HomeHelp CenterIntegrations & API

Funding Research: foundations, grants, and federal awards

Research funders and find funding using free federal data, built into Tormano.

4 min read · Updated Jul 8, 2026

Tormano includes a Funding Research hub that pulls from free federal data so you can research funders and find funding without leaving your CRM or paying for a separate research tool. Open it from Intelligence > Funding Research. It has three tools.

Foundation & 990 research

Search any nonprofit or foundation by name and see its IRS Form 990 history: total revenue, expenses, and assets year by year, whether it is a verified 501(c)(3), whether it is a private foundation, its NTEE category and IRS ruling year, and links to the actual 990 PDF filings. This is the same data grant researchers pay Candid or GuideStar for. Use it to size up a grantmaker before you apply, verify a grantor or a donor's employer is a valid 501(c)(3), or research peer organizations. Data comes from the IRS via ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer.

Grant opportunities

Search open federal grant opportunities by keyword (for example "youth education" or "food security"). Each result shows the funding agency, opportunity number, CFDA number, and application deadline, with a link to the full listing on Grants.gov. Click Add to pipeline on any opportunity and Tormano creates a Grant record for you, pre-filled with the funder, deadline, award ceiling, and a description, so it lands right in your grants workflow. Data comes from Grants.gov.

Federal awards

Search any organization or company by name to see its history of federal awards, either grants or contracts, sorted by dollar amount, with the awarding agency, start date, and a link to the full record. Use it to understand a funder's giving, size up an institutional prospect, or research a competitor. Data comes from USASpending.gov and covers awards since 2007.

On company records

Every company or organization record also has a Funding & public records panel with one-click IRS 990 and federal award lookups keyed to that record's name, so you can research a grantmaker or prospect right where you already are.

All three tools use free public government data and require no account, no API key, and no setup.