Community Food Access Grant
High fitNext action: Prepare budget + service data.
Human reviewed
Rules checked before pursuit
CHURCH FUNDING INTELLIGENCE
See the funding your church is missing.
FundSight helps churches find the right funders, grants, deadlines, and funding paths — then gives leaders a clear plan for what to pursue, what to prepare for, and what to skip.
Sourced research. Human review. No award guarantees.
Funders Watched
- Lilly Endowment
- M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
- USDA Community Food Projects
- Community Foundation
- Donor-Advised Funds
- Capacity-Building Window
Fit Logic
- Geography
- Program alignment
- Eligibility
- Deadline
- Evidence readiness
- Budget rules
Recommendation
- 01Pursue
- 02Prepare
- 03Skip
Senior review required
Funder research becomes reviewed recommendations.
UNDER REVIEW
Funders, grants, and deadlines under review.
Funding windows move. Priorities shift. Eligibility rules change. FundSight tracks the funders, grants, and deadlines your team does not have time to follow.
Foundation / Indiana / Verified May 2026
Lilly Endowment
Opportunity typeReligion and community funding priorities
Why it mattersRelevant to Indiana churches with public-benefit, civic, and ministry-adjacent work.
Check before pursuitProgram fit, geography, eligibility, timing, and documentation.
Foundation / Regional / Verified May 2026
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Opportunity typeRegional capital and capacity funding
Why it mattersRelevant for eligible Pacific Northwest capital and organizational projects.
Check before pursuitGeography, project readiness, request size, and LOI timing.
Federal / NOFO Watch / Verified May 2026
USDA Community Food Projects
Opportunity typeFederal public-benefit food access funding
Why it mattersSupports community food distribution and local food-system work.
Check before pursuitEligibility, match, outcomes, and secular program separation.
Foundation / Restricted / Verified May 2026
Maclellan Foundation
Opportunity typeRestricted invitation-only pathway
Why it mattersRelevant for aligned Christian work, but not an open public application lane.
Check before pursuitRelationship pathway, invitation status, and fit.
Local / Cycle Watch / Verified May 2026
Community Foundation Cycle
Opportunity typeLocal civic and community benefit grants
Why it mattersOften supports neighborhood programs, food, youth, housing, and capacity needs.
Check before pursuitGeography, fiscal year, local priorities, and reporting burden.
Philanthropic / Donor Research / Verified May 2026
Donor-Advised Fund Research
Opportunity typeDonor-advised fund prospecting lane
Why it mattersDAFs can support capital, program, and capacity work when relationships are credible.
Check before pursuitRelationship path, donor intent, documentation, and cultivation sequence.
Foundation / Readiness / Verified May 2026
Capacity-Building Grant Window
Opportunity typeOrganizational readiness and systems support
Why it mattersCan fund the infrastructure required to manage larger grants responsibly.
Check before pursuitEligibility, budget categories, staffing plan, and outcomes.
Corporate / Local Fit / Verified May 2026
Corporate Giving
Opportunity typeNeighborhood and community program grants
Why it mattersCan align with food access, youth, recovery, and local civic priorities.
Check before pursuitLocal-market fit, eligible activities, deadlines, and reporting load.
Every opportunity is checked before it becomes a recommendation.
NOT A DATABASE. A FUNDING DESK.
Stop sorting through grants. Start with a recommendation.
FundSight reviews funders, deadlines, eligibility, documents, budgets, and readiness — then gives your church a clear next move.
PURSUE
Apply now. The fit is strong, the deadline is real, and the evidence is ready.
PREPARE
Get ready first. The opportunity is promising, but the budget, documents, or partnerships need work.
SKIP
Do not chase it. The rules, timing, or fit would waste staff time.
Fewer grants to chase. Better moves to make.
TWO WAYS TO BEGIN
See the funding. Then have us pursue it for you.
The Report shows your church the full funding landscape. The Pursuit Year is FundSight pursuing every opportunity that fits — with pursuit fees proposed inside awarded grant budgets where funder rules allow.
The Report
Your funding map.
A researched briefing built around your church. 15–25 ranked funding opportunities, Evidence Cards on the top priorities, deadline calendar, readiness gaps, and a clear next-action plan.
WHAT YOU GET- 15–25 ranked funding opportunities for your church
- Evidence Cards on the top 8–12 priorities
- Deadline calendar across the next 12 months
- Readiness gap analysis
- Document checklist
- 60-minute review call with the FundSight team
Investment
$2,500
One-time. Delivered in 14 business days.
Get the Report
Award-budgeted pursuit fees
02 / THE PURSUIT YEAR
The Pursuit Year
Your funding desk for the next 12 months.
FundSight pursues every fundable opportunity surfaced in your Report — and any new ones we identify during the year. Application drafting, budget construction, document management, deadline tracking, and senior human review on every submission.
WHAT YOU GET- Active pursuit on every fundable opportunity in the Report
- New opportunities researched and pursued as they emerge
- Application drafting and senior human review
- Budget construction following each funder's written rules
- Document tracking and deadline management
- Monthly strategy call with church leadership
- Reporting calendar and renewal planning
- Quarterly funding portfolio review
Investment
Start the Pursuit Year
$2,500
One-time engagement initiation fee.
Plus
Pursuit fees from awarded grant budgets
Built into each grant budget where the funder's written rules allow administrative, capacity-building, project-management, reporting, compliance, consultant, or indirect-cost line items. Typical range: 10–15% of the award. No award-funded pursuit fee is invoiced on unsuccessful applications.
Total operating-cash commitment for year one
$5,000
$2,500 Report plus $2,500 Pursuit Year initiation. No recurring standard Pursuit retainer. Pursuit fees are proposed inside awarded grant budgets where the funder's written rules allow and your church approves the budget before submission.
THE COMMITMENT
12 months. Documented. Reviewed before signature.
The Pursuit Year is a 12-month engagement. FundSight pursues every fundable opportunity in your Report, plus new opportunities as they emerge. The engagement is documented in a Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work, with attorney review recommended before signature.
We commit to disciplined pursuit. You commit to 12 months of partnership. The structure exists because serious funding work requires both.
Written agreement
Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work. Attorney review recommended before signature.
Final budget authority
Your finance committee approves every grant budget before submission, including any FundSight pursuit fee line item.
Quarterly portfolio review
Every 90 days, FundSight and your church review what has been submitted, what has been awarded, and what comes next.
DEEPER WORK
Some funding paths need a private scope.
Capital campaigns require a different engagement model than standard program-funding Pursuit. Major donor cultivation, campaign management, board reporting, and 24-month strategic operations need dedicated retainer-based support rather than award-budgeted pursuit work. FundSight scopes Capital Campaign Pursuit privately for churches running $1M–$20M capital projects.
The Report remains the starting point. The private scope comes after the funding map is clear.
HOW WE GET PAID
Almost entirely from the grants we help win.
FundSight charges a $2,500 engagement fee at the start of the Pursuit Year. After that, pursuit fees are proposed inside each grant budget where the funder's written rules allow and are paid from awarded funds only after your church approves the budget.
Allowable categories
Grant administration, project management, capacity-building, reporting, compliance, consultant support, and indirect costs may be allowable depending on the funder's written rules.
Built transparently
FundSight helps structure budgets clearly, document the rationale, and keep the church's finance team and board aligned.
Budgeted into the award where allowed
When the funder permits these costs, pursuit and management work may be included in the award budget rather than treated only as an operating expense.
THE CHECK Final budget treatment always follows the funder's written guidelines and your church's finance review. FundSight does not hide fees, inflate budgets, submit unsupported charges, or guarantee reimbursement.
THE FUNDSIGHT DESK
A private funding office for your church.
FundSight carries the funding work with you — researching funders, drafting applications, building budgets, tracking documents, managing deadlines, preparing reports, and helping your church make disciplined funding decisions.
Most churches need development capacity they cannot afford to hire. The FundSight Desk gives that work a home: focused, documented, and accountable.
Research
Readiness
Application
Budget
Submission
Reporting
Renewal
What the Desk handles, week by week:
- Opportunity research
- Eligibility review
- Evidence Cards
- Application drafting
- Budget construction
- Document tracking
- Reporting calendar
- Renewal planning
- Closeout support
Know what fits before you apply.
Start with a Report. See the landscape. Then decide whether FundSight should carry the next stage of pursuit with you.
Sourced recommendations. Human review. No award guarantees.
WHY CHURCHES DON'T APPLY
Three reasons. All solvable.
Candid research, nonprofit survey responses 2021–2023.
HOW FUNDSIGHT WORKS
Research first. Human judgment before action.
FundSight uses AI to help search widely and organize information. People review the funders, rules, budgets, claims, and recommendations before anything moves forward.
01
Search wider
Funders, deadlines, eligibility rules, program priorities, and required documents.
02
Rank fit
How well each opportunity matches your church, location, timing, evidence, and readiness.
03
Review by people
FundSight checks accuracy, eligibility, budget logic, and stewardship risk.
04
Move to pursuit
Only credible opportunities become action.
FundSight is powered by Verdex Intelligence — the research and automation layer behind the initiative.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PURSUIT
For churches building something serious.
A fixed-fee funding operations desk for major capital projects — combining major donor intelligence, capital grant pursuit, campaign materials, board reporting, and disciplined execution.
Built for buildings, renovations, land, campuses, and multi-million-dollar campaigns.
ILLUSTRATIVE BENCHMARK
Percentage-based campaign counsel
$250K–$500KAt 5–10% of a $5M campaign goal. Final counsel costs vary by firm, market, scope, and campaign complexity.
FUNDSIGHT CAPITAL PURSUIT
Fixed-fee campaign support
$84,500Fixed operating commitment over 24 months, before the documented campaign completion fee. Not calculated as a percentage of donor gifts.
FundSight keeps the fee structure documented, fixed, and independent of donor-gift percentages.
The structure.
A fixed-fee 24-month operating engagement. Transparent before work begins. Not calculated as a percentage of donor gifts.
Capital Funding Intelligence Report
$12,500One time, on delivery
Operating Retainer
$3,000 / monthFor 24 months. Campaign operations, reporting rhythm, and intelligence support.
Campaign Completion Fee
$50,000Fixed contractual fee tied to completion of the scoped campaign engagement.
Fixed fees only. No percentage fees on donor gifts. No finder's fees. No commissions.
Capital Campaign Pursuit is not percentage-based fundraising compensation.
Final engagement terms are documented in writing and reviewed with the church before work begins.
Begin with a capital conversation.
Capital Campaign Pursuit is scoped privately for each church. FundSight will tell you honestly whether the fit is right before any work begins.
Schedule a Capital Pursuit Call 60 minutes. No commitment. Fit reviewed before scope.EVIDENCE CARDS
Every recommendation has receipts.
Before FundSight tells your church to pursue an opportunity, we document why it fits, what rules apply, what is missing, and what should happen next.
Sourced
Rules checked
Match reviewed
Human reviewed
Diligence deck
01 / 06
Evidence Card / Sample
Responsive Grants Program
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationOpportunity type
Community need, operations, and project support
Award range
Up to $10,000
Match requirement
Requires verification
Deadline or cycle
Rolling beginning March 9, 2026, until funds are fully allocated
Rules to check
Confirm 501(c)(3) or fiscal sponsor status, New Hampshire service area, nonsectarian public benefit, and annual request limits.
Why it may fit
Religious-based nonprofits may seek support for charitable activities open to all community members.
Readiness gap
Update organizational profile, financial information, budget-to-actuals, and community need statement.
Next action
Confirm eligibility, define the public-benefit need, and prepare the GrantSource profile.
Sample cards show how FundSight reviews opportunities. Eligibility, deadlines, award ranges, and match requirements must be verified before pursuit.
THE FUNDSIGHT ARTIFACTS
Useful work products. Not AI claims.
FundSight turns research and human review into materials your church board can actually use.
Funding Intelligence Report
A board-ready map of funders, fit, readiness gaps, and next actions.
Evidence Cards
Sourced recommendation cards that explain why an opportunity should be pursued, prepared for, or skipped.
Funder Fit Briefs
Short analyst notes on alignment, eligibility, timing, and risk.
Readiness Gaps
The missing documents, budgets, outcomes, or decisions that must be addressed before pursuit.
Deadline Calendar
A practical view of windows, renewals, reporting dates, and decision points.
Board Funding Memo
A concise memo leaders can use to align staff, elders, committees, or donors around the funding path.
BUILT FOR CHURCHES
Most fundraising tools were not built for churches. FundSight was.
Churches have ministry programs, capital needs, donor-advised funds, public-benefit restrictions, boards, budgets, and worship-related boundaries. FundSight is built around that reality.
Church funding is not just nonprofit fundraising with different words. It requires careful judgment about ministry, community benefit, donors, public funding, and funder rules.
AI GOVERNANCE
AI helps. People decide.
FundSight uses AI to search, organize, score, and draft. People review the work before it becomes advice, a budget, or an application.
Human-reviewed work for church funding.
What AI helps with
Searching funders, summarizing guidelines, drafting first passes, and organizing fit scores.
What people review
Eligibility, claims, budgets, readiness gaps, recommendations, and anything sent outside the Desk.
What FundSight will not automate
No autonomous submissions. No AI-signed letters. No unsupported claims. No commitment of the church without human review.
What data is protected
FundSight does not train public AI models on your church's private data or reuse client-specific content across engagements.
- No fabricated evidence
- No award guarantees
- No unsupported eligibility claims
- No automatic grant submission
- No hidden admin charges
- No misrepresentation of the church's work
- Every budget follows the funder's written rules
- No percentage fees, finder's fees, or commissions on individual donor gifts
AI helps the work move faster. People remain accountable for the work.
NOMINATE A CHURCH
Know a church doing work funders should see?
FundSight works with a limited number of churches at a time. If you know a church with fundable work, credible leadership, and readiness to move, nominate them for a fit review.
A nomination does not guarantee engagement. We are selective because funding work should be done carefully.
FAQ
Plain answers before a meeting.
Pricing, grants, pursuit, AI, and fit — answered clearly.
No award guarantees. No hidden admin charges. Human review stays central.
How much will FundSight cost my church?
The Report is $2,500, paid one time.
The Report$2,500
Pursuit Year$2,500 one-time initiation
Capital Campaign PursuitPrivately scoped fixed-fee structure
The Pursuit Year is a 12-month engagement with a $2,500 one-time engagement initiation fee at the start. There is no recurring standard program-funding Pursuit retainer.
Total commitment to FundSight from your church's operating cash for the first year: $5,000. After that, pursuit fees are proposed inside awarded grant budgets where each funder's written rules allow and your church approves the budget before submission.
Capital Campaign Pursuit is scoped privately for churches running $1M–$20M capital projects. The structure includes a $12,500 Capital Funding Intelligence Report, a $3,000/month operating retainer, and a $50,000 fixed Campaign Completion Fee.
Capital campaigns require dedicated operations support that the no-retainer Pursuit Year model is not designed for.
How does FundSight get paid without a recurring Pursuit retainer?
FundSight's pursuit work is proposed through allowable line items built into each grant budget. Many funders permit recipients to budget for administration, project management, capacity-building support, reporting and compliance, consultant support, or indirect costs.
When a grant is awarded and the budget includes an approved FundSight pursuit fee line item, that fee is paid from the awarded budget according to the funder's written rules. Typical range: 10–15% of the award. No award-funded pursuit fee is invoiced on unsuccessful applications.
The $2,500 engagement fee at the start of the year covers the initial work required to launch the partnership before awarded grant budgets can carry pursuit work.
Every grant budget, including any FundSight pursuit fee line item, is reviewed and approved by your church's finance committee before submission. Every fee is documented in writing. Nothing is hidden.
What if no grants land during the 12-month engagement?
FundSight's structure is built around disciplined pursuit, not guaranteed outcomes. FundSight does not guarantee any specific funding result.
If a 90-day window passes during the engagement with no grants landing, FundSight and your church conduct a joint portfolio review to assess what is working, what is not, and whether adjustments are needed. The quarterly reviews built into the engagement exist for exactly this kind of honest assessment.
Can FundSight be included in a grant budget?
Sometimes. Many funders allow reasonable administrative, capacity-building, project-management, reporting, compliance, consultant, or indirect-cost expenses. When those categories are allowed, FundSight's work may be included in the grant budget. This is never assumed or hidden. Every budget follows the funder's written rules.
Can I start with the Report and decide on Pursuit later?
Yes. Most churches start with the Report. It shows what is worth pursuing, what is not ready yet, and what documents or decisions are needed first. If the fit is strong, FundSight can then scope Pursuit.
How is Capital Campaign Pursuit different from standard Pursuit?
Standard Pursuit is built around grants and funder opportunities. Capital Campaign Pursuit is built for major building, renovation, land, or campus campaigns. It adds major donor research, campaign materials, board reporting, cultivation support, and campaign operations over a 24-month engagement.
Why is the Campaign Completion Fee structured as a fixed fee?
FundSight does not charge percentage fees on donor gifts, finder's fees, or commissions. The Campaign Completion Fee is a fixed contractual fee tied to completion of the scoped campaign engagement, not a percentage of dollars raised. Final terms are documented in writing before work begins.
Can I nominate a church for FundSight?
Yes. FundSight works with a limited number of churches at a time, and nominations help us identify churches doing serious, fundable work. A nomination does not guarantee engagement. We review each church for fit, readiness, timing, documentation, and stewardship alignment.
Does FundSight guarantee funding?
No. FundSight does not guarantee grants, donations, or public funding. Every opportunity depends on eligibility, timing, documentation, funder priorities, and execution.
Is FundSight a grant database?
No. FundSight is church funding intelligence. We review funders, grants, deadlines, rules, documents, budgets, and readiness so your church can decide what to pursue, what to prepare for, and what to skip.
How does FundSight use AI?
FundSight uses AI to search, organize, score, and draft. People review the work before it becomes advice, a budget, or an application.