> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/news/2026/2026-11-09-rounds-grant-matching.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

Rounds is the community app, separate from Backed's grant management, so this has no Help Centre
article.

## What's new

- **A short profile, asked once.** After you join, `Find the grants that fit you` asks three short
  sets of questions: who you are (your organisation type, the countries, state and councils you work
  in, or whether you work nationally), what you do (your topics and what you need funding for) and
  how much (the smallest and largest grant you are after, and the UN goals your work serves). You
  can skip it, and change your answers at any time under Settings › `Your matches`. If an
  organisation you act for or follow is already on Rounds, it offers to fill in what it knows.
- **Grants ranked by best match.** With a profile, the grants directory sorts by `Best match`. Each
  card shows how well the grant fits, such as `80% match`, and up to three reasons, such as
  `Open to your organisation type` or `Your council`.
- **New filters.** The grants directory now filters by funding need, UN Sustainable Development
  Goal, council and remoteness, from major cities to very remote. `Near me` shows grants for your
  council, and you can widen it to the councils next to yours, and to the councils next to those.
- **Where a grant's money goes.** A grant's page lists its region of benefit by place name, such as
  the councils or states it funds, as well as its funding needs and UN goals.