Guides

Everything you need to win more grants.

Go from creating your account to your first application draft — we built GreatGrants for mission-driven organizations and the consultants who serve them.

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Grant Support

After SAM.gov: Setting Up Grants.gov and Submitting Your First Federal Application

Getting your SAM.gov registration active is the hard part of federal grant readiness — but it’s not the last part.

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Grant Support

Are Faith-Based Organizations Eligible for Federal Grants? Yes — Here’s How It Works

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are eligible for federal grants on equal footing with any other nonprofit.

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Grant Support

From Mission to Funding: Is Your Project Ready for Grants?

Ask these six questions early, use the good-idea/fundable-idea model as your filter, and spend your application hours only on the projects that pass.

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Grant Support

How to Register on SAM.gov and Get Your UEI, Step by Step

Before your organization can apply for any of it, you need two things: a UEI and an active SAM.gov registration.

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Platform How-Tos

Getting Started with Great Grants: Accounts, Teams, and Common Questions

Onboarding well takes one session: verify your email, get your teammates invited, complete the profile, build one strong program, and run your first search.

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Platform How-Tos

How to Complete the Organization Profile Properly (Tab by Tab)

Your Organization Profile is the foundation of everything Great Grants does for you.

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Platform How-Tos

How to Build a Great Program Record

Long story short; you need at least one complete program to generate medium-to-high-quality application drafts. This guide shows you how to build one worth reusing.

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Platform How-Tos

How to Get the Best Search Results in Great Grants

Instead of wrestling with keyword codes and filter menus on grants.gov, GreatGrants.ai allows you to search in plain english, and the platform matches opportunities to your organization automatically.

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Platform How-Tos

From Account Creation to First Draft: Building a Grant Application in Great Grants

This walkthrough covers the entire journey — account, organization setup, search, and your first AI-assisted application — in the order you’ll actually do it.

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