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Eligibility

Eligibility, answered before you apply

The worst outcome in grant seeking is spending twenty hours on an application you never qualified for. GrantTitan removes the guesswork: every grant publishes its rules in full, your verified profile is checked against them rule by rule, and the answer — qualify, don’t qualify, or one thing missing — comes with the reasons cited.

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The rules are published, not hidden

When a funder posts a grant on GrantTitan, the eligibility rules are part of the posting, in full: who can apply (nonprofits, teachers, schools), the tax status required, where the funder gives, the topics it funds, the budget size it serves, grade levels and subjects for classroom grants, and the documents an applicant must have. Nothing about the check is a black box and there is no score you cannot see — the determination is the funder’s own published rules, applied to your profile facts, one rule at a time.

Your side of the check is your verified profile. Its facts come from named sources — the IRS tax-exempt database and Candid for a nonprofit, the verified school-system record for a teacher — and each fact carries its source and check date. A fact a source could not confirm can be typed in, but it is labeled “Not yet verified,” and an unverified fact can never satisfy a rule that requires a verified one.

Three answers, each with reasons

Eligibility determination Sample

You qualify for this grant

What fits
  • This grant is open to nonprofits — that is you.
  • Tax status matches: 501(c)(3).
  • Place matches: this funder gives in your state.
  • You already have the requested document saved in your profile.

A sample determination, in the same format GrantTitan produces. The full rules appear on every grant before an application is started — nothing about the check is hidden.

“You qualify” means every rule passed against your profile as it stands. “You don’t qualify” lists each rule that failed and the profile fact it was checked against — so you can tell a hard no (wrong state, wrong organization type) from a misunderstanding. “One thing missing” is the most useful of the three: everything fits except one fixable item — a document not yet in your profile, a budget size not yet stated — and the determination names it. Fix it once, in your profile, and the grant re-checks instantly; the same fix counts for every future grant that asks for it.

Why this order matters

Eligibility first changes the economics for both sides. Seekers stop spending scarce hours on applications that were never open to them, and spend those hours on the applications they can win. Funders stop reading applications that fail their first rule, and read a smaller pile of applications that fit — each one from a verified profile, with the eligibility determination already on the record. When a funder changes a rule, the change is visible on the grant; determinations always cite the rules as published.

Eligibility connects to everything else on the platform: the same profile that passes the check pre-fills the application, the same documents the check asked for live in your document library, and the same record follows the award into check-ins. Start with grants for nonprofits, classroom funding, or read the FAQ.

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Trust, verification & security

GrantTitan’s credential is not a badge we bought — it is a record you can read. Every verified profile names the source it was checked against and the date it was checked. This is the short version; the full page explains every rule.

Verified from named sources

  • Checks run automatically against the IRS tax-exempt organization database, Candid, verified school-system records, and the organization’s email domain — and fail closed, with the plain reason, if they cannot pass.

Security, in plain words

  • Multi-factor authentication, role-based access, encryption in transit and at rest, and a full audit log of who saw what.

Money & students

  • Seekers pay $0, and no student names, photos, grades, or records appear anywhere on the platform.
Applying and verifying are always free. GrantTitan never charges a fee to release funds, and will never ask for gift cards, wire transfers, or your password by email. If someone asks you for any of those, it is not us.

On certifications, plainly: we are building our controls toward SOC 2 Type II. GrantTitan is not SOC 2 certified, and we will not claim to be until an independent audit is complete.

Read the full Trust & Security page — how verification works, who can see your information, the education-privacy rules, and how to tell the real GrantTitan from a copy.
Profiles verified from named sources · Seekers always pay $0 · We never ask for payment to release a grant · Trust & Security

Proof, not promises

Advance-fee grant scams dress up in borrowed badges. GrantTitan displays no certification logos at all — only claims you can check yourself, in one click, at the source. Our seal appears only where a check has actually run — and every check names its source.

IRS records

Nonprofit status is checked against IRS Tax Exempt Organization records.

Re-check any organization at the IRS

Payments

Payments are processed by Stripe. GrantTitan never holds grant funds and never sees or stores card numbers.

Schools & privacy

No student names, photos, or records — anywhere, by design. We are ready to sign the National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA) with any district.

What we hold — and what we don’t

Every certification we’ve earned, and the ones still in progress, are listed on our Trust & Security page. We claim only what we hold.

See the full list