NetGrant — Canadian funding, inside your AI

NetGrant is a free, public MCP server (and web app) for searching 1,300+ live Canadian funding opportunities — grants, tax credits, wage subsidies, accelerators, pitch competitions, loans, and events. Ask Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to find, compare, and check eligibility for Canadian funding without leaving the conversation.

• MCP endpoint: https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no auth, no API key)
• Web app: https://app.netgrant.ca (same data, search UI, no login)
• Site: https://netgrant.ca

This repository is documentation only. NetGrant is a hosted, closed-source public service — there is no source code here and none to self-host. Point your MCP client at the endpoint above and you're done.

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Add it to your client

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline / Continue — add to your MCP config (claude_desktop_config.json, .cursor/mcp.json, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netgrant": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (CLI):

claude mcp add --transport http netgrant https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp

Claude.ai (web): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp.

No account, no key, no rate-limit signup. Restart your client and the tools appear.

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Tools

Tool	What it does
search_opportunities	Full-text search across the catalog with optional region, category, deadline_within_days, min_funding / max_funding, is_rolling, and exclude_expired filters. Returns ranked matches.
get_opportunity_details	Fetch the full record for one opportunity by id — eligibility, body, amounts, deadline, source link.
compare_opportunities	Fetch 2–4 opportunities at once for a side-by-side comparison.
eligibility_check	Pull one opportunity's eligibility criteria alongside an applicant description so the assistant can judge fit.
subscribe_to_digest	Opt the user (with their consent + email) into a free weekly email digest of new Canadian grants matching a saved search. Double opt-in.

Prompts (slash commands)

Prompt	What it does
/find-for-me	Match opportunities to a one-sentence business description.
/check-deadlines	Show opportunities closing in the next 30 days.

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Weekly email digest

Beyond live search, NetGrant offers a free opt-in weekly email digest: tell the assistant the niche you're tracking (keywords + province), give your email, and you'll get 8–10 matching Canadian grants each week — newest first, falling back to the strongest current matches. Double opt-in, one-click unsubscribe.

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Data coverage & freshness

• 1,300+ live opportunities across federal, provincial, municipal, and private sources.
• Normalized schema: title, category, region, funding range, deadline, eligibility text, source URL.
• Continuously ingested from 60+ source providers; a daily audit agent re-checks live listings, archives dead/expired programs, and corrects drifted details.
• Updated weekly; stale items are auto-archived.

NetGrant is not affiliated with any government or funding body. Always confirm eligibility and deadlines on the official program page before applying.

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Support

Questions, corrections, a missing program, or a partnership idea: sami@netgrant.ca · https://netgrant.ca