov	✅	✅	⚠️	⚠️	✅	✅
fundsforngos.org	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Any URL	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

⚠️ grants.gov sometimes does not publish amount or eligibility before Congressional budget approval — this is a government policy, not a scraper limitation.

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⚙️ Input Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
demo_mode	false	Load 10 sample records instantly — no scraping
portal_urls	grants.gov + fundsforngos	URLs to scrape, one per line
max_items_per_portal	10	Max records per URL (1–100)
export_json	true	Save results.json
export_csv	true	Save results.csv (Excel-compatible)
export_xlsx	true	Save results.xlsx (auto-sized columns)
useApifyProxy	true	Use residential proxies (recommended)

Recommended URLs for best results

https://fundsforngos.org/
https://fundsforngos.org/category/latest-funds-for-ngos/
https://grants.gov

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📤 Output Formats

Results are available in 4 formats after each run:

1. Dataset (Table)

Visible directly in the Output tab — paginated table with all 6 columns.

2. JSON (results.json)

[
  {
    "grant_id": "R25AS00279",
    "funder": "Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects (Bureau of Reclamation)",
    "amount": "N/A",
    "eligibility": "State governments; County governments; City or township governments",
    "deadline": "06/02/2026",
    "link": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361414"
  },
  {
    "grant_id": "N/A",
    "funder": "Ford Foundation — Climate Justice Fund",
    "amount": "$500,000",
    "eligibility": "NGOs and civil society organizations working in climate-affected communities",
    "deadline": "30 June 2026",
    "link": "https://fundsforngos.org/ford-foundation-climate-justice-fund/"
  }
]

3. CSV (results.csv)

UTF-8 BOM encoded — opens directly in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets without encoding issues.

4. Excel (results.xlsx)

• Frozen header row (row 1 stays visible while scrolling)
• Auto-sized columns for easy reading
• Sheet name: Grants

All files are saved to the Key-Value Store tab and can be downloaded anytime.

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💡 Tips

• Demo Mode ON → instant 10 sample records, no credits used
• fundsforngos.org gives the most complete data across all 6 fields
• grants.gov gives reliable grant IDs, deadlines and direct links
• Use max_items_per_portal: 50 for larger exports
• Residential proxies prevent IP blocks on grant portals
• Run on a schedule (Apify Scheduler) to get fresh grants daily

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📋 Notes

• Duplicate records (same URL) are automatically removed
• All fields default to N/A when data is not available on the source site
• The actor handles errors gracefully — one failed record never stops the full run
• grants.gov amount/eligibility may show N/A — this is a US government policy, not a bug