Instrumentl

Instrumentl is the all-in-one grant management platform for nonprofits and grant-writing consultants, helping 5,500+ organizations discover, apply for, and manage grants across the full funding lifecycle. Its Discover capability uses AI-powered matching across 35,000+ active grant opportunities; Apply provides AI-assisted proposal drafting trained on an organization's own winning proposals and funder insights; and Manage handles post-award administration, spend-down tracking, compliance monitoring, and deadline management. Instrumentl maintains a grants database and a 450,000+ funder Foundation Directory built from IRS Form 990 filings, and exposes an authenticated remote MCP server (mcp.instrumentl.com) for agent access.

Instrumentl publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Grants, Non-Profit, Fundraising, and Grant Management.

Instrumentl’s developer surface includes authentication, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 16 more developer resources.

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21.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Company Grants Non-Profit FundraisingGrant ManagementFoundation DataPhilanthropy MCP

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scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

Composite quality — 21.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.8 / 20

Access Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 6 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Instrumentl MCP Server

Instrumentl's authenticated remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, exposing the grant-management platform to AI agents. Access is gated by OAuth 2.0 (authorization code + P...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Instrumentl Scopes

2 scopes · authorizationCode

2 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conventions

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: instrumentl
name: Instrumentl
description: Instrumentl is the all-in-one grant management platform for nonprofits and grant-writing consultants, helping
  5,500+ organizations discover, apply for, and manage grants across the full funding lifecycle. Its Discover capability uses
  AI-powered matching across 35,000+ active grant opportunities; Apply provides AI-assisted proposal drafting trained on an
  organization's own winning proposals and funder insights; and Manage handles post-award administration, spend-down tracking,
  compliance monitoring, and deadline management. Instrumentl maintains a grants database and a 450,000+ funder Foundation
  Directory built from IRS Form 990 filings, and exposes an authenticated remote MCP server (mcp.instrumentl.com) for agent
  access.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instrumentl/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://static-assets.instrumentl.com/assets/open-graph-image-7aeb77fce8b2e99a998345583d30006a4f24546304a720cb2a2c7c97372f6212.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Grants
- Non-Profit
- Fundraising
- Grant Management
- Foundation Data
- Philanthropy
- MCP
tags_raw:
- Company
- Grants
- Nonprofit
- Fundraising
- Grant Management
- Foundation Data
- Philanthropy
- MCP
apis:
- name: Instrumentl MCP Server
  description: Instrumentl's authenticated remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, exposing the grant-management platform
    to AI agents. Access is gated by OAuth 2.0 (authorization code + PKCE, dynamic client registration) with mcp:read / mcp:write
    scopes.
  humanURL: https://www.instrumentl.com/product-overview
  baseURL: https://mcp.instrumentl.com
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/instrumentl-mcp.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/instrumentl-mcp.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/instrumentl-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/instrumentl-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instrumentl-conventions.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/instrumentl-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/instrumentl-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/instrumentl-security.txt
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instrumentl-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.instrumentl.com
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/instrumentl-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://instrumentl.com/.well-known/security.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instrumentl-domain-security.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://help.instrumentl.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.instrumentl.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/instrumentl
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.instrumentl.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.instrumentl.com/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://www.instrumentl.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.instrumentl.com/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.instrumentl.com/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://instrumentl.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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