About Grant Genie

Grant Genie helps charities find funding with more clarity, more momentum and far less friction.

Grant Genie is a mission-led funding platform built for charities, community organisations, CICs and other teams doing meaningful work. We use AI and thoughtful product design to make grant discovery, preparation and action feel simpler, sharper and more achievable.

The problem is not that funding does not exist. The problem is that finding the right opportunities, understanding fit and getting organised to apply still takes too much time, too much admin and too much patience. Grant Genie exists to change that.

We believe important organisations deserve better tools: intelligent without being intimidating, stylish without losing credibility, and practical enough to make a real difference in day-to-day work.

AI with a practical job to do Funding search made clearer Mission-led, commercially serious Built by humans with a point of view

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Funding support with brains, taste and backbone.

Grant Genie is not trying to imitate a faceless corporate SaaS template. It is built to feel alive, helpful and credible at the same time: serious software for organisations that do work which genuinely matters.

Built for action

Helping users move from project idea to relevant funding opportunities without the usual spreadsheet fog.

Designed for real teams

Useful for organisations with varying levels of technical confidence, not just people who already speak fluent software.

What we do

We make grant discovery and preparation feel less overwhelming.

Grant Genie helps organisations find relevant grant opportunities more intelligently, understand why opportunities match and take the next step faster. The platform is designed to reduce manual digging, lighten administrative drag and help good teams focus their energy where it actually counts.

Smarter funding search so users spend less time trawling and more time assessing the grants that matter.
Clearer fit and direction so opportunities feel less random and more actionable.
AI support with purpose to remove friction, not add theatre.
A better route from idea to application for organisations who do not have time to waste.

Why we exist

Because too much good work is slowed down by bad process.

There is substantial funding available, yet too much of it never reaches the organisations that need it most. Small teams are left dealing with fragmented information, clunky systems and endless uncertainty.

Grant Genie was created to close that gap with technology that is genuinely useful: less intimidating, more accessible and far more alive than the usual beige software experience.

How Grant Genie is built

Modern technology, responsibly applied.

We are interested in what AI can do when it is used with discipline. That means clarity before hype, utility before theatrics and systems that support human judgement rather than pretending to replace it. Grant Genie is built to feel smart, but more importantly to be useful.

Clear before clever If a feature confuses users, it is not finished.

Accessible by design Powerful tools should not require technical swagger to use well.

Useful AI The goal is less admin, better decisions and more forward motion.

Real product conviction Originality, warmth and credibility can coexist. In fact, they should.

Grant Genie is built on a simple belief: organisations doing important work deserve technology that is intelligent, human and actually helpful.

That belief shapes the platform, the tone and the people behind it.

What makes us different

We do not think trust has to look boring.

Grant Genie is a business platform, but it is not trying to disappear into corporate wallpaper. We care about credibility, yes, but also about personality, clarity and making software feel like it was built by people with opinions and standards rather than a committee with a slide deck.

Less blandness. More signal. The result is a product and brand that feel distinctive without losing seriousness.

Recognition

Built with ambition, recognised with pride.

Grant Genie has already attracted attention beyond the usual software bubble, including recognition through Small Business Sunday and finalist status in the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. We are pleased by that, but the real point is still the same: build better tools and help organisations do more.

The co-founders

Grant Genie is shaped by leadership and technical depth in equal measure.

Co-founder & Managing Director

Prof Adam Boddison OBE

Adam brings serious leadership, strategic clarity and hard-earned credibility to the business. His role helps keep Grant Genie ambitious, grounded and focused on meaningful outcomes rather than empty noise.

Leadership with substance
Strategic judgement and organisational credibility
A calm, high-trust standard at the top of the business

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Co-founder & Technical Director

Ian Boddison

Ian is the technical co-founder and builder behind the product's sharper edges. He combines systems thinking, hands-on coding and a refusal to let serious technology become lifeless or intimidating.

Technical depth with strong product instinct
AI applied usefully, not theatrically
A bold, original perspective on how software should feel

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Grant Genie is here to help good organisations move faster.

If your team needs a clearer route to funding, better-fit opportunities and software that feels capable rather than exhausting, Grant Genie was built for exactly that.

Mission-led. Commercially serious. Distinctive on purpose.

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