Start Your Grant Journey.
At Zero Cost.
Most leaders do not know where to start with grants. The FRACAD Free Program gives you the foundation you need to understand fundability, discover grant opportunities, and take your first confident step toward winning.
No credit card · No commitment · Access immediately
Four Powerful Resources.
Completely Free.
Everything in the Free Program is designed to give you real value from day one, not a teaser to upsell you immediately.
4 Grant Fundamentals Video Lessons
Short, focused lessons covering what grants are, how funders think, what fundability means, and how to honestly assess where your organization stands today. Real knowledge, not a sales pitch.
Fundability Self-Assessment Tool
A structured tool that scores your organization across the 7 dimensions funders use to evaluate applicants. Know exactly where you stand before you apply to anything. Most leaders are surprised by what they discover.
1 Curated Grant Opportunity Per Month
One hand-picked, vetted grant opportunity delivered to your inbox every month. Relevant to your region and sector, with deadline, eligibility, and application guidance included. Not a generic database dump.
FRACAD Community Forum & Email List
Join hundreds of founders, NGO leaders, and SME owners navigating the grant space together. Ask questions, share wins, stay accountable, and get notified when new resources and opportunities are added.
Our alumni have won grants from global funders including
Start Free.
Scale When You're Ready.
The Free Program is the starting point. You do not have to commit to anything. But when you are ready to go deeper, the path is clear.
Discover & Assess
Learn the fundamentals. Score your fundability. Understand which funders are relevant for your stage and sector before you spend a dollar or an hour on an application.
Build & Apply
Go through the full 30-lesson curriculum. Write your first strong proposal using real templates. Use the vault to identify funders you can apply to in the next 90 days.
Win & Scale
Get hands-on weekend coaching, a custom roadmap, personal proposal review, and done-with-you writing support. This is where organizations go from applying to winning.
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People Who Started Free.
People Who Won.
“I started with the free program just to test the quality. The fundability assessment alone changed how I saw our organization. I signed up for Quickstart the same week.”
“The monthly grant opportunity email is something I genuinely look forward to. Last month's opportunity was one I had never heard of and it matched our sector perfectly.”
“I was skeptical about a free program but the quality is genuinely high. The community alone is worth it. I have connected with other founders who are navigating the same challenges.”
Built by Someone Who Has
Done It Himself.
Blessing Mene has over 12 years of experience helping businesses and nonprofits secure grants, equity, and loans across Africa, the US, and Europe. He has personally won grants from the Gates Foundation, GIZ, Ashoka, Skoll World Forum, and many others.
He built FRACAD because he kept watching qualified organizations fail at grants not because they lacked merit, but because nobody had given them honest, structural guidance. The Free Program exists so that barrier no longer exists.
When You Are Ready to Level Up
The Free Program is a complete starting point. When you are ready to go further, two paths are waiting for you.
- ✓Full 30-lesson grant curriculum (pre-recorded)
- ✓Grant opportunity vault — 20-50 curated funders
- ✓Proposal writing templates from real wins
- ✓Scored fundability assessment
- ✓1 live group FAQ session (cohort-based)
- ✓Certificate of completion
- ✓1-year access to all materials
No refunds policy · +VAT where applicable
- ✓5+ live weekend group coaching sessions
- ✓Personal fundability assessment & feedback
- ✓Custom grant roadmap for your organization
- ✓Pitch deck & proposal review
- ✓Done-with-you proposal writing (1 application)
- ✓Full Quickstart curriculum included
- ✓Alumni network & post-program check-ins
No refunds policy · Installment plan available · +VAT
Common Questions
Funding Follows
Readiness. Always.
— Blessing Mene, Founder of FRACAD
Start with the foundation. Discover your fundability. Take the first confident step toward winning your first grant.