GrantKit

Curated database of 3,650+ grants, foundations, and support resources for individuals, families, and caregivers across 29 countries. Organized by category, country, and eligibility. Subscription-based SaaS.

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Features

• Grants & Resources Catalog — Browse, search, and filter 3,650+ entries by category, country, condition, funding type, state, city, and more
• 5-Language Support — Full UI and catalog content in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Georgian
• Advanced Filters — Filter by diagnosis, B-2 visa eligibility, funding type, deadline, state, and city
• AI Grant Assistant — Chat-powered grant discovery using Anthropic Claude
• User Dashboard — Save grants, track favorites, manage subscription
• Admin Panel — Full CRUD for grants, user management, newsletter notifications, CSV/Excel import/export
• External Grant Search — Search 84,000+ grants and 133,000+ US foundations via GrantedAI API directly from the admin panel
• Subscription & Payments — Paddle integration for monthly/annual plans
• Email Notifications — Resend-powered email alerts for new grants and subscription events
• SEO Optimized — Server-side sitemap, robots.txt, meta tags, JSON-LD structured data
• Mobile-First Design — Responsive UI with bottom navigation, pull-to-refresh, skeleton loading, PWA manifest
• Dual Theme — Sun & Moon theme system (light/dark)

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	React 19, TypeScript, Vite, TailwindCSS 4
UI Components	Radix UI, Framer Motion, Recharts
Backend	Node.js 22, Express, tRPC 11
Database	MySQL, Drizzle ORM
Auth	OpenID / JWT (jose) — Manus OAuth
Payments	Paddle
Email	Resend
AI	Anthropic Claude SDK
Deployment	Railway (primary), Vercel (staging), Docker

Project Structure

grantkit/
├── client/src/
│   ├── pages/          # Home, Catalog, Dashboard, Admin, Profile, etc.
│   ├── components/     # Navbar, FilterBar, CatalogCard, AIChatBox, etc.
│   ├── contexts/       # LanguageContext (i18n), ThemeContext
│   ├── i18n/           # Translation files (en, fr, es, ru, ka)
│   └── main.tsx        # tRPC client setup
├── server/
│   ├── _core/          # Express entry, tRPC setup, env, OAuth
│   ├── routers.ts      # All tRPC API endpoints
│   ├── db.ts           # Database queries (Drizzle ORM)
│   ├── externalGrants.ts # GrantedAI API integration
│   ├── emailService.ts # Resend email notifications
│   ├── toolboxClient.ts # AI assistant
│   └── importGrants.ts # CSV/Excel bulk import
├── drizzle/
│   └── schema.ts       # MySQL table definitions
├── scripts/            # Enrichment and utility scripts
├── Dockerfile          # Multi-stage production build
└── vercel.json         # Vercel frontend config

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• pnpm 10+
• MySQL database

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/navyforses/grantkit.git
cd grantkit

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Set up environment variables
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your database URL, API keys, etc.

# Push database schema
pnpm db:push

# Start development server
pnpm dev

Scripts

Command	Description
pnpm dev	Start development server with hot reload
pnpm build	Build for production (Vite + esbuild)
pnpm start	Run production server
pnpm test	Run tests with Vitest
pnpm check	TypeScript type checking
pnpm db:push	Push Drizzle schema to database

Internationalization (i18n)

GrantKit supports 5 languages with full UI and catalog content translations:

Language	Code	Coverage
English	en	100% (base)
French	fr	~80% catalog + 100% UI
Spanish	es	~82% catalog + 100% UI
Russian	ru	~81% catalog + 100% UI
Georgian	ka	~77% catalog + 100% UI

API Endpoints

All API endpoints use tRPC at /api/trpc.

Public

• catalog.list — Browse grants with filters and pagination
• catalog.detail — Get grant details by item ID
• catalog.preview — Diverse category preview for homepage

Protected (Auth required)

• grants.savedList — Get user's saved grant IDs
• grants.toggleSave — Save/unsave a grant
• subscription.status — Get subscription status
• ai.grantChat — AI-powered grant discovery chat

Admin

• admin.grants — List all grants with search/filter
• admin.createGrant / admin.updateGrant / admin.deleteGrant — Grant CRUD
• admin.searchExternal — Search 84,000+ external grants
• admin.importExternal — Import external grant to catalog
• admin.searchFunders — Search 133,000+ US foundations
• admin.parseImport / admin.executeImport — CSV/Excel bulk import

License

MIT

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Built with React, tRPC, Drizzle ORM, and Claude AI.