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, Nonprofit, 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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27.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-10 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyGrantsNonprofitFundraisingGrant ManagementFoundation DataPhilanthropyMCP

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scored 2026-08-10 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 27.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.7 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

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 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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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
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: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- 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