Grant Graph is a free index of 2,889,078 grants totaling $266.10B, extracted from IRS 990 filings from 107,162 funders, fused with all 1,720 currently open federal funding opportunities. Every figure is reproducible from the cited public sources.
Start here: how federal grant money actually works - the three numbers behind the phrase "federal grants," and why the one everyone quotes is the wrong one.
For each cause: how many open, nonprofit-eligible federal opportunities exist right now, versus how much private foundation money demonstrably flowed. Three causes currently have zero open federal doors.
| Cause | Open federal | Private grants | Private $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| food pantries | 0 | 8,859 | $98.6M |
| food banks | 1 | 18,891 | $1.07B |
| animal shelters | 1 | 2,552 | $35.4M |
| affordable housing organizations | 2 | 2,016 | $390.1M |
| refugee services | 4 | 101 | $6.3M |
| arts education programs | 6 | 943 | $34.4M |
| homeless shelters | 9 | 538 | $14.5M |
| veterans organizations | 9 | 9,305 | $362.7M |
| domestic violence programs | 19 | 2,594 | $170.3M |
| literacy programs | 21 | 7,564 | $259.5M |
| youth mentoring programs | 32 | 357 | $34.1M |
| substance abuse recovery programs | 49 | 862 | $718.2M |
| environmental conservation groups | 52 | 192 | $11.2M |
| mental health programs | 56 | 7,938 | $1.31B |
| workforce development programs | 116 | 1,346 | $196.6M |
| senior services | 138 | 1,004 | $123.3M |
Grant Graph is an independent, free index built from public data: IRS Form 990 series e-file releases and the grants.gov API. It is not affiliated with grants.gov or any federal agency.