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Public Grants & Foundation Scraper — Funding Opportunities, Press Releases, Grant Announcements

Extract public grants, funding opportunities, and foundation announcements from official sources.
Get grant ID, funder, amount, deadline, eligibility, category, keyword match, and direct link. Supports multiple foundation portals (Ford, Gates, Open Society, MacArthur, RWJF, fundsforNGOs) plus any custom URL. Public Grants data is extracted via intelligent HTML parsing with amount, deadline, and eligibility detection. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

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💡 What is Public Grants & Foundation Scraper?

Public Grants & Foundation Scraper is a professional Apify actor that collects real‑time grant announcements, press releases, and funding opportunities from major philanthropic foundations and grant portals. It is designed for NGOs, researchers, grant writers, and development professionals who need to stay updated on available public grants.

The actor:

• Scrapes built‑in foundation URLs (Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, MacArthur Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, fundsforNGOs) and any custom portal you provide.
• Uses intelligent text extraction to identify grant amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, and category (Environment, Health, Education, Human Rights, etc.).
• Supports keyword filtering – only returns grants that match your interests (e.g., “climate”, “youth”, “health”).
• Includes demo mode – instantly see sample public grants without using proxy credits.
• Exports results as JSON, CSV, and XLSX – ready for analysis or sharing.

No API keys required. Works with residential proxies (automatically enabled). The actor respects robots.txt and uses polite delays.

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📦 What Data Can You Extract?

🧩 Data Type	📋 Description
🆔 Grant ID	Unique identifier extracted from URL slug or text.
🏛️ Funder	Foundation or organisation name (e.g., “Ford Foundation”).
💰 Amount	Grant value (e.g., $500,000, $5.0 million).
📅 Deadline	Application deadline (e.g., 30 June 2026).
✅ Eligibility	Who can apply (e.g., “NGOs in climate-affected communities”).
🏷️ Category	Auto‑detected (Environment / Climate, Health, Education, etc.).
🔍 Keyword Match	Which of your keywords were found in the text.
🔗 Link	Direct URL to the full grant announcement.

All fields are cleaned and missing values become "N/A". The actor automatically detects public grants from both standard and custom portals.

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⚙️ Key Features

• Built‑in Foundation Sources – Ford, Gates, Open Society, MacArthur, RWJF, fundsforNGOs (no configuration needed).
• Custom URLs – Add any grant‑related page; the actor extracts public grants from it.
• Smart Text Extraction – Finds amount ($1.2M), deadline (15 April 2026), eligibility (eligible applicants: NGOs).
• Keyword Filtering – Only return grants matching your interests (e.g., climate, youth, education).
• Demo Mode – Test with 10 high‑quality sample public grants instantly (no scraping, no credits).
• Multiple Export Formats – JSON, CSV, XLSX (requires pandas).
• Residential Proxy Support – Automatically uses Apify proxy when available (required for some portals).
• Pagination – Scrapes up to 4 pages per portal to collect enough public grants.
• Deduplication – Removes duplicate links across portals.

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📥 Input Parameters

The actor accepts a JSON object with the following fields:

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
demo_mode	boolean	No	false	If true, returns 10 sample public grants (no scraping).
portal_urls	array or string	No	–	List of custom portal URLs (newline‑separated string or JSON array). If empty, uses built‑in sources.
keywords	string	No	–	Comma‑separated keywords (e.g., "climate, youth, health"). Only grants matching at least one keyword are returned.
max_items_per_portal	integer	No	10	Maximum number of grant pages to scrape per portal.
export_json	boolean	No	true	Save results as results.json in key‑value store.
export_csv	boolean	No	true	Save results as results.csv.
export_xlsx	boolean	No	true	Save results as results.xlsx (requires pandas).
useApifyProxy	boolean	No	true	Enable Apify residential proxy (recommended).

Example Input (Demo Mode)

{
  "demo_mode": true,
  "export_json": true,
  "export_csv": true
}

Example Input (Custom URLs + Keywords)

{
  "portal_urls": "https://fundsforngos.org/\nhttps://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/news-and-press-releases/",
  "keywords": "climate, health, education",
  "max_items_per_portal": 15,
  "export_xlsx": true,
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

Example Input (All Built‑in Sources)

{
  "keywords": "youth",
  "max_items_per_portal": 20,
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

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📤 Output Fields

Each grant is returned as an object with the following fields (all strings, "N/A" if missing):

Field	Type	Description
grant_id	string	Unique identifier (extracted from URL or fallback).
funder	string	Foundation or organization name.
amount	string	Grant value (e.g., $500,000, $5.0 million).
deadline	string	Application deadline (e.g., 30 June 2026).
eligibility	string	Eligibility criteria (e.g., NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa).
category	string	Auto‑detected category (Environment / Climate, Health, Education, etc.).
keyword_match	string	Comma‑separated list of matched keywords (or "N/A").
link	string	Direct URL to the grant announcement.

Example Output (Real Scraped Data)

[
  {
    "grant_id": "FF-2026-CJ-001",
    "funder": "Ford Foundation",
    "amount": "$500,000",
    "deadline": "30 June 2026",
    "eligibility": "NGOs and civil society organizations in climate-affected communities",
    "category": "Environment / Climate",
    "keyword_match": "climate",
    "link": "https://www.fordfoundation.org/news/climate-justice-2026"
  },
  {
    "grant_id": "OSF-2026-YE-042",
    "funder": "Open Society Foundations",
    "amount": "$50,000",
    "deadline": "15 April 2026",
    "eligibility": "Youth-led nonprofit organizations, ages 18–35",
    "category": "Youth / Education",
    "keyword_match": "youth",
    "link": "https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/youth-2026"
  }
]

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🛠 How to Use on Apify

1. Create a task with this actor.
2. Choose mode – enable demo_mode to test with sample public grants, or set to false for live scraping.
3. Provide URLs (optional) – leave empty to use built‑in foundation sources, or add your own.
4. Set keywords – comma‑separated list to filter public grants (e.g., climate, health).
5. Configure export – choose JSON, CSV, XLSX (or all three).
6. Enable proxy – useApifyProxy: true with residential group is recommended.
7. Run – the actor will collect public grants and push them to the Dataset.
8. Export – download results from the Dataset tab or from the key‑value store (JSON/CSV/XLSX files).

Running via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/your-username~public-grants-foundation-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "portal_urls": "https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases",
    "keywords": "health, global",
    "max_items_per_portal": 10,
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }'

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🎯 Use Cases

• Grant Writers & NGOs – Discover new public grants relevant to your mission.
• Researchers – Analyse funding trends by amount, deadline, or category.
• Development Professionals – Monitor foundations’ press releases for emerging public grants.
• Educational Institutions – Find public grants for scholarships, research, or infrastructure.
• Data Aggregators – Build a database of active public grants from multiple sources.
• Journalists – Track foundation announcements for news stories.

Public Grants are essential for non‑profit sustainability, and this actor delivers them at scale.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What sources are included by default?

The actor includes: fundsforNGOs, Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, MacArthur Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. These are pre‑configured to collect public grants from their press release and grant announcement pages.

Q2. Can I add my own URLs?

Yes. Use the portal_urls parameter to add any custom portal that lists public grants. The actor will extract grant links and parse them.

Q3. How accurate are the extracted amount, deadline, and eligibility?

The actor uses regex and label detection. For well‑structured pages (press releases, grant calls), accuracy is high. For noisy pages, some fields may be missing. Demo mode shows typical accuracy.

Q4. Why do I need residential proxies?

Some foundations and grant portals block datacenter IPs. Enabling Apify residential proxies ensures reliable scraping of public grants.

Q5. What does demo mode do?

Demo mode returns 10 pre‑loaded sample public grants (realistic but not live). It consumes no proxy credits and allows you to test the output format instantly.

Q6. How are categories assigned?

The actor scans the grant title and description for keywords like “climate”, “health”, “education”, etc. Categories include Environment / Climate, Health, Education, Youth, Gender / Women, Water / Sanitation, Agriculture / Food, Arts / Culture, Journalism / Media, Human Rights, Technology, Economic Development, and General / Other.

Q7. Can I export to Excel?

Yes, set export_xlsx: true. This requires pandas and openpyxl (both are installed in the actor’s container).

Q8. What happens if a page is not reachable?

The actor logs a warning and continues with the next URL. It does not fail the whole run.

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