Field Intelligence for Funders
Funding Intelligence
for Foundations
SciRise analyzes public IRS data to show peer funding patterns, surface aligned grantees, and support internal coordination.
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Built entirely on public IRS filings
Foundations operate in complex ecosystems
Yet often lack visibility into the broader field:
Most systems manage your grants.
Few help you understand the field.
What SciRise Provides
A field-level view built entirely on public data.
1. See the Field
Understand the funding ecosystem you operate in.
- Which peer foundations fund similar issue areas and organizations
- Where funding is concentrated and where gaps exist
- Co-funding patterns across the field
- How grant flows are distributed across geographies and themes
Outcome: A field-level view that informs strategy and reveals patterns invisible from internal data alone.
2. Find Aligned Grantees
Surface organizations that match your funding priorities.
- Nonprofits working in your issue areas, ranked by relevance
- Organizations funded by peer foundations with similar priorities
- Emerging organizations gaining traction in the field
- Mission alignment scoring based on actual work, not just applications
Outcome: A clearer view of potential grantees grounded in field-level data, not just inbound requests.
3. Coordinate Your Funding
Manage research and decisions with shared context.
- Track grantee research and due diligence across your team
- Assign organizations to program officers with clear ownership
- Maintain notes and status on each prospective grantee
- Export data for board presentations and internal discussions
Outcome: Internal coordination built on shared, neutral data—supporting better decisions across the foundation.
Explore the Platform
See how SciRise supports each pillar in practice.
Select a pillar to preview the experience
See the Field
Understand funding patterns, peer foundations, and how grants flow across the ecosystem.
Peer Foundation Analysis
See which foundations fund similar issue areas and where your portfolios overlap or diverge.
Co-Funding Patterns
Identify foundations frequently co-funding the same organizations—potential partners or parallel funders.
Field-Level Benchmarking
Understand how funding is distributed across the field to spot concentration and gaps.
Coming Soon
Peer Foundations in Your Issue Area
Click to expandThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
$XXX.XXM•Health & Healthcare
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
$XXX.XXM•Children & Families
The Kresge Foundation
$XXX.XXM•Community Development
The California Endowment
$XXX.XXM•Health Equity
Co-Funding Patterns
Click to expand| Foundation | Overlap | Shared |
|---|---|---|
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 45% | 23 |
| The California Endowment | 38% | 18 |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | 32% | 15 |
| The Kresge Foundation | 28% | 12 |
What Foundations Gain
Field-Level Visibility
See how your portfolio fits within the broader funding landscape. Understand concentration, overlaps, and blind spots.
16,000+ foundations mapped
with grant flows, co-funding patterns, and issue area coverage derived from public IRS filings.
Research Efficiency
Surface aligned organizations without relying solely on inbound applications or manual research.
Thousands of nonprofits
profiled with funding history, peer patterns, and mission alignment—ready for exploration.
Strategic Grounding
Support learning agendas and strategy refreshes with independent, cross-foundation data.
Multi-year data
enabling trend analysis and benchmarking across the philanthropic field.
Trust & Transparency
SciRise is designed to support learning, reflection, and field awareness—not surveillance or judgment.
Uses only publicly available IRS filings
All data is derived from 990 and 990-PF filings available through the IRS. No private or confidential data is accessed.
No private grant data
SciRise does not collect, infer, or display non-public grant information. What you see is what's in the public record.
No scoring or ranking of foundations
SciRise does not rank, rate, or score foundations. The platform is designed to support learning, not comparison or judgment.
No resale of foundation-specific insights
Foundation usage patterns and queries are not shared, sold, or used to inform other users. Your exploration remains private.
Built for Foundations
Foundation Types
Roles & Teams
SciRise is not a grantmaking system. It is a context and insight layer that complements your existing workflow.
Why SciRise Is Different
Most foundation tools focus inward. SciRise looks outward.
SciRise is public-data based, cross-foundation by design, and independent of any single funder or agenda.
This allows for ecosystem-level insight without surveillance or ranking.
| Capability | SciRise Field Intelligence | Fluxx Grants management | Blackbaud GIFTS Grants management | Submittable Application intake | Internal Systems Custom databases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Understand the funding field | Manage grantmaking workflow | Track grants & payments | Process applications | Store internal records |
| Data Scope | Cross-foundation, field-level | Your grants only | Your grants only | Applicants only | Your records only |
| Peer Foundation Visibility | Yes (public data) | No | No | No | No |
| Co-Funding Pattern Analysis | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Grantee Discovery | Yes (field-wide) | No | No | Applicants only | No |
| Field-Level Benchmarking | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Grant Flow Mapping | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Strategy & Learning Support | Yes | Limited | No | No | No |
| Workflow Management | Basic tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Varies |
| Data Source | Public IRS filings | Your input | Your input | Applications | Your input |
Learn More About SciRise
We'd be happy to share more about how SciRise can support your foundation's learning and strategy.