Acquire AI is the funding discovery and grant intelligence suite within Aubree, the Philanthropic Intelligence Platform. It autonomously searches funding databases, scores opportunities by mission alignment using an Intelligent Fit Score algorithm, and surfaces the highest-probability grant prospects for your organization — eliminating the manual, high-friction grant hunt that consumes development staff time with low-yield results.

How does Acquire AI's Intelligent Fit Score work?

Acquire AI uses natural language processing (NLP) to analyze your organization's mission statement, program descriptions, geographic focus, and population served, then matches these against the stated priorities of thousands of foundations and government funding sources. Each opportunity receives an Intelligent Fit Score that ranks alignment — so your team only pursues grants where the probability of success is high.

How does Acquire AI fit into the Philanthropic Intelligence Platform?

Acquire AI is the funding growth layer of Aubree's four-suite Philanthropic Intelligence Platform. It works in direct partnership with StewardWise AI — insights about which programs are resonating most with current donors inform the funding searches Acquire AI runs, creating a synergistic growth loop between donor retention and new funding acquisition.

How is Acquire AI different from grant databases nonprofits already use?

Traditional grant databases require a development director to manually search, read, and evaluate each opportunity. Acquire AI inverts this: instead of your staff hunting through hundreds of listings, an autonomous AI engine continuously monitors funding landscapes and proactively delivers ranked, mission-matched opportunities directly to your team — turning a reactive research process into a predictive intelligence function.

What types of funding does Acquire AI discover?

Acquire AI searches across foundation grants, corporate philanthropy programs, government funding sources, and community foundation opportunities. It continuously monitors for new funding announcements and deadline alerts, ensuring your organization never misses a high-fit opportunity due to limited research bandwidth.

What results can nonprofits expect from Acquire AI?

Organizations using Acquire AI typically see a significant reduction in time spent on grant prospecting, an increase in application quality due to better mission alignment, and access to funding opportunities they would not have discovered through manual research. The platform is designed to function as a full-time grant research analyst operating 24/7.

Is Acquire AI available in a bundle?

Yes. Acquire AI is the core of the Revenue Optimizer bundle, paired with StewardWise AI to create a complete retention-plus-acquisition growth engine. It is also included in the full Aubree Philanthropic Intelligence Platform.

David Kim's Application Was in the Right Hands in 30 Seconds. Here Is Every Step That Used to Take Three Days.

Tuesday. 7:43 PM. David Kim submitted a volunteer application through the organization's website.

7:43:30

By 7:43:30 PM, the application was in the right coordinator's queue with a draft acknowledgment ready to send and a preliminary skills assessment attached. Thirty seconds. Here is every step that happened inside that window — and every step that used to happen over three days instead.

The old workflow: three days, seven touchpoints, zero intelligence

Without Smart Form Router — 3 Days · 7 Manual Steps

Day 1 · 7:43 PM

David's application arrives in the general inbox. It sits with 47 other unread messages.

Day 2 · 9:15 AM

Intake coordinator opens the general inbox during morning processing. She reads David's application. Determines it is a volunteer application. Opens the volunteer coordinator's email. Copies relevant information. Writes a forwarding note explaining context. Sends it.

Day 2 · 2:30 PM

Volunteer coordinator opens the forwarded email. Checks the current volunteer roster against open program slots. Determines there is a match. Opens her calendar. Sends an email to David scheduling an intake conversation for next week.

Day 3 · 10:00 AM

David receives the scheduling email. Three days after submitting. Two human beings touched the request. Seven distinct actions taken. Zero intelligence applied to any of them.

The new workflow: 30 seconds, one review, complete context

With Smart Form Router — 30 Seconds · 1 Human Review

7:43:00 PM

David's application arrives through the website form.

7:43:02 PM

Smart Form Router receives the submission and begins analysis. Application type: volunteer. Channel: website form. Submitter: new contact, no previous record in the system.

7:43:08 PM

Skills analysis complete. David has indicated experience in program facilitation, bilingual Spanish and English capability, and availability on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. System cross-references against current volunteer needs.

7:43:15 PM

Match identified. Spring education program has two open volunteer slots requiring bilingual facilitation capacity on Tuesday evenings. Priority match confirmed.

7:43:22 PM

Routing decision complete. Application assigned to spring program coordinator. Priority: standard. Draft acknowledgment generated in David's preferred language with program-specific next steps included.

7:43:30 PM

Application and draft acknowledgment appear in spring program coordinator's queue. Coordinator review required before acknowledgment is sent.

What the coordinator actually does

The coordinator arrives Wednesday morning. She opens her queue. David Kim's application is there, along with five others that arrived overnight. Each one has been categorized, assessed, and routed. Each one has a draft acknowledgment ready.

Wednesday Morning · 45 Seconds of Human Time

Reads David's assessment. Confirms the routing is correct.

Reviews the draft acknowledgment. Adjusts one sentence to reflect the specific program he has been matched to.

Sends. Done.

What disappeared was the routing, the forwarding, the context-building, and the delay. The work that required no judgment and no relationship. The work the intelligence layer was built to own.

What this looks like across 120 requests per week

312 hrs

Annual processing time at 3 min per request

78 hrs

Annual review time at 45 sec per request

234 hrs

Returned to the work that requires a human

Two hundred and thirty-four hours returned per coordinator per year. Not to vacation. To the work that was always more important but never had the time allocation to prove it. The coordinator who processed David Kim's application in 45 seconds spent the next 55 minutes on follow-up calls with three existing volunteers, a program planning conversation with the education director, and an email to a major donor who had asked a program question the previous week.

The routing rules are yours

Every routing decision Smart Form Router makes is built on rules your operations manager configured.

Configuration Complexity

Volunteer application routing matrix

Dropdowns

Grant inquiry prioritization criteria

Dropdowns

Urgency escalation thresholds

Checkboxes

Draft acknowledgment templates

Text upload

Policy documents

PDF upload

IT department required

Never

One afternoon. Two hundred and thirty-four hours returned per year. The architecture is configurable. The efficiency is permanent. Built for nonprofits. Not adapted for them.

See what your intake workflow looks like after Smart Form Router.

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David Kim’s Application Was in the Right Hands in 30 Seconds. Here Is Every Step That Used to Take Three Days.

The old workflow: three days, seven touchpoints, zero intelligence

The new workflow: 30 seconds, one review, complete context

What the coordinator actually does

What this looks like across 120 requests per week

The routing rules are yours

See what your intake workflow looks like after Smart Form Router.

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