Money coming in
Funding Corridors
Capital that is not a grant: contracts, investment, loans, accelerators, and the certification programs that open doors to them.
How this differs from Grant Intelligence
- Grant Intelligence
- Grants specifically. Searched live when you ask, and scored for fit against your profile.
- Funding Corridors
- Everything that is not a grant. A curated, browsable directory, reviewed before publication, with no scoring.
The ten categories
| Category | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Contracting Programs | Certification and set-aside programs that open contracting opportunities: HUBZone, 8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB, mentor-protege. |
| Contract Opportunities | Specific, time-sensitive federal, state, and local solicitations. |
| Supplier Diversity Programs | Corporate and institutional programs seeking diverse-owned vendors. |
| Venture Capital Firms | VC and private equity, including diversity and impact focused firms. |
| Angel Investor Groups | Angel networks and individual angel groups. |
| Impact Investors | Investors seeking measurable social or environmental return alongside financial return. |
| Loans & Financing Programs | Loans, lines of credit, and other debt products. |
| Accelerators & Incubators | Fixed-term programs offering funding, mentorship, and resources. |
| Program-Related Investments | Foundation loans, equity, and guarantees that further a charitable purpose. |
| Other Capital Resources | Non-grant capital that does not fit the categories above. |
Using it well
Most nonprofits arrive here looking for money and leave with a certification. That is usually the right outcome. A contracting certification is slow and unglamorous, and it is the thing that makes the next several years of contract opportunities possible at all.
- Start with the programs, not the opportunities. Certifications and supplier diversity programs are what qualify you for the contracts.
- Debt is not failure. A loan against a reliable contract is often cheaper than the staff time of chasing an equivalent grant.
- Program-related investments are the least known and most relevant. Foundations that will not increase your grant will sometimes lend to you.
Read next
- Grant IntelligenceSearching for grants that fit, scoring the fit honestly, and tracking the ones you pursue through to reporting.
- Revenue PortfolioEvery source of money you have, recorded with how certain it is, so the total never quietly mixes a signed contract with a hopeful guess.
- FinanceBudgets, what you are owed, what you owe, what you have spent, and the restricted money you are holding for somebody else's purpose.
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