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Ireland is an important market for us, with a growing, flourishing user community. It’s also where SmartSimple’s co-founder Mike is from and where our EMEA operations are based. We were delighted to hear the EU’s inclusion of Gaeilge as an official EU language earlier this month. This recognition from the EU is acknowledgement of Ireland’s importance and impact, both within the trade block and on the international stage.

2021 was a challenging year. While the pandemic continued to impact nearly every aspect of our lives, it was not a lost year here at SmartSimple. In fact, quite the opposite.

2021 was a year to celebrate. With a long list of successes, we’re an even stronger global technology provider heading into 2022.

In our November Upgrade, we are releasing 45 new features and enhancements. While we think all of the things we’ve added help to make SmartSimple Cloud even better, we’ve highlighted a couple of enhancements and new features in this blog that we’re particularly excited about. You can find a full upgrade summary of all features and enhancements on our Wiki or by attending our Upgrade Webinars.

Consider this: non-profit organizations everywhere are under pressure to maximize their resources, provide for community needs, all while managing their relationships with foundations and partners. Meanwhile, funders and their staff are under duress to balance program development, stakeholder engagement, and fiduciary responsibility. At the end of the day, the grant application, for both grantseekers and grantmakers, is one part of the process that both have to interact with to move forward.

Along with having a clear mission and efficient processes, effective budgeting is critically important to any grantmaking organization's success. Leanly staffed grantmakers of all sizes can often grapple with maintaining and improving their philanthropic budgeting operations, especially when using systems that are rigid and do not easily adapt to today's rapidly changing world and economic uncertainty.