MCP: Grant & Foundation Funding Intel

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents grant and foundation-funding intelligence as structured tools. Wraps the grant-funding-intel actor, which unifies federal grant opportunities (Grants.gov) and private-foundation giving (IRS 990-PF via ProPublica) into one normalized funding schema.

Built for grant-writer, nonprofit, and fundraising AI agents.

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Tools

Tool	What it does
search_grants	Open federal grant opportunities by keyword, eligibility, and funding category - award range, eligibility, focus, deadline.
find_funders	Private foundations by name / state / focus area, with multi-year giving history (grants paid, payout ratio, asset trend).
profile_funder	Deep profile one foundation by EIN: giving history, payout vs the 5% minimum, and recipient-level grant awards (when a 990-PF XML URL is supplied).
match_funders	Surface + score the funders most likely to fund a cause - federal opportunities and foundations ranked with transparent reasons.

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Usage

Discover the tools (free):

{ "mode": "list_tools" }

Find open education grants for nonprofits:

{
  "mode": "call_tool",
  "tool": "search_grants",
  "args": { "keyword": "literacy", "category": ["education"], "eligibility": ["nonprofits_with_501c3"], "limit": 15 }
}

Match funders to a project:

{
  "mode": "call_tool",
  "tool": "match_funders",
  "args": { "cause": "after-school literacy in rural Ohio", "focus_area": "Education", "state": "OH", "min_assets": 5000000 }
}

Batch several tools in one run:

{
  "mode": "batch",
  "calls": [
    { "tool": "search_grants", "args": { "keyword": "housing" } },
    { "tool": "find_funders", "args": { "state": "CA", "focus_area": "Education" } }
  ]
}

Every tool returns { tool, args, ok, count, items, summary, error }. Agents key off ok + summary + items.

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Pricing

Flat $0.005 per MCP tool call (mcp_tool_call). The upstream grant-funding-intel actor charges its own events to the same run as pass-through: funder_record $0.006, grant_history_enrichment $0.012, funder_match $0.015.

Agentic payments (x402 + Skyfire)

This server is x402 (USDC on Base) and Skyfire ready. When the operator enables MCP monetization, an AI agent can pay per tool call with no pre-provisioned API token. mode=list_tools returns the payment descriptor (accepted rails, price, wallet/seller identity) so agents know they can call pay-per-use. Configure via environment: X402_ENABLED, X402_PAY_TO_ADDRESS, X402_PRICE_USD, SKYFIRE_ENABLED, SKYFIRE_SELLER_ID.

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Sources & responsible use

Grants.gov (federal opportunities) and IRS Form 990 / 990-PF via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (foundation giving) - public APIs, no keys, logged-out. PII minimized; public-record names only. Verify deadlines and eligibility against the official source before applying. See the upstream actor's README for full source and legal-safety detail.