Funding follows networks. Not keywords.
Predict Which Foundations
Will Fund Your Institution Next
SciRise maps the network of who funds whom to surface your next funders, drawing on 4.8M+ grants across 16,000+ foundations and 300,000+ nonprofits.
13.6× more accurate than keyword and semantic search — validated on historical grant data.
No credit card required.
SciRise analyzes 4.8M+ grants across 16,000+ foundations and 300,000+ nonprofits.
How It Works
Foundations don't fund in isolation. They fund clusters of related organizations. SciRise maps these patterns to find your best prospects.
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.
Surface the Gaps
Foundations that fund your peers but not you are your highest-probability prospects. SciRise ranks them by funding likelihood so you know where to focus.
Validated on Real Data
95% of real funding matches are invisible to keyword search. SciRise surfaces ~470 network-matched foundation prospects per nonprofit, with a median new grant of $20–25K.
We trained our model on historical IRS filings, then tested whether it could predict new funding relationships that actually appeared in a future year.
28.7%
Hit rate in top 10 recommendations
Nearly 1 in 3 nonprofits found a real future funder in the model's top picks.
13.6×
More accurate than keyword search
Head-to-head comparison against the best keyword and semantic search methods on the same data.
30,000+
Nonprofits tested
Statistically significant results (p < 0.0001, McNemar's paired test).
The Foundation Funding Network
Foundation giving isn't random. It flows through dense, structured networks. SciRise maps these patterns to find your best prospects.
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
A clear, verified view of the foundation ecosystem around your institution.
- Which foundations fund your peer institutions and how much they receive
- Where your institution is underrepresented compared with similar schools and centers
- Opportunity gaps identified through funding network analysis
- Long-tail and mid-sized foundations others may overlook
Outcome: A shared, data-driven view of where foundation support is concentrated and where you are missing out.
2. Target Foundations
Prioritize the foundations most likely to support your work.
- Network-powered matching based on actual funding relationships
- Foundation shortlists ranked by funding network alignment
- Benchmarked award ranges to right-size asks
- Automated research that frees time for cultivation and strategic planning
Outcome: Time and effort spent on the foundations with the highest likelihood of success and long-term partnership.
3. Working Portfolio
Research priority foundations deeply and pursue them with confidence.
- 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 targeted foundation
Outcome: Everything you need to move from intelligence to outreach to funding wins—all in one place.
Align Your Organization
PremiumCoordinate foundation outreach with shared visibility and clear ownership.
- 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
A clear view of how foundations give, who they fund, and where your institution is missing out.
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
SciRise is built for research institutions that need accuracy, transparency, and defensible methods.
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
All predictions stress-tested and validated for statistical significance (p < 0.0001) and power across holdout years. Less than 1-in-a-billion chance these results are random.
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
Only SciRise uses a funding network model built on 4.8M+ real giving relationships to predict which foundations will fund your institution.
Most alternatives are a directory, a search tool, or a manual process, not a system built around how foundations actually behave.
| 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 |
Experience SciRise
A clearer, strategic way to grow and strengthen your institution's foundation support.