A grant eligibility checker that shows its sources
A clear answer you can defend — what you qualify for, what you don't, and the rule behind each call.
Most checkers run a keyword search and call it a match. This one runs your organization through the real eligibility rules: a program that fails a hard rule is ruled out, every designation shows the law behind it, and a clear no is delivered as plainly as a clear yes. Name one organization and in about 8 minutes you get the ranked answer — programs you qualify for, the ones you can't touch, and why.
No credit card. 3 runs, 1 seat on the free trial.
A federal grant eligibility checker tells you which programs you can legally apply to. With Strategic Pursuit, the rules decide who qualifies — hard rules like population caps, rural thresholds, required designations, and type of organization rule a program out, and the AI only suggests. It checks 205 federal programs across more than two dozen federal agencies, shows the law behind each rule, and gives you the answer in about 8 minutes.
A clear no saves you weeks
A checker that only says yes is a liability.
You pass the hard rules, and fit and competitiveness score high. You see the law behind it, the Assistance Listing / CFDA number, the current funding window, and the date it was last checked on every match.
You pass the rules we can check automatically, but one detail — like a designation start date or how a match is calculated — needs your confirmation. It's flagged, not hidden. Anything not checked in 180 days carries this note on purpose.
A hard rule rules you out — a population cap, a rural threshold, a designation you don't hold, the wrong type of organization. You see exactly which rule, and exactly which law it comes from. A clear no you can defend to a city manager, a provost, or a skeptical researcher is a week you didn't waste.
How it works
How an eligibility answer holds up to a line-by-line check.
Name one organization.
A U.S. city or county, or a degree-granting college or university. One name. That's all we need to start.The rules decide, not the AI.
Eligibility comes down to each program's hard rules — type of organization, population caps, rural thresholds at the USDA 50,000 line, required designations. A program that fails any of them is ruled out. The AI does the research; it never gets a vote on who qualifies.The numbers come from official sources.
Once the AI is done, the numbers come straight from official government sources — Census demographics, USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and Justice40 / HUD designations for cities; designation status, research scale, and federal awards for universities. The figures aren't the AI's memory; they're pulled fresh from the source.Every claim shows its source.
The rule, the source, and the date it was last checked show on every program. Past a year, a program can't be called a top match. Programs that no longer exist never show up.
This isn't the AI's guess. The answer is confident because it shows its sources.
Eligibility, in your world
Eligibility looks different in each world. The standard of proof doesn't.
Which programs is your city actually eligible for?
Population caps, rural thresholds, CDBG entitlement status, Justice40 disadvantaged-community designation, QCT/DDA — the rules that decide a city's application, checked against your city's real numbers. See the grant and formula-funding programs you can defend, and the ones to walk away from.
Which programs does your institution qualify for?
Eligibility based on your designations, with the law behind each one — HBCU under HEA §322(2), HSI under Title V §502(a)(5) at 25% Hispanic undergrad enrollment, AANAPISI, TCU, PBI, land-grant 1862/1890/1994 — plus research-scale and Carnegie rules that fit how colleges really work. See where your designations give you solid standing, and the open ground others overlook. We use only publicly posted FSA totals — no NSLDS, no student-level data, ever.
A method you can check
A method you can check — and honest about what we don't have yet.
We promise a method you can check, not a claim that we have every number.
FAQ
Eligibility checker, answered.
Stop checking lists yourself. Start trusting the answer.
Name one organization. Get the programs you qualify for, the ones you don't, and the law behind each — in about 8 minutes.
No credit card. 3 runs on the free trial.