GrantAppli vs Mavenly

GrantAppli is a web platform for finding funders and preparing grant applications. Users can search by mission, focus area, and location, or use reverse peer search to find funders supporting similar organizations. They can also provide foundation website URLs to assess alignment with a nonprofit’s goals. Writing tools include AI assistance, automated letters of inquiry, document summaries, character tracking, and research with sources. Teams can collaborate on drafts in real time, track grant status and deadlines, and organize documents and images in one place. Budgeting tools let users build a budget and discuss line items, adjustments, and totals through chat. Optional read-only access to Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets allows users to browse and import files they select. GrantAppli says customer content is private and is not used to train AI models. Its security policy describes encryption, firewalls, DDoS mitigation, intrusion detection, encrypted backups every five minutes, and disaster recovery testing at least twice a year. A free plan covers three grant projects, and a free trial is listed.

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.