Terms of Service

1. Services

Granta Business (“Granta,” “we,” “us”) will research, identify, prepare, and submit grant applications on your behalf to programs for which your business appears to qualify. Granta selects which grants to apply to in its reasonable discretion based on eligibility and likelihood of award.

No outcome is guaranteed. Grant programs are competitive and approval decisions rest entirely with the awarding organization. Granta makes no representation about how many grants you will receive, the amount of any award, or the timing of any decision.

2. Fees

(a) Success fee. The success fee is 10% of the Award Amount, due within 14 days of your receipt of that disbursement. This fee is a charge payable from your own general funds. It is not charged to, billed against, reimbursed from, or paid out of any grant award proceeds. By engaging our services, you represent that paying this fee from your general funds does not violate the terms, conditions, or certifications of the applicable grant program.

(b) Award Amount.“Award Amount” means the total cash grant funding awarded to you for a program to which Granta submitted an application on your behalf. Loans, loan guarantees, in-kind awards, and reimbursement-based awards are excluded from this definition. For multi-year or tranched awards, the fee is calculated on the total committed award amount and becomes payable proportionally as funds are disbursed to you.

(c) Fee applies only to Granta’s applications.The fee obligation attaches only to awards for programs to which Granta actually submitted an application on your behalf, as evidenced by Granta’s submission records. Awards you obtain independently, or through another party, for programs Granta did not apply to, are excluded.

(d) Fee survival. The fee obligation for each application remains in effect for 24 months following the submission date of that application, regardless of when the award decision is issued.

2A. Alternative Fee for Restricted Programs

For any grant program whose rules prohibit contingent or success-based fees, or that require the applicant to certify that no contingent fee was paid to obtain the award, Granta will not charge the success fee described in §2. Instead, the fee for that application will be a flat fee of $1,000 per application, invoiced upon submission, in lieu of the success fee. Granta will identify such programs before submitting and will obtain your written approval of the flat fee before proceeding.

3. Disclosure Obligation

You agree to notify Granta within 5 business days of receiving any grant approval, award notice, or funding decision related to applications submitted by Granta. Notification must include the grant name, awarding agency, and award amount.

Failure to disclose within this window does not extinguish the fee obligation. The 10% fee remains owed in full regardless of when Granta becomes aware of the award.

4. Our Right to Verify

You authorize Granta to verify award status. Specifically, Granta may:

• Search public federal and state award databases (including USASpending.gov, SAM.gov, and state agency award registries) using your business name and EIN
• Contact awarding agencies to confirm award status and amounts, to the extent those agencies permit third-party inquiry
• Request supporting documentation from you, which you agree to provide within 10 business days of a written request

5. Remedies for Non-Disclosure

If Granta discovers, through independent verification, an award that you failed to disclose within the §3 window:

• The 10% success fee under §2 is immediately due in full; and
• Because Granta’s additional costs of independently verifying an undisclosed award are difficult to ascertain at the time of contracting, the parties agree that $250 is a reasonable, good-faith estimate of those verification and administrative costs, and not a penalty.This $250 is Granta’s sole remedy for the late-disclosure breach itself and is in addition to the success fee owed under §2.

6. Your Responsibilities

You agree to:

• Provide accurate and complete business information, EIN, and supporting documentation as requested
• Sign any authorization forms reasonably necessary for Granta to submit applications on your behalf
• Respond to Granta’s information requests within a reasonable timeframe
• Notify Granta of any material change to the business that may affect eligibility
• Review and confirm the accuracy of any application before it is submitted, and remain solely responsible for the truthfulness of all information and any certifications made to awarding agencies

7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Granta harmless from any claims, losses, or liabilities arising from inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information that you provide, or from your breach of these Terms.

8. Refund on Rescinded Awards

If an award on which a success fee was paid is later rescinded, clawed back, or withdrawn by the awarding agency through no fault of yours, Granta will refund the corresponding portion of the fee within 30 days of you providing written notice and documentation of the rescission.

9. Term & Termination

These Terms begin when you request our services and remain active until either party terminates with 14 days’ written notice. Termination does not affect fee obligations for applications already submitted. Applications in progress but not yet submitted at termination will not be submitted unless both parties agree in writing.

10. Limitation of Liability

Granta makes no guarantee of award and is not liable for application outcomes, changes in grant program availability, agency decisions, or any loss resulting from failure to qualify for or receive a grant. Granta does not provide legal, tax, or accounting advice. In no event will Granta’s total aggregate liability exceed the greater of (a) the fees actually paid by you to Granta, or (b) $500. Neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages.

11. Governing Law & Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The parties will attempt to resolve any dispute informally before initiating legal action. Any litigation will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Broward County, Florida.

12. General

• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with any signed Client Service Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between the parties. If there is any conflict, a signed Client Service Agreement controls.
• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without Granta’s written consent.
• No waiver. Failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.
• Electronic signature. The parties agree that electronic signatures are valid and binding.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date above. Continued use of our services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email us at hello@grantabusiness.com.

Granta Business assists with grant research and application preparation. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal, tax, or accounting advice. No grant award is guaranteed.