search_open_grants

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Search open grant opportunities from Kindora's active foundation-program corpus plus federal and state government grants. FOR-PROFIT APPLICANTS: pass for_profit_applicant=true to search capital a for-profit can take (PRIs, loans, revenue-based financing, patient equity) from CDFIs, impact investors, and PRI-active foundations. The default pool is 501(c)(3)-shaped and will NOT contain those programs. Searches both private foundation grant programs (from IRS data and funder websites) and government grant opportunities — federal (Grants.gov) plus state and district grant portals. Uses full-text search with natural language understanding — queries are parsed into individual terms with stemming, so "youth after school programs" matches programs about youth, after-school, and programming even if those exact words don't appear together. Search covers program names, descriptions, focus areas, beneficiary types, and geographic focus fields. Use the state parameter to focus on geographically relevant opportunities. Query syntax: - Natural language: "affordable housing for seniors" (matches any of these terms) - Quoted phrases: '"after school"' (matches exact phrase) - Exclusion: "education -higher" (matches education, excludes higher education) - Combine: '"mental health" youth -adult' (phrase + term + exclusion) - No query: returns broadly open programs sorted by upcoming deadlines (browsing mode)