Discover federal grants, draft applications, and manage your pipeline. Free forever. No subscriptions. No cloud. Your data stays on your machine.
What you get
Other tools charge you monthly for pieces of this. Omnavar ships it all, complete, on day one.
Analyzes your documents and project drafts, then searches Simpler.Grants.gov to find opportunities that actually fit your work.
Write application sections with Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini. Your own API key, your own costs. No middleman.
Drag-and-drop Kanban board tracks every opportunity from discovery through award. Deadline alerts. Compliance checklists.
AES-256-GCM encryption on everything. No cloud. No accounts. No telemetry. Your grant strategy stays private.
Store bylaws, budgets, past narratives. Upload or drag-and-drop. Optionally let the writing assistant reference them.
Every opportunity scored across program fit, eligibility, geography, and funding range. Transparent breakdown shows exactly why.
The landscape
Every competitor is subscription SaaS. The features small nonprofits need are locked behind enterprise pricing. Full comparison.
| Omnavar | Instrumentl | GrantStation | Granted.co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | $0 | ~$2,100+ | ~$1,000+ | ~$600+ |
| Discovery + scoring | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Writing assistance | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Pipeline + workspace | Full Kanban | Yes | No | Limited |
| Your data | Encrypted, local | Their cloud | Their cloud | Their cloud |
| Open source | AGPL-3.0 | No | No | No |
Community groups. Faith-based organizations. Grassroots nonprofits. If you cannot justify $2,000 a year for grant software, this is for you. The full application. No trials, no tiers, no feature gates.