AI Disclosure & FTC Compliance Statement

1. What AI Technology We Use

Grants USA integrates large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence technology to provide the following features:

• Grant Discovery: AI-assisted search and matching that analyzes your organization profile against thousands of grant opportunities to surface relevant matches.
• Eligibility Analysis: AI-generated eligibility scoring that evaluates your organization's likely qualification for a given grant based on publicly available funder criteria.
• Grant Writing: AI-generated draft proposals, narrative sections, budgets, timelines, and other application components.
• Fast Reply Mode: AI-assisted rapid drafting for RFP responses and short-form grant applications.
• LOI Generator: AI-generated Letters of Intent tailored to specific funders.
• Capability Statements: AI-assisted organizational capability statement drafting.

2. How AI Content Is Generated

When you use Grants USA's writing tools, our platform sends your organization profile data, grant details, and any other information you provide to a third-party AI model provider. The AI model generates text based on patterns in its training data and your specific inputs. The output is then delivered to you through the Grants USA interface.

AI-generated content is produced algorithmically. It is not written by a licensed attorney, certified grant professional, financial advisor, or any human expert unless you separately engage such a professional.

3. Limitations of AI-Generated Content

You should be aware of the following important limitations:

• Accuracy: AI models can produce content that contains factual errors, outdated information, or hallucinated details. Do not submit AI-generated content without careful human review.
• Eligibility Scores: AI eligibility match scores are estimates based on available data and are not guarantees of actual eligibility or award success.
• Legal & Financial Advice: AI-generated content does not constitute legal, financial, tax, or professional advice of any kind. Consult qualified professionals for such matters.
• Grant Success: Using AI-generated proposals does not guarantee that your application will be funded. Funding decisions rest entirely with the awarding organization.
• Funder Requirements: AI tools may not account for all specific funder formatting, style, or content requirements. Always review funder guidelines directly.

4. Your Responsibilities as a User

By using AI features on Grants USA, you agree to:

• Review and verify all AI-generated content before submitting to any funder
• Ensure all submitted information is truthful, accurate, and compliant with funder requirements
• Take full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of any grant application you submit
• Understand that submitting false or misleading information to funders, especially federal agencies, may constitute fraud and carry serious legal consequences
• Disclose your use of AI tools to funders if they require such disclosure in their application guidelines

5. Data Use & AI Training

Grants USA does not use your proprietary organizational content or grant proposals to train AI models without your explicit consent. Your data is processed by third-party AI providers solely for the purpose of generating responses to your requests. Please review our Privacy Policy for full details on data handling.

6. FTC Compliance

This disclosure is made in good faith compliance with:

• FTC Act, Section 5 — Prohibition on Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices
• FTC Guidance on Endorsements and Testimonials (16 CFR Part 255)
• FTC Policy Statement on Deception
• FTC AI guidance and emerging best practices for AI transparency in commerce

We are committed to keeping this disclosure updated as AI regulations and FTC guidance evolve.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of AI or this disclosure: