Afrant and fundsforNGOs Premium
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Matches this week
19 calls checked
- Innovations in adolescent mental healthKenya among 12 countries · closes 20 JanStrong fit
- East Africa Youth Wellbeing CallKenya, Uganda, Tanzania · closes 14 DecFair fit
- Community Nutrition Small GrantsEast Africa · closes 30 JanWeak fit
- Urban Youth Employment FundOpen to organisations registered in GhanaNot eligible
15 more were left out as not eligible. Each one says why.
The short answer
fundsforNGOs Premium is a library: a grants database, donor lists, sample proposals, ebooks and webinars, for 199 US dollars a year. Afrant is a workspace: it checks each call against your organisation, drafts from your own documents and tracks deadlines and reports. If you mainly need to find and learn, choose the library. If you apply regularly and lose time on calls you cannot win, choose the workspace. Many will use both.
What each one is
fundsforNGOs Premium describes itself on its membership page as one subscription for new grants, donor lists, grant proposals, how-to ebooks and expert webinars, with a database you can filter by country, sector, donor type and funding size.
Afrant reads your organisation's own documents, builds a fact sheet from them, tests open calls against it, drafts applications from those facts and keeps the pipeline and the reporting dates.
Side by side
| fundsforNGOs Premium | Afrant | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A subscription library of opportunities and learning material | A grants workspace for one organisation's team |
| Finding calls | A large database with filters | A smaller directory, each call checked against your records |
| Are we eligible? | You read each call and decide | Checked for you, with the reasons for and against |
| Writing | Sample proposals to learn from | Drafts written from your own documents, each figure with its source |
| Learning | Ebooks and webinars | Short guides and help pages |
| Tracking applications | Not described on its membership page | Pipeline, checklist from the call, tasks, reminders |
| After the award | Not described on its membership page | Reporting dates and report drafts |
| Price | 199 US dollars, billed yearly; 7-day money-back guarantee | Free in pilot; then $59.99 a month per organisation, three members included |
When fundsforNGOs Premium is the better choice
- You are new to grants and want to learn how they work.
- You want to see the widest range of opportunities and donors.
- You want sample proposals to study.
- Your budget for tools is under 200 dollars a year.
- You apply rarely and are happy to track applications in a spreadsheet.
When Afrant is
- You apply several times a year and cannot afford a week on a call you were never eligible for.
- You want drafts built from your own figures, not adapted from someone else's sample.
- More than one person works on an application.
- You have missed a deadline or a report, or come close.
Using both
They fit together. Find a call anywhere, including on fundsforNGOs, add it to Afrant, and let Afrant check it against your records, build the checklist and draft from your documents. See how the eligibility check works.
Questions people ask
How much does fundsforNGOs Premium cost?
Its sign-up page showed 199.00 US dollars, billed yearly, with a 7-day money-back guarantee, when we read it on 13 November 2026. Check its own page for today's price.
Does fundsforNGOs Premium write proposals or track applications?
Its membership page describes a grants database, donor lists, sample proposals, how-to ebooks and expert webinars. It did not describe drafting from your own documents or a pipeline for tracking applications when we read it on 13 November 2026.
Should we use Afrant or fundsforNGOs Premium?
They do different jobs. fundsforNGOs Premium helps you see many opportunities and learn how grants work. Afrant helps you decide which calls you can win, write them from your own records and keep track of them. An organisation that applies regularly may well use both.
Is Afrant's directory as large as fundsforNGOs?
No. fundsforNGOs has listed opportunities for many years and covers far more. Afrant's directory is new and small during the pilot. Its difference is that each call is checked against your organisation, and you can add any call you find elsewhere.
Read next
- Afrant and ChatGPTWhen a general chatbot is enough for grant writing, and where it stops.
- Eligibility checkEach call is tested against your country, registration and records before you see it. When you are not eligible, it says so and says why.
- How to write a concept noteWhat funders expect in a few pages, the usual sections, the fixed EU form, and how a concept note differs from a full proposal.
See it on your own documents.
Afrant is in pilot and opens one organisation at a time. It is free during the pilot, and there is a sample workspace to explore before you upload anything.