SmartySearch - a grant finder tool for your website

Help your community find funding with SmartySearch

An easy-to-integrate grants search tool designed for councils. Affordable, user-friendly, and always up to date.
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How does it work?

SmartySearch is a customised grants search database that can be seamlessly embedded in your website to allow members of your community to search for grants.

It's powered by the Funding Centre, an Our Community enterprise, and sister to SmartyGrants with over 25 years of working with Australian councils, not-for-profits and community groups.

Features & benefits

Empower your community
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Embedding SmartySearch in your website provides free access to unlimited grant searches for an unlimited number of users in your community.


Easy set-up
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Give us your search parameters and the database can be up and running on your website in minutes. Book a demo to see how.


Seamless integration
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Seamless integration including customised design to match the look and feel of any local government website.


Affordable pricing
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Enjoy the benefits of SmartySearch for an annual fee of just $1500 (exclusive to SmartyGrants customers) and $3000 for other councils. No hidden costs or establishment fees.


Live and interactive
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Grants updated daily by our grants team, ensuring the most up-to-date grants coverage available anywhere in Australia, with more than 5,500 live grants.


Variety of grants
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Comprehensive nationwide coverage of grants for not-for-profits, businesses, individuals, schools and more, from government, philanthropic, and corporate grantmakers.

Leave it to us
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Eliminate the need for your staff to search grants databases and compile funding newsletters. It’s a great resource for community services and economic development teams.

Safe and secure
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We use several key security measures to keep your platform and users safe when embedding our iframe on your website. Read our FAQs for more.

What people say...

“Our subscription to the Funding Centre has helped reach out and support community organisations that would otherwise have missed out on available funding opportunities. Implementation of SmartySearch was seamless with minimal IT support required. The service is invaluable not only in providing free access to hundreds of funding opportunities but also helps build capability of new grant seekers within Cumberland.”
Cumberland City Council, NSW
“Previously we would spend time searching alternative options for clubs or organisations, but SmartySearch alleviates that necessity. It has also been helpful by being able to provide an option for schools, religious organisations and businesses, that we normally wouldn’t be able to support. The implementation process was easy to navigate, our website coordinator had no issues embedding the platform into our website, and subsequently, it is simple to use.”
Bundaberg Regional Council, Qld
“As a Council we want to support our community groups, sporting clubs and organisations as much as we can however due to limited budgets we simply can’t provide as much funding as we would like. SmartySearch has enabled us to continue to support organisations in accessing external funding to deliver initiatives that benefit our communities and community members. The implementation process was very easy to understand and navigate. The SmartySearch team was very supportive in helping us set up our platform.”
Regional council, WA

Why choose SmartySearch?

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Economical & powerful
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SmartySearch is less than half the price of other hosted or embedded grant search platforms.
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Trusted & proven
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SmartySearch is powered by the Funding Centre, an Our Community enterprise, and sister to SmartyGrants. Over 25 years of working with Australian councils, not-for-profits and community groups.

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Based in Australia
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SmartySearch, the Funding Centre and our developers and customer support teams, along with all other Our Community enterprises, are located in Australia.

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Simple & user-friendly
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SmartySearch is a simple-to-use grant search tool. Grantseekers discover grants on your website and are directed to the website of the funder to learn more and apply.

Plans and pricing

If you are an individual grantseeker visit the Funding Centre for membership options.


$1500/$3000 P.A

SmartySearch only

An embedded grants portal to promote funding opportunities to your community.

  • A customised grants portal embedded in your website
  • Unlimited grant searches for your entire community
  • Seamless integration with custom branding
  • Customisable search parameters to match your needs
  • Choose from over 5,500 active grants updated daily
  • Covers government, corporate, and philanthropic funding
  • Instant access with no logins or barriers for users
  • Hassle-free setup with no ongoing maintenance
  • Exclusive discount for SmartyGrants customers ($1500 p.a) - $3000 for other customers

$1850/$3550 P.A

SmartySearch + Funding Centre

Combines the grants portal with grant management tools for council use.

  • A customised grants portal embedded in your website
  • Unlimited grant searches for your entire community
  • Seamless integration with custom branding
  • Customisable search parameters to match your needs
  • Choose from over 5,500 active grants updated daily
  • Covers government, corporate, and philanthropic funding
  • Instant access with no logins or barriers for users
  • Hassle-free setup with no ongoing maintenance
  • Exclusive discount for SmartyGrants customers ($1850 p.a) - $3550 for other customers
  • Receive customised newsletters, updates and alerts
  • Curate grants on a personalised dashboard
  • Manage grants processes, tasks and timelines
  • View activity on a personalised grants calendar
  • Store applications, reports and acquittals centrally
  • Enjoy full access to fundraising help and tools

Become a member