A Program of Walls Wisdom Works
GrantConnection: Grant Intelligence for Nonprofits
GrantConnection is a program and software platform of Walls Wisdom Works, built to help nonprofits find, evaluate, and pursue grant opportunities with a searchable database and a structured pipeline tool.
The Relationship
Walls Wisdom Works is the nonprofit advisory practice: the people-led, relationship-based work of assessing your organization, building strategy, writing proposals, and providing ongoing capacity-building support. GrantConnection is the technology platform underneath that work: a program of Walls Wisdom Works, not a separate legal entity. All contracts, payments, and obligations related to GrantConnection are held in the name of Walls Wisdom Works.
What GrantConnection Does Today
Live, Verified Features
Grant database search
Search and filter a curated catalog of 700+ active grant opportunities, updated on an ongoing basis.
Fundability Assessment
The same structured assessment used across Walls Wisdom Works engagements, available directly inside the platform.
FundBuilder pipeline & tracking
Organize opportunities, track application status, and manage your grant pipeline in one place.
What's Coming
AI-Assisted Features: Coming Soon
The following capabilities are planned but are not yet generally available to all users. They are described here as design direction, not as a currently-live feature.
AI-assisted grant matching
Recommendations based on your organization's profile, not yet generally available.
AI-assisted narrative drafting
Support drafting proposal narrative language, not yet generally available.
AI eligibility review
Automated eligibility screening, not yet generally available.
Profile-driven recommendations
Recommendations driven by a full organization profile, not yet generally available.
Design Principles
How GrantConnection Decides What to Show You
Every opportunity GrantConnection surfaces resolves to one of three honest outcomes. This reflects the review process today, led by human judgment; AI-assisted matching is planned but is not yet generally available, and will follow the same three outcomes when it launches.
Match
A defensible opportunity aligned with your organization's eligibility, mission, and funding strategy.
Requires Eligibility Review
“When an opportunity may fit but an eligibility condition cannot yet be confirmed, GrantConnection flags it for review instead of presenting it as a confirmed match.”
Honest Zero
“If we cannot identify a defensible match, we would rather tell you that than manufacture a recommendation.”
Text description of the GrantConnection decision-state diagram for non-visual access. There are three possible states for any opportunity reviewed. State 1, Match: a defensible opportunity aligned with your organization's eligibility, mission, and funding strategy. State 2, Requires Eligibility Review: when an opportunity may fit but an eligibility condition cannot yet be confirmed, GrantConnection flags it for review instead of presenting it as a confirmed match. State 3, Honest Zero: if we cannot identify a defensible match, we would rather tell you that than manufacture a recommendation. This process is led by human review today. AI-assisted matching is planned and not yet generally available.
Honest Zero
“If we cannot identify a defensible match, we would rather tell you that than manufacture a recommendation.”
A returned list of zero strong matches is a more useful, and more honest, answer than a manufactured one.
Requires Eligibility Review
“When an opportunity may fit but an eligibility condition cannot yet be confirmed, GrantConnection flags it for review instead of presenting it as a confirmed match.”
An opportunity flagged for review is not a confirmed match, and GrantConnection will not present it as one.
Pricing
FundBuilder
Simple, transparent pricing for organizations ready to search, assess, and track their own grant pipeline.
FundBuilder Monthly
- Full grant database search
- Fundability Assessment
- FundBuilder pipeline & tracking
- 700+ active grant opportunities
FundBuilder Annual Access
- Full grant database search
- Fundability Assessment
- FundBuilder pipeline & tracking
- 700+ active grant opportunities
Network / Denomination
- Multi-organization access
- Coordinated onboarding
- Custom engagement terms
When Consulting May Be a Better Fit
GrantConnection is a self-service platform. If your organization needs help building the underlying Fundability first, hands-on proposal writing, or a long-term advisory relationship, Walls Wisdom Works' consulting services may be a better starting point than a self-service subscription.
Explore Consulting ServicesReady to Explore GrantConnection?
Visit GrantConnection.org to search opportunities and start your Fundability Assessment.