Sources

Source quality matters because funding decisions depend on details: deadlines, eligibility, application links, required documents, award amounts, and program status.

Preferred sources

FindMyMoney.App prefers official sources, including:

• Government agency pages and public notices.
• University, college, and scholarship office pages.
• Foundation and nonprofit program pages.
• Funder announcements and application portals.
• Official PDFs, NOFOs, guidance documents, and program FAQs.

Third-party sources

Third-party articles, newsletters, databases, and social posts can be useful discovery signals, but they are not enough on their own for final application planning. When a third-party page identifies an opportunity, we try to trace it back to the organization responsible for the program.

Why official verification still matters

Even a carefully reviewed directory can become stale. Funders can change deadlines, close portals early, extend cycles, update eligibility, revise award amounts, or move application pages. Always verify final details with the official source before applying or making financial, academic, business, or household plans.

Source labels

Opportunity pages show source information when available. If the source is broad, unclear, or derived from a crawl, we still link to the best available official URL and encourage users to confirm all final details there.