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Grant Lifecycle Manager

Overview

Maximize efficiency and measurement throughout your grants lifecycle with our highly flexible, all-in-one solution for foundations and grantmakers.

Foundant for Grantmakers is a grant lifecycle manager (GLM) system that serves a wide variety of funder organizations offering a user configurable workflow

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

9900

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.3

31

5

4

3

2

1

15

14

0

1

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
75%
would recommend this app

4.9

52

5

4

3

2

1

46

5

1

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
91%
would recommend this app

Pros

Not enoughreviews yet

Pros

“I think every nonprofit in DE knows about it.”
KS

Kelly S.

Grants and Scholarship Coordinator

“We are a very small foundation, all of us multi-task, and Grant Lifecycle Manager helps us maximize our time communicating and tracking grantees and processes.”
SC

Susan C.

Grants Manager

“Since I'm only going through the processes every few months, it's easy to forget the steps when I'm approving grants.”
AT

Allison T.

Community Outreach

Cons

Not enoughreviews yet

Cons

“Very few updates, system bugs happened often.”
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Julia K.

Fund Development Manager

“Sometimes it isn't intuitive when working with reports.”
BF

Britta F.

Grants & Operations Manager

“The ability to design reports is limited.”
AN

Amy N.

Grants Program Manager

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review8 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 months ago

Key features

  • Total features70
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Budget Control
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Management
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Reminders
  • Event Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Nonprofits
  • Forms Management
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Discovery
  • Grant Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Member Database
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Payment Tracking
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Status Tracking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Volunteer Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features38
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Budget Control
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Management
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Reminders
  • Event Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Nonprofits
  • Forms Management
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Discovery
  • Grant Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Member Database
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Payment Tracking
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Status Tracking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Volunteer Management
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations17
  • Docusign
  • Google Maps
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft Word
  • Okta
  • Oracle Cloud Financials
  • PayPal Payments
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • SAP Business One
  • Sage Accounting
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Signeasy
  • Stripe Payments
  • Tableau
  • Zoom Workplace
  • Total integrations1
  • Docusign
  • Google Maps
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft Word
  • Okta
  • Oracle Cloud Financials
  • PayPal Payments
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • SAP Business One
  • Sage Accounting
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Signeasy
  • Stripe Payments
  • Tableau
  • Zoom Workplace