About Outlay
Open U.S. federal grants, sorted by deadline, amount and who can apply — with plain-English guides to applying.
Who it is for
U.S. small business owners, nonprofits, researchers and first-time applicants looking for federal grants.
Guides are researched from official documentation, changelogs and other public sources. Each guide lists its sources and the date it was checked, so you can verify the details yourself.
Editorial policy
- We research official docs, pricing pages, terms and changelogs, and cite them inline
- We never invent experiences, tests or results; when something is unknown we say so
- Recommendations include who it is not for, limitations and cost; affiliate links are disclosed at the top
- Guides are reviewed and updated regularly (the update date is shown)
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Who runs this site
Outlay is published by Aoba Works (aobaworks.com), which runs a small group of independent guide and data sites. Data pages are rebuilt from their public sources once a day. Guides are re-checked against their sources on a regular schedule.
Contact
Corrections and questions: shigoto.ai.note@gmail.com
How guides are made
Guides on Outlay are bylined Aoba Works, the publisher. They are drafted with AI assistance. The drafting step reads the official documentation, pricing pages and other primary sources and links each factual claim to its source. Before publishing, every draft goes through an automated editorial check that rejects unsourced claims about products, prices or limits, invented experiences or test results, hype and income promises. Publishing is automated; we do not claim hands-on testing.
Older guides are re-checked against current official sources on a rolling schedule; when a guide changes, the update date shown on it changes too. Each guide shows its publication date (and update date) and a short note on how it was made.
Data pages (lists, deadlines and counts) are generated once a day directly from the public data sources named on each page. They are not written by AI.
Advertising and affiliate links
Some guides may contain affiliate links. When a guide does, a disclosure appears at the top of that guide. Commissions never decide what we recommend, and sponsored content is not published as editorial content.