Founding Partner — 2026

Become a Grant-Ready™ Founding Partner — $499

One-time founding partner access. Limited to 10 organizations nationwide.

What Founding Partners Receive

Everything included from day one.

  • Full access to the Grant-Ready platform
  • Founding Partner pricing locked for two years
  • Complimentary StAIR-Ready AI Assessment ($149 value)
  • Founding Partner badge and recognition
  • Direct input into future platform features

How the Pilot Works

Three simple steps.

01

Join the Cohort

Your organization joins the Founding Partner cohort.

02

Use the Platform

Your team uses Grant-Ready to identify and draft at least one real grant opportunity.

03

Share Feedback

You provide feedback that helps shape the platform before broader release.

About the Platform

Why We Built Grant-Ready™

Grant-Ready™ was created after years of working with organizations exploring how AI can responsibly support nonprofit operations. One challenge surfaced consistently: grant opportunities are fragmented across many sources, and nonprofit teams spend significant time simply trying to locate relevant funding and structure strong applications.

Grant-Ready™ helps nonprofits surface aligned grant opportunities faster and generate structured first-draft narratives aligned with funder questions so teams can focus their time on refining proposals instead of starting from a blank page.

About the Founder

George Fountain

Founder, Fountain Innovation Group

George is a veteran U.S. Army officer and has spent many years working with nonprofit and public-sector organizations both as a grantor and a grantee. Over the course of his career he has helped design, build, and manage some of the largest federal grant management IT systems used by government agencies.

He has also worked at a large federal consulting firm helping organizations implement complex technology initiatives and improve operational performance.

Grant-Ready™ and StAIR-Ready™ were created because many nonprofit organizations cannot typically afford the type of strategic and technical work George performs for large institutions. This platform is designed to make those capabilities accessible at a level nonprofit organizations can realistically use.

Limited Availability

Only 10 Organizations Nationwide

This cohort is intentionally small so we can work closely with participating organizations and incorporate their feedback into the platform.

7 Founding Partner Seats Remaining

3 of 10

3 organizations have already secured founding partner access.

One-time founding partner investment: $499

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