The Operating System
for Capital Access.
The first intelligence platform built to help mission-driven organizations understand readiness, identify funder fit, discover real opportunities, and manage capital pipelines from a single system.
Most organizations are funding blind. CIFIS transforms readiness, funding intelligence, opportunity discovery, and execution into one connected operating system.
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CIFIS command console preview
CAPS
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Strong
Funder Matches
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Top fit 94
Open Opps
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3 closing
Pipeline
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In motion
Verified Sources
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National
Coverage
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States
Composite · 5 dimensions
CAPS Readiness
Program Definition
Funder Alignment
Impact Evidence
Operational Maturity
Funding Need
Deterministic fit
Funder Matches
- Example Funder AExample94
- Example Funder BExample87
- Example Funder CExample82
- Example Funder DExample76
Active pipeline · 14d
Opportunity Radar
Provenance
Verification & Freshness
- Source attribution100%
- Verified records781
- Fresh612
- Recent · aging169
- Sample provenance snapshot
Built For
- Nonprofits
- Community Organizations
- Workforce Programs
- Education Initiatives
- Health Programs
- Housing Organizations
- Economic Development Groups
The Capital Access Gap
Billions of dollars are allocated each year to support mission-driven organizations.
Yet many organizations never access the capital intended for them.
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Funding Complexity
Hundreds of funding sources. Thousands of opportunities. No unified intelligence layer.
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Readiness Gaps
Organizations often pursue funding before they are ready — and never learn why proposals quietly fail.
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Information Fragmentation
Critical intelligence lives across disconnected databases, spreadsheets, consultants, and websites.
CIFIS was built to close the Capital Access Gap.
The Problem
Most organizations are funding blind.
Thousands of hours wasted pursuing the wrong funders, with no structured way to know what's missing — or why proposals quietly fail.
- They don't know which funders actually fit their work.
- They don't know whether their program is ready to be funded.
- They don't know what opportunities exist right now.
- They don't know why they keep getting overlooked.
- The result: thousands of hours wasted pursuing the wrong funding opportunities — and capital pathways no one can see.
How CIFIS Works
A visual intelligence workflow.
Five structured steps from a blank profile to funded execution.
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Build Your Program Profile
Capture mission, focus areas, geography, funding need, and impact evidence in one structured intake.
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Receive CAPS Readiness Analysis
A composite readiness score across five dimensions, with explicit remediation guidance.
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Identify Funder Matches
Deterministic, explainable matching against a curated, verified funder catalog.
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Discover Opportunities
A prioritized radar of active opportunities by fit, urgency, and program alignment.
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Ask CIFIS
A grounded, read-only intelligence copilot. Answers cite real records — never hallucinates funders.
The Four Layers of Capital Intelligence™
One platform. Four layers of intelligence.
Readiness, funder fit, opportunity discovery, and pipeline execution — unified into a single operating system.
CAPS Lite™
Understand Readiness
- Organizational readiness
- Fundability assessment
- Capital access scoring
- Explainable recommendations
Funder Intelligence™
Identify Funder Fit
- 5,500+ funders
- Community foundations
- Hospital community benefit
- Corporate giving
- Regranting intermediaries
Opportunity Radar™
Discover Opportunities
- 2,700+ live opportunities
- Federal
- State
- Foundation
- Corporate
- Community benefit
Saved Pipeline™
Manage Execution
- Save opportunities
- Save funders
- Track outreach
- Manage submissions
- Collaborate with teams
Saved Pipeline™ · Workflow Intelligence
Intelligence Without Execution Is Just Information.
CIFIS doesn't stop at discovery. Save funders, organize opportunities, assign ownership, track progress, and manage your capital pipeline from one workspace.
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Discover
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Evaluate
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Save
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Manage
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Submit
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Awarded
Save opportunities and funders. Assign owners. Move items through eight pipeline stages. Audit every change. One workspace — no spreadsheets.
Ask CIFIS™
Explain the why behind every recommendation.
Ask CIFIS explains the why behind every score, recommendation, match, and opportunity — grounded in real records, every answer cites its source.
Read-only intelligence. No invented funders. No invented opportunities. No proposal generation.
You
Why did this opportunity match?
CIFIS
Why wasn't this funder recommended?
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Which opportunities are closing soon?
CIFIS
What readiness factors should we improve?
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Where did this information come from?
What Makes CIFIS Different
A grant database tells you what exists. CIFIS tells you what's possible.
Built For
The organizations doing the work.
Sector-aware scoring, focus-area matching, and capital pathways that recognize what each mission actually needs.
Housing Organizations
Workforce Programs
Education Initiatives
Community Development
Healthcare Initiatives
Youth Programs
Faith-Based Organizations
Foundations
Nonprofits
Municipal Initiatives
National Capital Access Network™
A national funding intelligence layer — verified, attributed, and growing.
Every funder, every opportunity, every verification status — traceable to a real source.
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Verified Opportunity Coverage™
Trust Through Provenance™
Every Recommendation Has a Source.
Every recommendation in CIFIS is traceable to a real source. Every opportunity includes provenance, verification status, and freshness indicators.
Source
Every record names its origin — public filings, foundation websites, government registries, partner data.
Verification Status
Verified, auto-imported, unverified, or flagged. The label is on the page, not buried in a back office.
Freshness
Every opportunity carries a freshness band. Aging records surface before they erode trust.
Frequently Asked
Answers about Capital Access Intelligence.
What CIFIS is, how it differs from a grant database, and how organizations get access.
- What is CIFIS?
- CIFIS is the Capital Access Intelligence Platform — an operating system that helps mission-driven organizations evaluate funding readiness, identify funder fit, and discover verified opportunities across 5,507 funders and 2,714 opportunities (1,958 verified) spanning 46 states.
- How is CIFIS different from a grant database?
- Grant databases list opportunities. CIFIS scores readiness, explains funder fit, and surfaces opportunities with sourced, verifiable provenance — replacing search with explainable intelligence so organizations don't need a consultant to interpret results.
- Who is CIFIS built for?
- Nonprofits, healthcare organizations, workforce programs, housing initiatives, education providers, community development groups, and the consultants and intermediaries that support them.
- Where does CIFIS data come from?
- Every funder and opportunity is sourced from verifiable public records, including IRS Form 990-PF filings, official funder websites, and government program registries. Every recommendation links back to its source.
- How do I get access to CIFIS?
- CIFIS is currently forming its pilot cohort. Mission-driven organizations can apply through the pilot application form on this page to be considered for early access.
Pilot Program
Help shape the future of Capital Access Intelligence.
Pilot organizations receive early access to the full Capital Access Intelligence Platform, including CAPS Lite™, Funder Intelligence™, Opportunity Radar™, Ask CIFIS™, and Saved Pipeline™.
- Full platform access during pilot
- Direct roadmap input
- Onboarding with the CIFIS team
- No cost to qualified organizations