PRIVATE ACCESS ONLY (until September 2026)

AI Made Grant Writing Faster.
More Applications Started Failing.

Sharke identifies which grants your organization can realistically pursue, including invite-only funders, and surfaces eligibility gaps, shifting priorities, and false AI claims before they quietly disqualify an application or cause a team to miss the opportunity entirely.

Built for nonprofits with $50K – $2M in annual grant funding.
We help small teams submit proposals that meet eligibility, reflect current funder priorities, and avoid preventable disqualification.
Writing got faster. Access and accuracy didn't.
Access the Grant Intelligence Gap An analysis of why small nonprofits lose winnable grants, and how better information changes outcomes.
THE REAL PROBLEM

Why capable nonprofits still miss funding

Most grant applications don't fail because the writing is weak.

They fail because teams target the wrong funders, miss hidden eligibility rules, or overlook category constraints that disqualify them before review even begins.

• A large share of funding is invite-only
• Eligibility rules quietly eliminate otherwise strong applications
• Funder priorities and requirements shift quietly between cycles
• Public databases overrepresent funders that rarely support small nonprofits
• AI-generated drafts sound polished while introducing claims that aren't true

By the time anyone flags the problem, the deadline has passed and the application is no longer viable. In many cases, they never realize there was an opportunity to pursue at all.

Sharke exists to surface these problems while there is still time to act.
How Sharke works (at a glance)
1. Discover funders with a proven track record of supporting organizations like yours, including invite-only foundations most nonprofits never see.
2. Verify eligibility, fit, and facts before writing begins.
3. Draft only what reflects current funder priorities and verified sources.
WHAT SHARKE DOES DIFFERENTLY

What Sharke changes before writing begins

01

Find funders most teams never see

Access beyond public grant lists
70%
of funding is non-public

Much foundation funding flows through invite-only processes and relationship networks. Sharke analyzes historical funding behavior to identify funders that support organizations like yours—including those that never appear in standard searches.

02

Know which funders support small nonprofits

Focus on funders you can realistically win
22%
of small orgs get foundation funding

Sharke distinguishes funders that routinely support smaller organizations, accept limited operating history, and fund modest budgets—so you stop chasing grants designed for institutions 10x your size.

03

Verify eligibility before writing begins

Verify first. Write second.
15+
hours saved per wrong app

Before drafting starts, Sharke checks eligibility rules, program fit, geographic limits, and timing. If a requirement cannot be confirmed, it's flagged—not assumed. This alone eliminates a large share of unwinnable applications.

04

Draft to current funder priorities

Aligned to current funder priorities
2yr
lag in most databases

Funder language changes quietly. Priorities evolve between cycles. Sharke tracks current priorities and reflects them directly in draft sections, so proposals aren't written to outdated guidance.

05

Stop AI hallucinations before submission

Drafting that won't make things up
90%+
claims verified against source

AI tools have a 33-60% error rate. Our verification process follows one strict rule: if a claim can't be supported, it doesn't get written. When information is missing, Sharke stops instead of guessing.

06

Replace work, not judgment

Digital grant labor, not another tool
2hr
research vs. 2 days

Sharke removes verification-heavy work from your team. It handles eligibility checks, funder research, first-pass drafting, and early disqualification detection. Your team focuses on strategy and decisions.

Figures reflect internal analyses, public filings, and observed funding patterns. Verification surfaces uncertainty rather than assuming correctness.
DECISION INTELLIGENCE ENGINE

Grant research rebuilt from scratch

Most grant platforms are glorified search boxes with stale data. Sharke understands your mission, knows funder behavior, and refuses to guess.

01

Discover

Old way

Keyword searches in 2-year-old databases. Miss opportunities that flow through relationships.

With Sharke

Conversational AI analyzing funder behavior—including invite-only, relationship-based, and non-publicized opportunities.

02

Evaluate

Old way

Simple relevance matching. No signal on whether you'll actually win.

With Sharke

OSI + FSI scoring from actual funder tax behavior. New grantee rates, small org support, repeat funding patterns.

03

Verify

Old way

Manual checking. 2-4 hours per grant verifying eligibility and requirements.

With Sharke

Automated verification against source materials. Uncertain data flagged "NOT VERIFIED" instead of assumed correct.

04

Draft

Old way

AI that hallucinates 33-60% of the time. Invented statistics. Fabricated citations.

With Sharke

Independent verification review on every draft. If it can't be verified, it doesn't get written.

87 OSI

Opportunity Success Index

Scores each grant 0-100 based on multiple variables including mission alignment, capacity fit, and competition level

72 FSI

Funder Suitability Index

Analyzes funder behavior from tax filings, foundation websites, RFP archives, grantee testimonials, and publicly observable nonprofit community signals

PRIVATE ACCESS

Not open to the public until September 2026

Sharke is intentionally rolling out in limited phases. What Sharke provides (overlooked funding pathways, behavioral patterns, real-time priority shifts) requires careful capacity management and direct feedback from the organizations using it.

Until September 2026, access is extended only to organizations selected for the Founding Member cohort. These are the nonprofits and intermediaries helping us refine our verification-first eligibility, fit, and funding signals in active grant deadlines.

For intermediaries and foundations

Many strong organizations go unfunded because they lack the hours to research and write, not because they lack impact. Sharke bridges this execution gap, handling the research and drafting that would otherwise require a dedicated grant team. Fund organizations based on what they do, not the size of their staff.

Most nonprofits don't lose on writing.
They lose on access, fit, and facts.

Sharke exists to change that.

Access the Grant Intelligence Gap An analysis of why small nonprofits lose winnable grants, and how better information changes outcomes.