Grant writing is where a lot of good non-profits lose out — not for lack of a worthy cause, but because finding opportunities and writing strong bids eats time they don’t have. Fundin promises to help charities and non-profits win more funding with AI-powered tools. I looked at how it works and who it’s for — here’s my honest, first-person review.
Fundin is an AI-powered funding platform for charities and non-profits. It helps you find grant and tender opportunities, check eligibility, match funding to your organisation, and manage bid writing — with AI tools plus optional expert support. Its site says it’s trusted by 6,000+ organisations and aims to raise success rates while cutting the cost of applying for funding.
If nobody on your team specialises in bids, Fundin’s database and AI matching make finding and applying far less daunting.
A bid library, grant matching and reporting help organisations that submit lots of applications stay organised and consistent.
The Managed tier hands the whole process to Fundin’s experts, ideal for organisations short on time.
Fundin is focused on charities and non-profits (grants and tenders), so it’s less suited to typical commercial fundraising.
AI improves your odds and efficiency, but no tool can guarantee a grant — funders still decide.
Search a database of grant and tender opportunities with filters, so you spend less time hunting for funding.
Match funding to your organisation profile and check eligibility before you invest time in an application.
Store reusable bid content in a library and track applications with reporting and monitoring.
Connect Fundin to Claude and other AI assistants to help draft and refine applications within your workflow.
Fundin offers a free tier plus paid plans (pricing in GBP):
Free (Starter) — £0 forever: grant database, tender database, and basic search and filters to find opportunities.
Discover — £49/month: organisation profile, bid library, AI grant matching, eligibility checker, and reporting & monitoring, plus AI-assistant integration.
Managed — £499/month: a dedicated funding expert finds opportunities, writes and reviews every application, and handles submission for you (you review the final draft). Confirm current pricing on the official site.
Pros: Free tier to start; large grant and tender database; AI matching and eligibility checking; bid library and reporting; optional fully-managed bid writing; AI-assistant integration; charity-focused.
Cons: The Managed tier is a significant monthly cost; it’s specific to charities/non-profits; and, like any tool, it improves odds but can’t guarantee funding wins.
Grantable is a well-known AI grant-writing assistant focused on drafting applications faster. Fundin is broader: it combines opportunity discovery (grant/tender database), matching and eligibility with writing tools and even a fully managed service. If you mainly need help writing bids you’ve already found, Grantable is focused and strong; if you need the whole pipeline — find, match, write, submit — or want to outsource entirely, Fundin covers more ground. Start with Fundin’s free tier to explore the database before paying.
For charities and non-profits, Fundin is well worth exploring. The free tier alone makes discovering opportunities easier, the Discover tier adds genuinely useful matching, eligibility and bid tools at a reasonable £49/month, and the Managed option is a lifeline for teams with no capacity to write bids themselves. It won’t guarantee wins, and the managed service is pricey, but for organisations that rely on grants, the potential return on more (and better) applications is significant. Start free and scale up if it delivers.
It’s an AI-powered funding platform helping charities and non-profits find, match and write grant and tender applications.
There’s a free forever Starter tier, a Discover plan at £49/month, and a fully Managed bid-writing service at £499/month.
Yes — the free Starter tier includes the grant and tender databases with basic search and filters.
The Managed tier has Fundin’s experts find opportunities and write/submit applications, with you reviewing the final draft. Lower tiers give you AI writing tools.
No. It improves your success rate and efficiency, but funders make the final decision.
You can join free and start finding funding here: Try Fundin.
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