Executive Directors
You are already working on a grant that will not convert.
Not because your team is doing anything wrong. Because the decision to pursue it was made on incomplete information. And you will not know until after the time is spent.
The real problem
Most nonprofits do not lose on writing.
They lose on the decision made before writing starts.
- Eligibility missed.
- Funder does not fund organizations your size.
- Deadline already closed.
- Relationship required but not stated.
Those are not writing problems.
They are decisions made too late. After your team has already committed hours to something that was never a real opportunity.
What Sharke does
Before your team continues, this is the step.
Paste the grant your team is actively working on. We verify it against documented funder reality. Not summaries, not AI-generated profiles.
- → Eligibility requirements
- → Funder award history
- → Organization size and geography fit
- → Timing and cycle status
- → Relationship patterns
Actual funder documentation. Not summaries.
What you get
Within 24 hours, a clear decision.
Pursue
Continue. Real fit. The documentation to back it.
Wait
Not a fit yet. Specific gap identified. Come back when it closes.
Move on
Not a real opportunity. Stop now, before more hours are lost.
Each decision includes the reason. Not an opinion. A documented finding tied to the source.
What this changes
Before
Your team writes, then discovers problems. You find out what was wrong after the time is gone.
After
You know before another hour is spent. The decision is made on documented evidence, not assumptions.
Why this matters now
Your team is already using AI to find grants.
That means more grants identified. More time committed. More wrong decisions made earlier, with more confidence.
AI finds opportunities that look right. It doesn't verify whether they are. Your team commits time before anyone checks. Small organizations cannot absorb that pattern at scale.
This is for Executive Directors at nonprofits with active grants in motion. If your team is working on a grant right now, this applies today.
The second cost
There is a cost most teams do not see until it is already done.
When your organization submits an application that was never a real fit, it does not just get rejected.
It shapes how your organization is seen the next time your name appears in that funder's inbox. That context carries forward. Not your mission. Not your impact. The proposal that did not fit.
You do not see it immediately. It shows up later, when a relationship you needed is already cold.
This is not just about this grant. It is about the context your organization carries the next time your name appears in a funder's inbox.
"We were already working on a grant when we ran the check. It flagged a geographic restriction we missed. We stopped. That alone saved about 20 hours."
Executive Director, workforce nonprofitWhat grant is your team working on right now?
The grant your team is working on right now. Not one you're considering. The one already in motion. This is the step before another hour is spent.
Stop before your team spends another hour on it.
- Step 1 Verify the grant
- Step 2 Pursue, wait, or move on
- Step 3 Only then start writing
Once you see this, you can't go back to starting applications without verifying first.
$49. Decision in 24 hours.
You do not need more grant opportunities identified.
You need to know if the one your team is already working on is real.