Pilots offers an end‑to‑end grant management platform that automates discovery, eligibility review, proposal drafting, deadline tracking, and collaboration across the entire grant lifecycle. The system integrates with Google Drive, Gmail, Docs, and Sheets to sync budgets, funder communications, and submission files, while a contextual engine matches opportunities to an organization’s profile and flags at‑risk tasks. It streamlines workflow for nonprofits, universities, and small businesses seeking federal and private funding.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Nonprofits, universities, and small businesses often juggle multiple grant opportunities, manually tracking eligibility, deadlines, documents, and communications across disparate tools, which leads to missed deadlines and inefficient proposal development.
Solution
Pilots offers a cloud‑based platform that centralizes the entire grant lifecycle. The system automatically discovers funding opportunities that match an organization’s profile and runs eligibility checks against funder criteria. Integrated with Google Workspace, it syncs NOFOs, budgets, and funder email threads, while allowing collaborative drafting of narratives in Google Docs and real‑time deadline tracking. A unified dashboard displays the status of each application, owners, and upcoming tasks, helping teams prioritize work and avoid at‑risk deadlines. AI‑assisted drafting generates first‑draft content based on prior submissions, accelerating proposal preparation.
Target Audience
Primary users are grant‑making teams at nonprofits, research universities, and small businesses that need to manage multiple funding applications efficiently.
Features
- Automated grant discovery with fit scoring based on mission, programs, and eligibility criteria
- Real‑time eligibility verification that flags ineligible opportunities before application
- AI‑driven proposal drafting that leverages existing documents and past applications
- Seamless integration with Google Drive, Gmail, Docs, and Sheets for file storage, email tracking, collaborative writing, and budget management
- Centralized deadline and task management board showing status, owners, and risk alerts
- Contextual linking of each grant’s criteria, drafts, files, and communications in a single view