Go from broadband grant research proposals to funded projects with the fastest way to discover and win broadband grants.
Most people think everyone’s waiting on FCC’s Fabric and state plans. The truth is competitors are already building their application proposals. Get started today to be ready for strong submissions.
Phase 1
Get a head start on your competition
Uncover areas of opportunity
Begin Local Coordination
Invite collaborators & consultants
Line up match capital
Phase 2
File one or more application(s) from your model
Build one application profile
Apply to many programs
Get professional help
Export your application profile at any time
Phase 3
Focus on serving subscribers
One-touch federal, state & local reporting
Comply with agencies and capital providers
Keep partners informed in the dashboard
Includes active measurement reporting
Collaborate with Partners
700+
IIJA BEAD Applicants
50
States & 4 Territories
$18Bn+
Grants Sought
IIJA BEAD broadband grants support and encourage diverse partnership models. Broadband.money is built from the ground up to support many kinds of local partnerships, involving many stakeholders.
Research your territory, build you application profile, line up matching funds, win at local coordination, and more.
Use the Community Broadband Toolkit to identify and document your community’s broadband needs with defensible, statistically sound data. Find great providers, get verifiable speed tests, and more.
You’re uniquely qualified to win outsized resources in the IIJA broadband grant programs. Get the tools and data you need to make the most of your efforts.
Get exclusive access to grant-backed broadband opportunities. Track portfolio progress with geospatial portfolio management tools, and more.
Help your clients make the most of your time and resources. Collaborate on applications, manage multiple applications, and more.
Power your state broadband grant portal with modern cloud-based tools. Combine your existing data sets with powerful source-of-truth insights and data tools.
Your full lifecycle broadband grant platform
Basic data in one state
Single user
Basic support
Enhanced data & insights in one state
Apply for matching funding sources
Collaborate with partners & consultants
Enhanced support
Everything in Pro, plus…
Build multiple proposals per state
Add your geospatial data for enhanced insights
Two hours per month with Coaches
Enterprise support
Complete only what you need
Broadband.money organizes your broadband grant work into chapters. You’ll only need to complete the chapters required for your grant-seeking projects. This way, you can develop your grant applications on your time and terms.
Each section comes with how-to guides, templates, lessons, and insights to help you build winning applications.
Phase 1
Preparation is key to victory. Your competition isn’t waiting on Fabric.
Phase 1
Start here to get your share of $42.5 billion. Apply to one or many projects.
Phase 1
Apply for one or more BEAD projects. Invite collaborators, research your area & more.
Phase 1
Effortlessly offer the ACP discount to families in need.
Phase 1
You’ll need at least 25% for BEAD. Apply for many sources from a single application.
Phase 1
Partner with great communities & providers to meet NTIA local coordination guidelines.
Phase 1
You’ll get the chance to make your case to your state & NTIA. So will others.
Phase 2
Preparation is key to victory. Don't wait on fabric softener like your competition.
Phase 2
Invite your consultant to your application, or get help from expert partners.
Phase 3
Winners face tough ongoing requirements for 10 years. Automate compliance.
Phase 1
Communities get ready to win and defend their share of BEAD.
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BEAD requires careful understanding of your grant project areas. See your territory in an all new light with Broadband.money.
Free users can use our tools to complete a variety of tasks, such as uncover basic insights about performance, competition, and socio-demographics, and use various filters to perform analyses.
Pro users can get enhanced insights to help you quickly understand the economics and grant needs of your target areas before doing engineering or financial modeling.
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Don’t get stuck in the old way of exchanging word documents and excel files.
Save time: develop your application model to apply for one or more project(s) in one or more state(s). Start by developing your universal application model foundation.
Build your BEAD broadband grant application model. Use Broadband.money to easily figure out project economics with your local partners. You can iterate towards amazing outcomes with stakeholders in a single, easy-to-use, secure environment. You can export your work at any time. This single interface allows you to only answer questions once — not dozens of times.
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Get the broadband grant resources and help you need in real time. Your broadband grant application model keeps all of your stakeholders on the same page. Refine answers solo or with collaborators. No back and forth on static PDFs.
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When you’re ready, manage and file one or more proposal(s) in one or more state(s). Track progress and manage update requests across proposals from a single place.
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Stay focused on happy subscribers
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The IIJA requires extensive reporting from BEAD grant applicants. Broadband.money helps BEAD broadband grant winners to report to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). With Broadband.money, you can automate ongoing reporting and measurements throughout the 10 year grant lifecycle to generate NTIA, state, and matching fund provider reports on the fly while minimizing administrative manpower in the loop.
Broadband.money helps you stay compliant so you can focus on execution.
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It’s easy to get started.
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In thirty minutes or less, you can start your community’s custom-labeled testing site. Fill out a few fields, pick a few choices, invite your community admins, and you’re off!
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Use built-in tools, social media, community organizations and more to get people to take your test. Encourage them to test a few times over a two week period for best results.
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See where you still need test results, get a real time understanding of your community’s eligibility for broadband grants, and more.
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Whether you’re establishing eligibility, or defending your proposal in the challenge process, Community Broadband Toolkit lets you submit defensible, transparent data.
Whether you're a broadband provider, community leader, or state officer, get the tools needed to win broadband grants and bring better broadband to your communities.
Partnerships are key as highlighted in the BEAD NOFO. Easily identify and engage community leaders, anchor institutions, project collaborators, and more. Invite experts in to help you with your application.
Local coordination and partnerships are essential, as highlighted in the BEAD NOFO. Easily identify and engage community leaders, anchor institutions, project collaborators, and more.
BEAD requires at least 25% in matching funds. Get a head start and apply for many sources with a single application.
Join the community to stay up-to-date, read detailed guides on key documents like the BEAD NOFO, participate in events with industry leaders, and attend weekly office hours held by former U.S. Commerce Department Division Chief Scott D. Woods, Esq.
Setup typically takes an hour or less. Need help? Ping us.
The Community Broadband Toolkit is a public service, meant to help communities like yours win & defend your share of America’s largest-ever investment in broadband grants.
Test takers don’t need to disclose any personal information. They can optionally specify their address to help you improve your result accuracy.
Community Broadband Toolkit gives you the empirical ground truth data you’ll need in order to prove eligibility for broadband grants in your area.
Be prepared for the Challenge Process. Fabric may not reflect your community’s broadband reality. NTIA provides for challenges to Fabric, but you need to collect really good data. Use Community Broadband Toolkit to get it right, right away.
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