At Grants For You, we serve the full spectrum of nonprofits—from social service agencies to educational programs to arts organizations. About half of our work is with faith-based entities, and over time, we’ve seen a distinct pattern: faith-driven organizations face unique—and often invisible—barriers in the grant world.
Some foundations explicitly welcome faith-aligned missions. Others, just as quietly, steer away from them. The challenge is knowing which is which—before investing hours into research or writing.
Most grant databases don’t account for this. They treat all nonprofits the same, regardless of worldview. That’s a costly mistake for ministries and mission-driven organizations that care not only about what is funded—but who is doing the funding.
That’s why we built the Grantmaker Alignment Index (GAI). This is a proprietary tool that scores thousands of U.S. grant foundations by political lean, faith-friendliness, geographic focus, and alignment with common nonprofit causes. More than just data, the GAI is designed to save time, avoid mismatches, and help faith-driven leaders target the right funders from day one.
We’ve paired the GAI with an AI-powered query tool called GrantFinderPro that lets us filter grant makers based on what truly matters to faith-based organizations. It’s changed how we do research, shortened our timelines, and protected our clients from wasting time on grants they were never likely to win—or would not accept.
If you’re a faith-based nonprofit navigating these challenges, you’re not alone—and you’re not imagining it. There is a better way.
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Download a free sample table or book a 30-minute consultation. We’ll walk you through how we use it—and how it could save your team hours of time and effort every month.
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