What JustFund does

JustFund is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oakland, California, that operates a common grant application platform connecting philanthropic funders with nonprofit applicants. The platform's signature offering is the trademarked JustFund Common Application™, a standardized intake tool that allows a nonprofit to submit a single profile and share it with multiple funders. The product suite extends across the full grant lifecycle: JustFund Search provides a searchable database of 22,000+ nonprofit organizations; Impact Cycles, launched in 2025, supports grantee reporting and outcome tracking; and JustFund Wallet, also launched in 2025, provides integrated fund disbursement. The underlying platform architecture combines applicant profiles, funder workflow configuration, and analytics on funding flows, with cumulative funds moved reaching $385M+ and expanding toward $410M+. AI features — including chatbot support, content summarization, drafting assistance, and classification — are embedded as productivity tools, with third-party model dependencies disclosed in the platform's terms.

The business model is a B2B subscription platform priced exclusively on the funder side across three tiers (Core, Core+, Core+Wallet), while nonprofit applicants access the platform at no cost. Funders include foundations, donor networks, collaborative funds, and individual donors; the active base comprises 1,100+ funders with 250+ actively running grant cycles. Geographic reach is concentrated in the United States, with approximately one-third of funds moving to the U.S. South, and the platform's reach is concentrated in mission-driven, equity-focused philanthropy. As a 501(c)(3), JustFund supplements subscription revenue with philanthropic grants, including a $2M grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in October 2024.

Strategic positioning centers on the Trust-Based Philanthropy movement: JustFund's product design and partnerships (Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, Consultants for Good, Women Building Up) are oriented toward reducing applicant burden, standardizing due diligence, and rebalancing power dynamics between funders and grantees. The company employs 11–50 staff and operates as a national-scale infrastructure provider for equitable grantmaking rather than a traditional SaaS vendor.

Name

JustFund

Legal name

JustFund.Us

Website

https://justfund.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JustFund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating the nation's first common grant application platform, connecting 1,100+ philanthropic funders with 22,000+ nonprofits to standardize intake, due diligence, reporting, and disbursement across the U.S. grantmaking lifecycle.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grantmaking Software

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH)

Keywords

• Grantmaking platform
• Common application
• Nonprofit software
• Philanthropic software
• Grant management

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Funder Subscription (Membership Fees): Funder organizations pay annual subscription fees for platform access, grant cycle management, analytics, and disbursement services. Billed monthly or annually with automatic renewal.
2. Platform Services (Free for Applicants): Nonprofit applicants access the platform free of charge to create profiles, apply to opportunities, and connect with funders. Applicants are not charged.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

JustFund is a 501(c)(3) public charity that operates a cloud-based grantmaking software platform. It provides a standardized common grant application, a searchable database of funding opportunities, secure wallet-based fund disbursement, and impact-cycle program management to connect foundations, donor networks, and individual donors with nonprofit applicants. Funders pay subscription or membership fees for access, while nonprofits apply and receive funds through the platform.

Product overview

JustFund is the nation's first common grant application platform, operating as a 501(c)(3) public charity. The platform connects private foundations, donor networks, and individual donors with nonprofit organizations through a two-sided marketplace. The core offering consists of the JustFund Common Application (enabling one profile for multiple funders), JustFund Search (a database of 22,000+ nonprofit profiles), Real-Time Analytics, Collaborative Tools, and Automated Workflows. Premium tiers include Core, Core+, and Core+Wallet (featuring JustFund Wallet for fund disbursement). Additional features include Impact Cycles for structured grantee reporting, a Check-in Feature for relationship-based touchpoints, and mobile optimization. The platform is accessible via an embedded UserWay Accessibility Widget.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JustFund Wallet: A feature launched in 2025 that deploys philanthropic funds, with 85% of funds deployed in its first year.
• JustFund Common Application™

Products and services

• JustFund Common Application™ A standardized grant application that nonprofit applicants complete once and reuse across multiple participating funders on the JustFund platform. It is the foundational product designed to replace redundant, funder-specific applications for foundations, donor networks, and nonprofits.
• JustFund Search A searchable database of funding opportunities from foundations, donor networks, and individual donors using the JustFund platform. It enables nonprofit applicants to filter and identify funders whose priorities match their mission.
• JustFund Wallet A secure wallet and disbursement product that enables funders on the JustFund platform to electronically transfer grant funds to selected nonprofit recipients, with associated payment processing and tracking.
• Impact Cycles A structured grantmaking program offering on the JustFund platform that organizes funder workflows around defined grant cycles, milestones, and impact reporting for participating foundations and donor networks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 717,125+ hours saved for applicants since 2017
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationCloud hosting infrastructure for JustFund's platform. Data is hosted in state-of-the-art secure cloud environments including AWS and trusted SaaS platforms.
• Google WorkspacecoreTechnology or IntegrationSaaS platform used for internal operations and infrastructure as part of JustFund's cloud environment.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing service for membership fees, donations, and grant disbursements. Third-party payment processor handling financial transactions.
• Amalgamated Charitable FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for grant distribution support. In some cases, JustFund supports grant distribution through this partnership to facilitate fund transfers between grantmakers and proposals.
• Trust-Based Philanthropy ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presented the Trust-Based Philanthropy Series (March 2026), bringing together movement founders and practitioners to discuss trust-based philanthropy practices.
• Consultants for GoodminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership announced January 2026 to support and connect consultants working in the equitable philanthropy space.
• Women Building UpminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner announcement October 2025 focused on moving money to movement leaders faster through collaborative funding approaches.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fluxx: Fluxx provides cloud-based grants management software for foundations and nonprofits, offering application management, workflow, and reporting. It is the closest direct competitor to JustFund, targeting the same private-foundation buyer and competing on grant-cycle automation and applicant discovery.
• Instrumentl: Instrumentl is a grant discovery and tracking platform for nonprofits and fundraisers, competing with JustFund Search for funder-grantee matching use cases. Both monetize access to curated funding opportunities for grantseekers and funders alike.
• Submittable: Submittable is a submission management platform widely used by funders, publishers, and grantmakers for collecting and reviewing applications. It overlaps with JustFund's application intake, review, and scoring capabilities and is a frequent evaluation alternative in foundation RFPs.
• Benevity: Benevity is a corporate-purpose and employee-engagement giving platform that handles donation disbursement and grant workflows for large corporates and foundations. It overlaps with JustFund Wallet's payment/disbursement function and competes for foundation treasury tech budgets.
• Foundant Technologies: Foundant is a long-standing grantmaking software vendor (GLM, Scholarship Lifecycle Manager, GrantHub, GivingData) serving community and private foundations. Like JustFund, it sells to grantmakers and competes for the same budget line on subscription-based lifecycle tooling.

Broad incumbents

• SurveyMonkey Apply: SurveyMonkey Apply (formerly FluidReview/Flexi-Grant) is an enterprise application-management SaaS broadly used by grantmakers, associations, and scholarship programs. It competes with JustFund on review/scoring, collaborative rubric tools, and customizable application forms.
• Salesforce.org / Salesforce for Nonprofits: Salesforce for Nonprofits provides CRM, program management, and grantmaking capabilities for large nonprofits and foundations. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same foundation IT spend with deeper CRM and finance integration than JustFund offers today.
• Candid: Candid (the merged Foundation Center + GuideStar) provides nonprofit intelligence, data, and research used by grantmakers to evaluate applicants — overlapping with JustFund Search's applicant-data and discovery function, but operating as a much larger data incumbent.

Emerging players

• Open Collective: Open Collective is a fiscal-hosting and transparent funding platform serving collectives, mutual aid, and small nonprofits. It overlaps with JustFund's fiscally-sponsored-project applicant segment and JustFund Wallet's transparent-disbursement use cases.
• Good360: Good360 is a nonprofit that connects companies and donors with nonprofits needing goods and grants. Like JustFund, it operates as a 501(c)(3) infrastructure org serving both funders and grantseekers, though focused more on in-kind donations than cash grantmaking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/justfundus

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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