About The Grant Map

Why we built this

Homeowners deserve easy access to grant information. The problem is that it's scattered everywhere, buried in city PDFs, hidden on obscure program websites, distributed across dozens of phone numbers and office hours and application portals that change every year.

A homeowner who knows exactly what they're looking for might still spend hours figuring out whether they qualify, how much they can get, and how to actually apply. Most people don't even know what's available in the first place.

That's the gap The Grant Map fills. We organize the research so you can identify programs worth verifying in minutes, not hours.

How we started

We started with Des Moines. The city has a surprisingly robust set of neighborhood investment programs, but awareness was low. We built thegrantmap.com as a free community guide for Des Moines homeowners, and the response told us people wanted this everywhere, not just here.

So we expanded. The live directory now covers many cities and tracks a growing set of program records. Current totals load from the public directory API.

How it works

We research published grants, rebates, forgivable loans, low-interest loans, tax credits, and repair resources at city, county, state, utility, and federal levels. Records come from cited pages and AI-assisted research, with scheduled link checks and rotating source review. A stored URL can be a general agency page, so the directory is a starting point for verification, not a complete or continuously current registry.

On city pages, a named city, metro, or state provider appears under Local help only when the repair-assistance catalog also has a probable card for the same provider and named service. A shared website or link alone is not enough. Curated national and explicitly reviewed state locator links are the exception: they help identify whom to ask, but do not confirm that a particular office serves your address. A card or link is still only a possible research lead, and an Unknown funding status means current availability has not been confirmed.

You tell us your city and situation. We screen for possible matches and explain what remains unknown. You verify directly with the program administrator and apply.

That's it. We don't take a cut of your grant, charge application fees, sell personal-information lists, or use your data for another party's marketing. A contractor introduction happens only when you expressly request it.

A note on accuracy

Grant programs change. Funding runs out mid-year. Income limits get adjusted. Deadlines move. We update The Grant Map regularly, but we can't guarantee that every single program is current at the exact moment you're reading it.

Always verify program details directly with the administering organization before making any decisions. We show the source, application route, or contact information on file when available; a cited link may be general and a phone number may be missing.

Who built this

The Grant Map is built and operated by StanHattie LLC, based in Waukee, Iowa, in the Des Moines metro. We're a small team focused on building tools that give regular people access to information that's technically public but practically inaccessible.