Find the grant your small business qualifies for. Write the proposal. Get it verified.
Stop spending evenings on agency sites: we search federal, state, county and city programs, map every step, and write the proposal.
Walk into every application knowing you qualify, with your licenses in order and a proposal a certified editor has checked.
Grants are non-dilutive funding: you keep full ownership of your business.
Grant search is free, no credit card required.
No guaranteed-funding promises: agencies make every award decision. We don't sell your data.
14-day money-back guarantee on your first plan. After 14 days all sales are final.
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Running a 501(c)(3)? GrantVerify works for you too.
Pick Nonprofit as your organization type and the search adds private foundations and government programs open to nonprofits, with every step mapped.
- Private and community foundations
- Federal grants open to 501(c)(3)s
- State, county and city nonprofit programs
From “is there money for this?” to a plan, a license and a proposal someone checked.
Know exactly what to do next
Every grant you qualify for, the registrations it needs and a dated plan, instead of evenings lost on agency sites.
Apply with confidence, not guesswork
Find out you're eligible before you spend a weekend writing, and have a certified editor check the proposal before it goes out.
Show up credible to funders, landlords and lenders
A licensed, documented business with a Peer Verified badge anyone can confirm.
A Chicago teacher opening a learning academy
Two decades in the classroom, now launching a licensed early-learning academy on Chicago's South Shore for Fall 2027.
- Staff registered with Gateways to Opportunity
- Program designed around Illinois Rule 407
- Fall 2027 waitlist opened
- IDEC child care license pending
- Finding grants and planning the build-out
- Doors open on Chicago's South Shore · Fall 2027
Think government funding is only for non-profits? Think again.
In late 2008, both Tesla and SpaceX were weeks away from running out of cash. SpaceX was rescued by a NASA contract that December, and in 2009 Tesla was approved for a $465 million Department of Energy loan that carried it to scale.
Over two decades, Elon Musk's companies have drawn at least $38 billion in federal, state and local contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits. Fortune 500 corporations keep dedicated compliance teams to continuously pursue these programs.
"GrantVerify brings those same enterprise mapping tools directly to small business owners."
1. Federal infusions (SpaceX)
A $278M NASA COTS agreement (2006) funded early Falcon 9 and Dragon development. After three failed Falcon 1 launches, a $1.6B NASA cargo contract in December 2008 secured the foundation for its multi-billion dollar scale.
2. Regional super packages (Tesla)
Secured a $1.3 billion incentive package from Nevada in 2014 to build its first Gigafactory, layered alongside local tax abatements.
How GrantVerify works for you
Our search engine and wizards scan active programs at the federal, state, county and city levels at the same time, then auto-generate the compliant proposal components your industry requires.
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Sources: NASA COTS Space Act Agreement (2006) and Commercial Resupply Services contract (Dec 2008); U.S. Department of Energy ATVM loan to Tesla (approved 2009, closed 2010); Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development (2014); The Washington Post analysis of Musk-company government funding (Feb 2025). Figures are rounded, and the $38B total includes contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits. GrantVerify is not affiliated with Tesla, SpaceX or Elon Musk; these examples illustrate public funding programs and do not imply similar results.
It didn't start with billions. It started with small federal awards.
Every year federal agencies set aside billions for small businesses through SBIR and STTR. Some of today's best-known companies got their start with awards a small team could apply for.
Symantec
Recognized by the SBA as the program's first SBIR recipient. Phase I and II NSF awards funded the early research behind the company's first products.
Qualcomm
Multiple Phase I and II awards for satellite communications and error-correcting codes helped the young company hire engineers and build early chip technology. Inducted into the SBIR Hall of Fame.
iRobot
At least 14 Phase I and 10 Phase II DoD awards in this period funded the robotics research behind the PackBot and the company's broader expertise.
Feasibility study, typically up to about $300K.
Full research and development, typically up to about $2M.
Commercialization with private or non-SBIR funding.
Recent winners near you
Real small businesses that won SBIR and STTR awards, straight from SBIR.gov public award data.
Sentinel 4.0TM: Measurement and Control System for 3DCP Interlayer Bond Strength
Source: the most recent awards in SBIR.gov's public award file, refreshed weekly. Company names are public record; GrantVerify is not affiliated with these businesses.
Sources: SBIR.gov success stories (Symantec, Qualcomm); National Academies of Sciences assessment of the DoD SBIR program (iRobot); SBA SBIR/STTR program guidelines. Award amounts are approximate and phase limits change by agency and year. GrantVerify is not affiliated with these companies.
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GrantVerify is new, and we'd rather show you real stories than made-up ones. Using GrantVerify for a grant, a license or a lease? Tell us how it went: what you applied for, what got easier, and what's next. With your OK, we'll feature it here.
From search to submission in one workspace.
Walk into the bank, your board or the funder with a plan that has already been checked, instead of guessing whether your business is fundable.
Search every level
Live Grants.gov listings plus AI research on state, county and city programs.
Map the steps
Eligibility, registrations, documents and a dated action plan for your industry.
Generate the proposal
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Verify with a human
Send it to a certified grant editor for a final compliance check.
Proposal Writer
Cover letter, statement of need, goals, measurable outcomes, timeline, evaluation, budget justification and sustainability — written from your organization and the grant you choose.
State Licensing Guide
A step-by-step checklist of the licenses, permits and registrations your industry needs in your state — agencies, fees, timelines and official links.
A certified human editor checks it before you submit.
Send any proposal you generate to the Peer Verify network of certified grant editors for a line-by-line compliance review, suggested edits and a certification stamp.
Pick an area, or get both.
Built for small business owners and nonprofits doing their own grant work, not enterprise grant teams.
Proposal Writer
AI-generated, funder-ready proposal documents built from your grant and organization.
- Full AI proposal drafts (11 sections)
- AI Budget Forecaster + PDF
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- Edit, save and download
Grant search is free, no credit card required. 14-day money-back guarantee on your first plan; after 14 days all sales are final.
Full Verify Suite
Proposal Writer + State Licensing Guide, plus $50 off every human editor review.
One consultant proposal costs $2,000+. One month here is $79.
- Everything in Areas 01 & 02
- Human review for $149 (save $50)
- Priority roadmap research
- Best value for growing teams
Grant search is free, no credit card required. 14-day money-back guarantee on your first plan; after 14 days all sales are final.
State Licensing Guide
Step-by-step state licensing, permits and registrations for your industry.
- All 50 states + DC
- Industry-specific checklists
- Alternative Capital Matchmaker
- Smart-Match grant email alerts
Grant search is free, no credit card required. 14-day money-back guarantee on your first plan; after 14 days all sales are final.
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Why Tyray built GrantVerify
After retiring from the Army, Veteran Tyray Daniels set out to solve a problem he witnessed throughout his career: brilliant ideas stalling due to a lack of funding guidance. While successful business owners often credited grants for their start, the actual roadmap to securing those funds remained a secret.
To level the playing field, Tyray built GrantVerify. The platform's impact is hitting close to home; Tyray's wife, a school teacher with over two decades of experience, is using GrantVerify to guide her path to approval as she prepares to launch a new learning academy in Chicago for Fall 2027.
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