360Giving GrantNav

Overview

360Giving GrantNav is a public search interface for grant data published in the 360Giving standard. Instead of listing abstract funding missions, it lets users inspect real grants made by participating funders, including recipients, amounts, locations, and issue areas. That makes it especially useful for nonprofits, policy researchers, and fundraising consultants who want to understand how grant money has actually moved. It works best as a grant-history intelligence layer before you move to live eligibility rules on a funder's own site.

What You Can Find Here

• Published grant records from funders that share data using the 360Giving standard.
• Grant amounts, recipient names, dates, locations, and issue tags that help you understand real funding behaviour.
• A way to compare how different foundations or public grantmakers distribute money across regions and topics.
• Evidence for donor mapping when you need to see whether an organisation has funded similar work before.
• Useful context for sector analysis, place-based philanthropy research, and partnership strategy.
• A transparency-oriented complement to live call portals and foundation prospecting tools.

Who Should Use This

• Nonprofits that want to identify funders with a demonstrated history in their issue area or geography.
• Grant consultants building evidence-based prospect lists instead of relying only on broad mission statements.
• Researchers studying philanthropy trends, local funding gaps, or the reach of specific funders.
• Public-sector or civil-society teams comparing where grant capital is flowing across communities.
• Journalists and analysts who need open, attributable grant-history data for reporting.
• Students learning how open grants data can support fundraising and policy analysis.

How to Get Started

1. Step 1: Open GrantNav and start with a precise keyword, place, recipient type, or funder name.
2. Step 2: Review multiple grant records rather than a single result so you can see repeat patterns and average ticket sizes.
3. Step 3: Filter by geography or theme to understand whether a funder supports the exact context you work in.
4. Step 4: Note recurring recipients, grant sizes, and time periods to shape a realistic fundraising strategy.
5. Step 5: Build a shortlist of relevant funders, then move to each official website to confirm current priorities and live opportunities.
6. Step 6: Use GrantNav findings as supporting evidence in internal planning, donor research, or ecosystem mapping.

Things to Check Before Applying

• GrantNav is not a live application portal and does not guarantee that a funder is currently open.
• Coverage depends on which funders publish data through the 360Giving standard.
• Historical grants may reflect older strategies, emergency funding periods, or one-off programs.
• Open-data records are excellent for pattern recognition but not sufficient for eligibility decisions on their own.
• Always confirm current criteria, deadlines, and submission routes on the funder's official website.

Frequently Asked Questions