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About the Public Money Score
A free, informational check of how ready a business is to win public money, built only from public federal records.
What It Is
The Public Money Score looks up a business’s public SAM.gov registration and related federal records and turns them into a 0–100 score with five parts: registration health, deadline risk, buyer visibility, opportunity fit and funding readiness. The score and its top issue are free to view without a login.
An optional full report, sent by email after the address is confirmed, lists every issue with free fix steps, matched open bids, realistic grants, and award and loan history. Deadline Radar sends renewal reminders and weekly matched bids.
What It Isn’t
It is not SAM.gov and not a government service. It does not register, renew or file anything, and it never charges for SAM.gov paperwork. It is informational only: not legal, tax or contracting advice, and it does not promise any contract, grant, loan or amount.
Where the Data Comes From
Public entity registration data from GSA’s SAM.gov Entity Management API: name, Unique Entity ID, status, expiration date, NAICS codes and business types. Federal award history from USAspending.gov, published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. SBA 7(a) and 504 loan-level data, which the U.S. Small Business Administration publishes and updates quarterly. Open bids and grant matches from OpenGrants.
Records of entities that opted out of public display, and sole proprietors registered under a person’s name, are never shown. When a source cannot be reached, the page says the data could not be checked; it never reads that as “not registered” or “no awards.”
The Accuracy Promise
The score follows written rules applied the same way to every business. A healthy registration scores well and the page says so. Nothing is marked down to create urgency, and every issue comes with free steps to fix it.
Records are refreshed at least daily. Errors in the underlying data are corrected in SAM.gov by the registered entity, and the score follows the public record.
SAM.gov Registration and Renewal Are Always Free
SAM.gov charges nothing to get a Unique Entity ID, register, or renew. Truth in Advertising reported private companies charging $399 to $998 for that paperwork. APEX Accelerators help with registration at no cost, and no government agency demands a fee to get a grant.
How Data Is Used
Lookups are counted without names, email addresses or IP addresses. An email address is stored only when a person types it in and confirms it. Deadline Radar and Funding Friday are separate, unchecked boxes, each stored with the time and the exact wording shown. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe link and a preferences link.
Contact details stay with OpenGrants and its email provider. They are not sold, and they are never shared with a partner without a separate box checked for that partner.
Who Runs It
OpenGrants, an independent company that helps businesses and nonprofits find grants and other funding. Terms and privacy details are on the OpenGrants legal page.
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OpenGrants is an independent company. This tool is not affiliated with SAM.gov, the U.S. General Services Administration, the U.S. Small Business Administration, or any government agency, and it is informational only — not legal, tax or contracting advice. SAM.gov registration and renewal are always free.