Publish your JustFund Common Application™ profile
Your JustFund Common Application™ profile is designed to save you time by simplifying the grant application process and connecting you with funders in one place. A complete profile increases your visibility, builds trust, and opens doors to new funding opportunities and partnerships.
How it works
To apply for funding, you must first complete and publish your JustFund Common Application™ profile. This profile includes key information about your organization, including mission statement, team description, financials, and more.
Once published, your Common Application™ profile:
- Becomes discoverable to funders via JustFund Search, an online database of all JustFund Common Application™ profiles from projects, organizations, and funds seeking funding.
- Unlocks access to apply to funding opportunities on JustFund.
- Serves as the foundation for every application.
Why it matters
- Save time: Apply to multiple opportunities using a single, reusable profile.
- Boost visibility: Funders on JustFund can discover your published profile via JustFund Search.
- Access funding opportunities: Discover and apply to opportunities that align with your work, without starting from scratch every time.
Steps to publish your JustFund Common Application™ profile
- Complete all required fields on each profile tab:
- Overview: Describe your mission, organizational priorities, and include short bios of key team members.
- Highlight focus areas: Select filters that describe your work to aligned funders.
- Add financial information: Include your annual operating budget, tax status, and other financials.
- Personalize your profile: Upload your logo, banner, and media links (videos, articles, social media) to help personalize your work.
- Preview your Common Application profile to confirm accuracy.
- Publish your completed profile once you’re ready. Your published profile will become discoverable to funders on JustFund Search.
- Begin applying to funding opportunities.
FAQs
- Do I need a Common Application™ to apply to funding opportunities? Yes. Publishing your profile is the first step and required to access and apply to funding opportunities on JustFund.
- Do I need to complete every field to publish my profile? No, but a more complete profile increases your discoverability and helps better illustrate your work to funders.
- Who can view my JustFund Common Application™ profile? Your published Common Application™ profile is discoverable to funders with paid user-logins via JustFund Search. Learn more about your profile and application visibility here.
- Can I update my profile after publishing? Yes, you can make updates to your profile at any time. Once your profile is published, any new updates made will display on your profile immediately.
Tips
- Keep your profile updated: To improve the likelihood of connecting with aligned funders, be sure your profile information is kept up to date. We recommend reviewing this bi-annually.
- Focus on describing your organization’s work as a whole in the profile narrative fields. Any content you would like to share with a specific funder can be included in funder-specific application responses.
What’s next?
Once your profile is published, you’re ready to apply to available funding opportunities! Learn more here.