Terms of Service

1. Who These Terms Apply To

These Terms of Service ("Terms") apply to anyone who uses The Grant Map website at thegrantmap.com, operated by StanHattie LLC, Waukee, Iowa, in the Des Moines metro ("we," "us," "our"). By using this site, you agree to these Terms.

If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

2. Information Accuracy, Please Read This

Always verify program details directly with the administering agency or organization before taking any action. Follow the cited source, which may be a general agency page rather than a program-specific application, and speak with the administrator before spending money, signing contracts, or making decisions based on what you read here. An Unknown funding status means current availability is not confirmed; it does not mean funding is open. Do not add amounts from separate records or assume that programs can coordinate unless each administrator's current written terms support it.

A city page's Local help section is a discovery aid. A named city, metro, or state provider appears only when the repair-assistance catalog also has a probable card for the same provider and named service. Curated national and state locator links are exceptions because their purpose is to identify where to ask. Neither a link nor a card proves service area, open intake, eligibility, funding, an amount, or an award. Purchase-only and down-payment records are outside the public home-repair surface and cannot qualify a provider for this section.

We are not responsible for any actions you take, or don't take, based on information on this site. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Applying for a program that has closed or changed its eligibility requirements
• Purchasing materials or hiring contractors in anticipation of grant funding
• Missing a deadline because information on our site was outdated
• Any financial decisions based on grant estimates or recommendations from our tools

3. Not Professional Advice

Nothing on The Grant Map is financial advice, legal advice, or tax advice. We are a research and information tool only. For advice specific to your situation, consult a qualified professional.

In particular:

• Tax credit information should be verified with a tax professional or the IRS
• Loan and financing information should be reviewed with a HUD-approved housing counselor or lender
• Legal questions about grant agreements or contracts should be reviewed with an attorney

4. Not a Government Agency

The Grant Map is an independent research tool operated by StanHattie LLC, a private company. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing any city, county, state, or federal government agency. We do not administer any grant programs.

Using this site does not constitute an application for any program. To actually apply for a grant, you must contact the program directly.

5. Contractor Directory

Our contractor directory lists local contractors who offer home-repair and improvement services. A homeowner request may follow research into possible assistance, but it is not proof that any program will fund the project. Listing is free; the first accepted compatible lead can use a free credit, and later paid leads require explicit acceptance at the price shown before contact unlock.

• We do not verify, guarantee, or endorse contractor licensing, insurance, quality of work, or any other aspect of their business
• Some listings are "unclaimed," meaning we created them from publicly available business records rather than from the contractor signing up. Unclaimed listings are clearly labeled as sourced from public records and not yet verified, they do not carry our "Grant-Approved" badge, and their presence is not an endorsement. A contractor may claim, correct, or have an unclaimed listing removed at any time by emailing support@thegrantmap.com
• Listing and claiming are free, and no card is required. Every matched request starts as a contact-free offer. A new active contractor may explicitly accept the first compatible offer using a free credit; opening the email does not consume the credit or reveal homeowner details. Later offers show the exact one-time price before acceptance. Paid contact access unlocks only after the charge finalizes. If no card is saved, Stripe collects one during the first paid-lead checkout and may save it for later one-time charges. Price varies by trade, project size, and shared or exclusive access. Declining or ignoring an offer costs nothing; there is no lead subscription.
• Junk-lead review: if an accepted lead has a disconnected or invalid contact method, is a duplicate of a lead you already received from us, or is outside the service area you registered, report it to support@thegrantmap.com within 7 days of acceptance. The report is eligible for review, not automatic approval. If we approve it, we may issue a refund to the original payment method or a lead credit, at our discretion. Leads that simply do not convert are not eligible; a lead is a project introduction, not a guaranteed job or funding award.
• We are not a party to any agreement between you and a contractor you find on this site
• Any disputes between homeowners and contractors are entirely between those parties, we have no involvement and no liability
• We reserve the right to remove any listing at our discretion, including for complaints or violations of our policies
• Always verify contractor licensing with your state licensing board and get multiple quotes before hiring

6. Refund Policy

Refunds depend on what you bought:

• Per-lead charges (contractors): a disconnected or invalid contact, duplicate, or out-of-area lead reported within 7 days of acceptance is eligible for the review described in Section 5. A report is not an automatic refund or credit. If approved, we may refund the original payment method or issue a lead credit. Leads that simply do not convert into a job are not refundable; a lead is a project introduction, not a guaranteed job or funding award.
• Dataset / API licenses: annual licenses renew yearly and can be cancelled any time before renewal (Section 15). We do not refund a license year already started except where Section 15's continuity terms say otherwise. Pilot purchases are one-time and non-refundable once the API key is delivered.
• Sponsorships: billed monthly. To stop renewal, email support@thegrantmap.com before the next billing date; the placement ends at the close of the paid billing period. No pro-rated refunds for partial periods.
• Homeowners: our current homeowner charge for using The Grant Map is $0 and we do not take a share of grant funds, so there is no Grant Map homeowner-use charge to refund.

We initiate an approved refund to the original payment method or record an approved lead credit. Stripe and the receiving financial institution control when a refund appears after initiation, so timing varies. Questions: support@thegrantmap.com.

7. Embeddable Widget License

If you use our embeddable grant lookup widget on your website, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable license to embed and display the widget for informational purposes.

You may not:

• Modify, reverse-engineer, or extract the widget code for any other purpose
• Represent the widget as your own product
• Use the widget in a way that violates these Terms

We may revoke this license at any time. If we update the widget, we'll make reasonable efforts to maintain backwards compatibility.

8. Affiliate Disclosure

Some links or quote modules on this site may be affiliate or referral placements; where they appear they are labeled. If you click one and purchase or request a quote, we may earn a commission or referral fee at no additional cost to you. See our Affiliate Disclosure for details.

9. User-Submitted Content and Data

When you submit information through our forms (address lookup, interest forms, data correction requests, etc.), you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use that information to operate and improve The Grant Map. This includes using your address to match you with grant programs and using feedback to improve our data.

Testimonials and reviews. If you submit a story or review through one of our invitation links and check the publication consent box, you additionally grant StanHattie LLC a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to publish, display, and excerpt that content on The Grant Map and in our materials, attributed with your first name, last initial, and city only. You may withdraw this consent at any time by emailing support@thegrantmap.com and we will remove the published story within a reasonable period. We may edit for length or clarity without changing meaning, and we may decline to publish anything.

You represent that any information you submit is accurate and that you have the right to submit it.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, StanHattie LLC's total liability for any claim arising from your use of The Grant Map is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim. For free users, that amount is $0.

We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, missed grant opportunities, or contractor disputes, even if we were advised such damages were possible.

Some states do not allow limitation of consequential damages, so this limitation may not apply to you in full.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Grant Map is provided "as is" and "as available" without any warranty, express or implied. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that the information will be complete, accurate, or up to date.

12. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Iowa, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any legal action arising from these Terms must be filed in the state or federal courts located in Polk County, Iowa.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we'll update the "Last updated" date at the top. Continued use of the site after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.

14. SMS Text Messages

The Grant Map uses Twilio Verify SMS only for contractor-initiated listing claims. When a contractor taps "Text me a code," Twilio sends a one-time verification code to that listing's on-file business phone number from a managed sender number or short code that may vary. We never text homeowners and do not send proactive marketing, promotional, project-offer, or cold-outreach texts through Verify.

• Message frequency: one message per accepted claim-code request. Claim codes expire in 10 minutes, and repeated requests are rate-limited.
• Message and data rates may apply.
• For help, to record an account-level opt-out, or to request a manual claim path, email support@thegrantmap.com. Twilio or the carrier may also process supported replies to the managed sender.
• Consent to receive a verification code is not a condition of any purchase.
• We do not sell phone numbers. Mobile carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
• Full opt-in details, the exact consent language, and how to opt in or out are published at thegrantmap.com/sms-opt-in.
• See our Privacy Policy for how we handle your information, including SMS opt-in data and consent.

15. Dataset Licensing and API

We license programmatic access to our program dataset through an API key. If you receive an API key:

• Access is for use inside your own product or service. Reselling, redistributing, or republishing the raw dataset is not permitted without a separate written agreement.
• User-facing surfaces that display the data must attribute it ("Program data by The Grant Map").
• Access is subject to the rate limits of your tier and may be suspended or revoked for abuse, non-payment, or breach of these Terms.
• The data is informational and provided "as is." We do not warrant that every figure, status, URL, or deadline is current. The administering organization's current written terms and direct confirmation control.
• Reliance and routing. The dataset is a discovery layer, not a grant processor. Products must surface each cited URL with a warning that it may be a general agency page, and direct users to confirm program identity, eligibility, amounts, funding, deadlines, and the application route with the administering organization before acting.
• Sale-readiness gate. New self-serve paid checkout is available only while our public readiness endpoint reports that a current strict fact audit matches the exact served corpus and the published link-health thresholds pass. The readiness snapshot and its digest are bound to the Stripe checkout record. Passing this operational gate is not a warranty that every record is current or correct.
• Continuity. Annual licenses include a continuity commitment: if we discontinue the API, paying licensees receive at least 90 days written notice, a pro-rata refund of any unused license term, and a final full snapshot of the licensed dataset for the remainder of their term.
• Billing and renewal. Annual licenses purchased through self-serve checkout are billed through Stripe and renew automatically each year at the rate in effect for your license (charter rates are grandfathered for as long as the subscription stays active) until you cancel. Cancel any time before your renewal date by emailing support@thegrantmap.com; no further charges occur and the API key is revoked when the subscription ends. The 90-day pilot is a standalone one-time charge whose key expires automatically; it does not renew automatically and is not credited toward an annual license.

16. Contact

StanHattie LLC
731 SE Alices Rd PMB 1035
Waukee, IA 50263
Email: support@thegrantmap.com