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What it is

Mavenly is a grant funding platform for discovering opportunities, drafting proposals, managing applications, and reporting outcomes. Its discovery module matches organizations with federal, foundation, and corporate grants, scoring fit by mission, geography, budget band, and grant history. Compose AI uses an organization’s prior submissions and a funder’s evaluation rubric to draft proposals, which can be exported as DOCX or PDF. Management tools cover pipelines, deadlines, funder relationships, reporting, and outcomes. Listed integrations include Slack, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365, plus Salesforce, HubSpot, and Bloomerang for CRM. Editions are available for grantseekers, including nonprofits and higher education advancement teams, and grantmakers such as private and community foundations. Starter costs $49 a month. The guided trial lasts 14 days and follows Starter limits: two authorized users, up to 10 active applications, 50 funder matches, and 25 AI drafts; afterward, the workspace becomes read-only unless the customer subscribes. The site lists web and API platforms; a mobile app is described as coming in Q1 2027.

Spec sheet

What it does
Mavenly is an AI grant-management workspace covering discovery, proposal drafting, pipeline management, deadlines, budgets, outcomes, document readiness and reporting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Product
Mavenly describes itself as an AI-powered operating system for grant funding that helps organizations discover, draft, manage, and report on grants.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Intended users
Mavenly offers editions for grantseekers such as nonprofits and higher education advancement teams, and for grantmakers such as private and community foundations.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Integrations
Listed connectors include Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot and Bloomerang; Airtable, Notion and Asana are listed for Q3 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Support
Published support targets are 72 hours for Starter, 48 hours for Professional, 24 hours priority support for Team and dedicated customer success for Enterprise.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Headquarters
Miami, Florida, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · mavenly.ai
Founded
2025Read 28 Sep 2026 · mavenly.ai
Company
Mavenly, Inc. is described as a Delaware C-Corp and subsidiary of T. James Enterprises Inc., with a Miami, Florida address; the about page says it was founded in 2025.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Access controls
Paid tiers require multifactor authentication, while Google/Microsoft SSO and SAML/SCIM are available only on higher tiers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
AI data handling
Mavenly says it uses Anthropic Claude zero-data-retention endpoints and does not train general models on customer data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
AI drafting
Compose AI drafts proposals using an organization's prior submissions and the funder's evaluation rubric, and supports DOCX and PDF export.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
AI provider
Mavenly says its AI inference uses Anthropic's Claude API with zero-data-retention endpoints and customer prompts and responses are not used for general model training.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
API access
Team includes read-only API access and Enterprise includes read/write API access; Starter has no API.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
API extensibility
The platform advertises custom CRM connectivity through an API on all tiers, with deeper API access reserved for higher tiers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Audit trail
Activity records are append-only, hash-chained, filterable and exportable for audit use.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Budgets and outcomes
The platform tracks award budgets, burn rates, approval policies, indicators, targets and reporting-period entries.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Certifications
Mavenly identifies itself as pre-launch on its security page and says SOC 2 Type II is in flight, while ISO 27001 and HIPAA readiness are planned.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Company legal identity
The site identifies the maker as Mavenly, Inc., a Delaware C-Corp and subsidiary of T. James Enterprises Inc.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Compliance reporting
Compliance Reporter creates funder-specific quarterly and annual reports from stored outcomes data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Compose AI
Compose drafts applications, letters of intent and budget narratives using prior submissions, organizational context and funder evaluation criteria.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Data protection
Mavenly says it uses TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, and does not use customer data to train its AI models or third-party models for general use.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Design partners
HBCU Endowment Fund and World Nourishment Foundation are named as the two initial nonprofit design partners.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Document Vault
Document Vault classifies uploaded nonprofit documents, extracts fields from items such as Form 990s and audits, supports version approval and flags expiries.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Documentation
The public FAQ contains 53 answers covering setup, matching, drafting, pipeline, pricing, security and support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Federal sources
Federal opportunities are synchronized nightly from Grants.gov, SAM.gov, NSF and the Federal Register.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Founded and launch
The company timeline says Mavenly entities were formed in 2025 and the public product launched in June 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Founder
Trevor James is identified as founder and chief executive officer.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Free trial
New workspaces receive a 14-day guided trial without a credit card; after the trial the workspace becomes read-only until subscription.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
G2 product category
G2 lists Mavenly under AI Video Generators and describes it as an AI video-marketing product, which differs from Mavenly's current grant-management positioning.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Grant discovery
Discovery matches mission, geography, capacity and history against active opportunities and produces fit scores with explanations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Grant management
The platform includes pipeline and application management, deadline tasks, funder relationship tracking, and reporting and outcomes tools.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Incident response
For confirmed personal-data breaches, Mavenly commits to notifying affected customers within 72 hours where legally required.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Licence
The reviewed Mavenly pages do not identify an open-source licence or offer self-hosted software.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Limit: certification maturity
Mavenly's own security page says the product is pre-launch and its formal SOC 2 Type II certification is not yet complete.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Limit: enterprise cost structure
Enterprise requires an annual contract, adds an implementation fee and has custom pricing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Limit: independent review coverage
G2 says there are not enough reviews to provide buying insight.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: starter extensibility
Starter excludes API access and custom integrations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
LinkedIn company size
That LinkedIn page lists company size as 2–10 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
LinkedIn industry listing
A LinkedIn page named Mavenly lists the industry as Software Development.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Maker headquarters
Mavenly lists 777 Brickell Avenue, Suite 500, Miami, Florida 33131 as its company address.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Mobile
The site lists a mobile app as coming in Q1 2027.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Mobile availability
The site labels its mobile app as coming in Q1 2027.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Money-back guarantee
Every paid plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Organization memory
Organization Memory stores profiles, programs, narratives and policies for reuse in grounded AI work.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Pipeline forecasting
Pipeline uses probability-weighted forecasts to project likely grant revenue.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Product structure
Mavenly describes twelve modules sharing one grant-funding data model.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Rating on G2
0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Saved searches
Saved searches monitor new matches and can route alerts through in-app notifications, email or Slack with quiet hours and digest schedules.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Security certification status
The security page identifies Mavenly as pre-launch and says SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA readiness are planned or in progress rather than completed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Security encryption
Mavenly states that traffic uses TLS 1.2 or higher and stored customer data and backups use AES-256 encryption.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Target customers
The product is aimed at nonprofits, universities, mission-driven organizations, foundations and grantmakers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Trial limits
The 14-day guided trial mirrors Starter limits: 2 authorized users, up to 10 active applications, 50 funder matches, and 25 AI drafts; the workspace becomes read-only when the trial ends unless the customer subscribes.Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai

Plans and prices

Sandbox Free 500 requests / month · 2 req/sec · Daily data refresh · Docs only Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Starter $49 a month monthly or $468/year 2 authorized users · 10 active applications · 50 funder matches/month · 25 AI drafts/month · standard reports · email support 72hr SLA · no API Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Developer / Pilot $199 a month Annual billing available at ten months' price 15,000 requests / month · 10 req/sec · Daily data refresh · Email support Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Professional $299 a month monthly or $2,988/year 5 authorized users · unlimited applications and matches · 200 AI drafts/month · forecasting · stakeholder CRM · alert routing · email support 48hr SLA Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Professional / Scale $699 a month Annual billing available at ten months' price 100,000 requests / month · 30 req/sec · Hourly data refresh · Priority email support Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Team $799 a month monthly or $7,988/year 15 authorized users · unlimited AI drafts · advanced analytics · full compliance reporter · outcomes integration · budgets and burn analysis · Google/Microsoft SSO · read-only API · priority support 24hr SLA Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Enterprise $1,500 a month custom annual contract; starting at $1,500/month unlimited users · multi-program support · custom AI fine-tuning · Salesforce/HubSpot integration · read/write API · SAML SSO and SCIM · dedicated success lead · 99.9% uptime SLA Read 15 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Enterprise Priced on request Annual contracts only · Net 30 invoicing · Multi-year discounts available · Implementation fee additional Unlimited Authorized Users · Read & write API access · SAML SSO + SCIM · Custom integrations · 99.9% uptime SLA Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai
Enterprise Data Feed Priced on request Annual billing available at ten months' price 5,000,000 requests / month · 100 req/sec · Continuous sync · Named technical account manager Read 3 Oct 2026 · mavenly.ai

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Matches federal, foundation, and corporate opportunities.
  • AI drafts can use prior submissions and funder rubrics.
  • Exports drafts to DOCX and PDF.
  • Lists six workplace and CRM integrations.

Limits

  • No free plan is listed.
  • Trial workspace becomes read-only after 14 days without subscription.
  • Starter limits users to two authorized users.
  • Mobile app is listed as coming in Q1 2027.

Who it suits

Mavenly suits nonprofits, higher education advancement teams, and foundations that need grant discovery, proposal drafting, application tracking, or reporting tools. The trial limits are relevant for teams evaluating it.

Mavenly in depth

Read the full write-up

Mavenly brings grant discovery, AI-assisted proposal drafting, and application management together for grantseekers and grantmakers. It is best suited to organizations coordinating several applications and willing to pay for a shared workflow. Its broad feature set is balanced by modest entry-tier quotas and a trial workspace that becomes read-only unless you subscribe.

Overview

Mavenly matches organizations with federal, foundation, and corporate grant opportunities, scoring fit by mission, geography, budget band, and grant history. Compose AI drafts proposals using prior submissions and a funder’s evaluation rubric, with DOCX and PDF export. Pipeline management, deadline tasks, funder relationship tracking, and reporting and outcomes tools extend the system beyond discovery and drafting. That makes it a stronger fit for teams managing a grant cycle than for organizations seeking only a writing assistant.

Native integrations include Slack, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365; CRM integrations include Salesforce, HubSpot, and Bloomerang. Mavenly says it uses TLS 1.2 or higher in transit and AES-256 encryption at rest, and does not use customer data to train its AI models or third-party models for general use. Its inference uses Anthropic’s Claude API with zero-data-retention endpoints. The company identifies itself as pre-launch on its security page: SOC 2 Type II is in flight, while ISO 27001 and HIPAA readiness are planned. Organizations requiring completed certifications should weigh that status before adopting it.

Key features

Discovery and drafting

Fit scoring against several organizational and grant-history factors can help teams focus their search, while drafting from past submissions and funder rubrics gives AI work a defined starting point. Export to DOCX and PDF supports moving drafts into other workflows. The value depends on having useful prior submissions and enough monthly drafts for the team’s workload.

Application operations

Application pipelines, deadline tasks, funder relationships, and outcomes reporting place coordination around proposals in the same system. This breadth is useful when several people oversee active opportunities; smaller organizations with few applications may find the higher tiers’ unlimited capacity unnecessary.

Pricing

Mavenly has no free plan for its grant-management product. The 14-day guided trial mirrors Starter: two authorized users, up to 10 active applications, 50 funder matches, and 25 AI drafts. At the end, the workspace becomes read-only unless you subscribe, so it is a time-limited evaluation rather than a continuing free workspace.

Sandbox: free, with 500 requests per month, 2 req/sec, daily data refresh, and docs only. This is an API-oriented free tier, not a substitute for the grantseeker workspace.

Starter: $49 a month or $468/year, with up to two authorized users, 10 active applications, 50 funder matches and 25 AI drafts per month, and email support with a 72-hour SLA. It suits a small team with limited volume; no API access and strict quotas constrain expansion.

Developer / Pilot: $199 a month, with annual billing available at ten months’ price, 15,000 requests per month, 10 req/sec, daily refresh, and email support. This is an API tier rather than a stated grant-workflow bundle.

Professional: $299 a month or $2,988/year. It raises capacity to five authorized users, unlimited active applications and matches, and 200 AI drafts per month, with a 48-hour email support SLA. It fits teams whose discovery and application volume exceeds Starter, but still limits drafts and excludes SSO and advanced security.

Professional / Scale: $699 a month, with annual billing available at ten months’ price, 100,000 requests per month, 30 req/sec, hourly refresh, and priority email support. Its published terms emphasize data-feed capacity rather than grant-workflow user or draft quotas.

Team: $799 a month or $7,988/year, with up to 15 authorized users, unlimited AI drafts, read-only API access, and priority support with a 24-hour SLA. It suits larger collaborative teams that need drafting capacity beyond Professional.

Enterprise: priced on request, annual contracts only, with Net 30 invoicing, possible multi-year discounts, and an additional implementation fee. It includes unlimited authorized users, read-and-write API access, SAML SSO, SCIM, custom integrations, and a 99.9% uptime SLA. This is the option for organizations needing enterprise access controls and integrations, with a custom commitment rather than a standard monthly term.

Enterprise Data Feed: custom pricing, with annual billing available at ten months’ price, 5,000,000 requests per month, 100 req/sec, continuous sync, and a named technical account manager. It is aimed at high-volume data-feed use, not a listed grant-team seat package.

Support commitments range from Starter’s 72-hour email SLA to dedicated customer success on Enterprise. The about page says Mavenly responds to inquiries within two business days.

Platforms

Mavenly runs on web and offers an API. A mobile app is listed as coming in Q1 2027, so teams needing a current mobile app should look elsewhere.

Who it's for

Grantseekers such as nonprofits and higher-education advancement teams can use Mavenly to connect opportunity search with proposal and application work. Private and community foundations have a grantmaker edition. Teams should match their expected users, applications, and draft volume to the plan caps; Starter is particularly narrow for growing groups.

Pros and cons

Pros: Discovery, drafting, deadlines, relationship tracking, and reporting sit in one grant-focused system, reducing the need to split those tasks across separate tools.

Pros: Fit scoring uses mission, geography, budget band, and grant history, while AI drafts draw on prior submissions and funder rubrics.

Pros: The higher plans provide a clear path to more seats, unlimited applications or drafts, API access, SSO, and custom integrations.

Cons: Starter’s two-user, 10-application, 50-match, and 25-draft monthly limits may quickly bind a busy team.

Cons: The trial lasts 14 days and its workspace becomes read-only without a subscription, offering no enduring free grant-management tier.

Cons: SOC 2 Type II remains in flight and ISO 27001 and HIPAA readiness are planned, which may not meet organizations’ current compliance requirements.

Alternatives

Nonprofit Grant Writing Software is a category overview for comparing grant-writing options.

GrantAppli is worth considering for a free web-based option with three grant projects.

Grantable suits readers who want a free web-based tier with every capability included, but it caps free use at five chat messages a day and file imports at 10 MB.

Grantboost offers a free web plan with 10 Writer chats and 10 grant views per month; choose it if those caps suit a lighter workflow.

Grantora offers a free Community plan with up to four grant project outputs per year, 5 MB secure storage, and separate admin, writer, and read-only auditor users.

Grantivo offers a free tier with 10 credits, unlimited proposals and drafts, a full funder directory, and requirement tracking and readiness.

Instrumentl is another paid, web-and-API option with a free trial; its Discover plan is $299 a year, billed $299 /month paid upfront annually or $349 paid monthly, for up to three users.

WinMyGrant has a forever-free web plan for three proposals per month, with a full seven-section proposal and copy-to-clipboard output.

Bidara is a paid web alternative with a free trial and a Starter plan at $299 a year, billed annually, for 10 AI-generated responses per month and up to three team members.

Verdict

Choose Mavenly if your nonprofit, advancement team, or foundation wants opportunity discovery, AI drafting, and application operations in one workspace, and its quotas and security posture suit your needs. Its strongest case is the breadth of a grant-specific workflow, not a lasting free tier. Look elsewhere if you need free ongoing access, larger Starter capacity, or completed security certifications before adoption.

Verdict

Mavenly combines grant discovery, AI-assisted proposal drafting, and application management, with editions for grantseekers and grantmakers. Review the trial caps and post-trial read-only behavior before evaluating it with a team.

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