Grant Research

Foundation Prospect Research Service

Fueling Your Mission by Connecting You with the Right Funders

At Pathways to Growth, we believe that every nonprofit deserves the opportunity to be seen — and funded — by the foundations and agencies best aligned with their mission. That’s why we offer our powerful and deeply personalized Foundation Prospect Research Service, designed to take the mystery and guesswork out of the grant-seeking journey.

Our service does far more than generate a list. We provide your organization with a custom-curated portfolio of funding opportunities, each one carefully selected to match your purpose, programs, and impact goals. Whether you’re a small start-up or a large, multi-state nonprofit, we meet you where you are and help you chart a course toward the funding you need to grow.

🧠 Insight Meets Innovation

Using the highest level of paid research access to the Foundation Center (Candid) — the gold standard in philanthropic research — along with other specialized databases, government portals, and exclusive grant newsletters, our research team delivers a comprehensive, accurate, and strategic funder list. We go beyond surface-level data to uncover funders whose values align with yours.

Our deliverables include:

Foundation and contact information
Giving history and focus areas
Geographic priorities
Application guidelines and deadlines
Average grant sizes
Types of support offered (e.g., general operating, capital, program)
Trustee names and organizational insights (when available)

We also have the capacity to include potential government grant sources, making your funder list a powerful blend of both private and public opportunities.

🧾 The Deliverable

You’ll receive a professionally organized, easy-to-use report with 10–20 highly qualified funders, each formatted for immediate strategic planning and outreach.

Whether you’re preparing your very first grant proposal or ready to scale a statewide development campaign, this research lays the foundation for success.

💡 Why It Matters

Finding the right funders is not just helpful — it’s transformational. When you focus your energy on high-probability prospects who already support missions like yours, you increase your chances of success, reduce wasted time, and create lasting funder relationships.

Our Foundation Prospect Research Service is more than a product — it's a launchpad for your next level of impact.

Key Features of Prospect Research Service:

Custom-Curated Research: We do not provide generic lists. Instead, we deliver tailored profiles that align with an organization's specific goals, location, and programming.
Comprehensive Data Sources: The research team utilizes Foundation Center (Candid), which is highlighted as the "nation’s gold standard in grant prospecting." We also leverage specialized databases, government portals, and curated funding newsletters.
Government Funding Research: The service can also include research into federal, state, and local government funding opportunities, if relevant to the client's program type and readiness.
Detailed Funder Profiles: Clients receive a custom "Funding Prospect List", which includes:
Funder name and contact information
Mission and philanthropic priorities
Geographic funding preferences
Fields of interest and types of support provided
Application guidelines, deadlines, and links
Typical grant sizes
Board members or key decision-makers (when available)
Relevant past grants awarded to similar organizations
Funders assets/Financial information (when available)
Deliverable and Pricing: The service provides a detailed, custom-curated "Funding Prospect List" focused on national foundation grants, delivered in PDF or Word format, for a price of $xxxxx

Benefits for Clients:

Pathways to Growth service helps organizations:

Save significant time on internal research.
Focus proposal efforts on high probability matches.
Diversify funding strategies.
Gain access to insights not readily available to the public.
Position themselves competitively with "decision-ready data."