{"id":330,"date":"2020-03-06T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-tech-impact-guides.pantheonsite.io\/grants-management-systems\/?page_id=330"},"modified":"2024-07-15T17:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:03:39","slug":"appendix-a-research-methodology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/guides.techimpact.org\/grants-management-systems\/appendix-a-research-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix A: Research Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech Impact has developed a rigorous methodology governing the research for the reports in our Consumer Guide series. The following is an overview of the process.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f<\/span>Eligibility Criteria<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Working in collaboration with a working group made up of experts from the funding partners of this report, we began by defining a set of gating criteria to govern the eligibility of software packages for inclusion.\u202fAs with previous editions, we decided to focus on grants management software for private foundations\u2014we also included Foundation Cloud, which works primarily with community foundations but has a grants management product that met our gating criteria.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f<\/span>Our definition of a grants management system includes only systems capable of managing the full grant cycle, and which are offered as free-standing products rather than part of a foundation \u201cback office\u201d management service.\u202fTo be included in the report, a system must be able to do the following without customization:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n