Funding follows networks, not keywords.
Ranked Funder Prospects,
Validated on Real Grant Outcomes
SciRise identifies new funders 12× more accurately than AI mission matching,
keyword search, or peer prospecting.
No credit card required.
Built on 4.8M+ grants from 16,000+ foundations. Every recommendation traces back to real giving data from IRS filings.
How It Works
Most platforms match you to foundations by keyword or interest area. SciRise does something fundamentally different: we map who actually funds whom, because the foundations that fund your peers are the ones most likely to fund you.
Map the Network
We analyze 4.8M+ grants from IRS filings to map who funds whom, building the complete network of foundation giving relationships.
Identify Your Peers
SciRise finds organizations that share funders with you: your funding peers. The foundations that fund them are signals about who might fund you.
Rank Your Best Bets
Foundations that fund multiple institutions like yours, but haven't funded you yet, are your highest-probability prospects. SciRise ranks them by network strength so your team has a clear, prioritized pipeline.
Validated on Real Data
Our rankings are validated against real outcomes. We trained the model on historical giving data, held out a future year, and measured whether top-ranked prospects actually made new grants.
30%
Hit rate in your top 10
Nearly 1 in 3 of your highest-ranked prospects go on to make a real grant. That's a pipeline you can build a strategy around.
12×
More accurate than AI matching
Tested against state-of-the-art AI text embeddings matching foundation and nonprofit profiles on the same holdout data.*
30,000+
Nonprofits tested
Statistically significant results (p < 0.0001, McNemar's paired test).
* Tested against state-of-the-art AI text embeddings matching foundation and nonprofit profiles. Full methodology at /validation.
The Foundation Funding Network
Foundation giving isn't random. It flows through dense, structured networks. SciRise maps these patterns to rank your prospects by funding likelihood.
A sample of the funding network SciRise analyzes: 16,000+ foundations, 300,000+ nonprofits, and 4.8M+ grant relationships.
The Pillars of Foundation Intelligence
As federal funding becomes less predictable, SciRise's three pillars help turn secondary foundation efforts into a core institutional funding strategy.
1. See the Landscape
See where your institution stands in the foundation funding landscape.
- Which foundations fund your peer institutions, and how much they give
- Where your funder mix is thin compared to similar schools and centers
- How your foundation support compares to peers
- Mid-sized and long-tail foundations with strong alignment
Outcome: A clear, evidence-based picture of your position in the funding landscape, so your strategy starts from reality, not assumptions.
2. Target Foundations
Your prospects, ranked by funding likelihood.
- Prospects ranked by network alignment, not just keyword overlap
- Shortlists grounded in real funding relationships
- Benchmarked award ranges to right-size your asks
- Automated prospect research that frees your team for cultivation and stewardship
Outcome: Your team moves forward with confidence, backed by the only foundation matching methodology validated against real grant outcomes.
3. Working Portfolio
Go from ranked prospect to funded grant.
- Multi-year grant history to your institution and peers
- Board and staff connections with ties to your university
- Application details, deadlines, and contact information
- Track progress and notes for each priority foundation
Outcome: Everything your team needs to move from prospect list to proposal to funded grant.
Align Your Organization
PremiumCoordinate foundation outreach across your team. Clear ownership of every priority prospect, shared pipeline visibility, and alignment across programs and departments.
- Assign foundations with clear ownership
- Shared visibility so leadership and staff can see and manage foundation strategy
- Compare foundation alignment across multiple focus areas
Explore Each Pillar in the Product
Give your team a closer look at how SciRise supports each pillar in practice.
Select a pillar to preview the product experience
See the Landscape
See where your institution stands in the foundation funding landscape.
Intelligence on 15K+ Verified Foundations
Deep intelligence on leading and long-tail foundations, many with less competition.
Benchmark Against Your Peers
See how your institution's foundation funding compares to peer universities.
Find Foundations You're Missing
See which foundations fund your peers but not you, and how much they give.
All Peers Ranked by Total Foundation Funding
Click to expand| Institution | Shared | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| #1 Johns Hopkins UniversityMD | 8 | $142.6M |
| #2 Stanford UniversityCA | 7 | $98.3M |
| #3 Harvard UniversityMA | 7 | $87.1M |
| #4 University of WashingtonWA | 6 | $45.2M |
Foundations Funding Peers But Not You
Click to expand| Foundation | Peers | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | 7 | -$8.64M |
| The V Foundation | 16 | -$785K |
| The JPB Foundation | 19 | -$2.58M |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | 6 | -$7.52M |
No credit card required.
Data You Can Trust
When you bring a prospect list to leadership or your dean, you need more than "the algorithm said so." SciRise rankings are built on auditable IRS data and validated against real grant outcomes, so the data holds up when it matters.
Multi-year 990 and 990-PF data
Grants are derived from multi-year IRS filings, then structured so you can see real giving behavior over time, not just one-off snapshots.
Entity resolution for 2,000+ universities and colleges
More than 24,000+ institutional aliases are mapped to a curated set of universities, medical centers, and colleges, so grants actually roll up to the right institution.
Statistically validated
Rankings validated for statistical significance across 30,000+ nonprofits (p < 0.0001). These results hold up to scrutiny.
Algorithmic + AI analysis with manual validation
Automated pattern detection and AI-assisted analysis are paired with comprehensive manual review to catch edge cases, ambiguous entities, and data quality issues.
Transparent and explainable
Every grant record and alignment pattern is traceable back to source filings and documented logic, so FR and RD leaders can confidently explain the data to deans and institutional leadership.
Built for Research Institutions
Health Sciences
Offices & Leadership
SciRise works alongside your existing systems, including CRMs, grant opportunity platforms, and internal workflows, to provide intelligence none of them were built to deliver.
How SciRise Compares
SciRise creates a new category: Foundation Intelligence
Other platforms match by keyword, geography, or interest area, then call it a "best match." None of them test whether those matches lead to real grants.
SciRise uses a different signal entirely: the network of who funds whom. And we've proved it works. 30% hit rate, validated across 30,000+ nonprofits.
No other tool can make that claim.
| Capability | SciRise Foundation Intelligence | Instrumentl Grant search | Candid / FDO Directory | Pivot-RP Funding alerts | Consultants Manual research |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predicts Your Next Funder | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Purpose | Grow foundation support across research institutions | Grant search & management | Philanthropic directory | Funding opportunity alerts | Episodic prospecting & advice |
| Core Data | Multi-year 990/990-PF giving behavior | Active opportunities + some 990 | 990 data (manual search) | Active funding calls | Manual 990 search |
| Long-Tail Foundation Coverage | 16,000+ aligned foundations | Partial | Large but no alignment | Limited | Depends on staff time |
| Peer-Institution Modeling | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Network Alignment Scoring | Yes (funding network model) | Limited | No | No | No |
| Entity Resolution (24K+ aliases) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Automated Prospect Surfacing | Yes (network model) | Yes (opportunity-based) | No | No | No |
| Relationship Signals | Board, staff, and alumni connections | No | Board lists only | No | Manual only |
| Ask-Size Benchmarking | Yes (peer patterns) | Partial | No | No | Bespoke analysis |
| Institution-Wide Coordination | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Effort Required | Minutes | Moderate | Heavy | Moderate | Weeks |
See Which Foundations Should Be at the Top of Your List
The only foundation matching platform validated against real outcomes.