Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, akoyaGO leverages the power of a variety of Microsoft tools to provide a comprehensive grants management platform. Pre-built reports, queries, and dashboards mean that foundations with less-technical staff members can use the system essentially out-of-the-box, … Read more
Reviews of the Grants Management Systems
The following reviews look more closely at each of the systems that met our eligibility criteria for inclusion in this guide.
Amp Impact
Amp Impact is a grants management and impact measurement tool built on the Salesforce platform. That means the system leverages Salesforce’s enterprise CRM, workflow capabilities, and reporting tools to deliver robust grants management and reporting functionality. The system allows you … Read more
Blackbaud Grantmaking
Blackbaud Grantmaking is a full-featured configurable system purpose-built for grantmakers. The system lets you track grants, organizations, and relationships with robust custom dashboards and 250 built-in reports. As a product being used by foundations and other grantmakers around the world, … Read more
Fluxx Grantmaker
Fluxx Grantmaker is a widely-used grants management system that is built around a relational database, which allows foundations to easily link related records and data across the system. The default system dashboard is set up as a series of unique, … Read more
Foundation Cloud
Foundation Cloud, formerly known as GrantsEdge NXT and Spectrum NXT, is a full-featured grants and application management solution primarily used by community foundations and asset-managing organizations. It also supports religious foundations and arts councils. The system provides strong support for … Read more
GivingData
GivingData is a solid, user-friendly system with a clean interface, good relationship management functionality, and several features that facilitate trust-based philanthropy. Data from the system can be surfaced in grant applications to help minimize the amount of data entry required … Read more
Impactfully by Foundation Source
Foundation Source is a foundation management and services company that works with family, corporate, and professionally staffed foundations. Its Impactfully platform is the newest iteration of the Foundation Source Online technology product that served as the backend platform used by … Read more
SalesForce Grants Management
Launched in summer 2023, Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking is Salesforce’s newest entry into the grants management market. The product is built directly into the core Salesforce platform, unlike both Grants Management—which is a managed package—and the open-source Outbound Funds Management. … Read more