About Rotary International
Rotary International is a global community network of 1.2 million members — with nearly 320,000 in the US alone — working from more than 35,000 clubs around the world. Their goal is a planet where all people unite and take action to create lasting change. They currently administer 30,000 service projects, and their volunteers work in excess of 24 million hours per year.
Rotary members believe in a shared responsibility to take action on the world’s most persistent issues, including:
- Promoting peace
- Fighting and preventing disease
- Clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Equal rights for mothers and their children
- Education
- Growing local economies
In 2017, more than 8,000 students became global citizens through the Rotary Youth Exchange, 400 million children were immunized against polio, and Rotarians built a 36,000-liter rainwater harvesting system to serve communities in Papua New Guinea. Overall, Rotary manages funds in 29 currencies to provide life-changing and sustainable grants, programs, and services.
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Our relationship with Re-Solved is completely unique. We’re always pushing the envelope, seeing what else the platform can do.
Brent Drage
Product Owner, Grant Center, Rotary International
The evolution of an international grants management solution
“We figured we’d start working on a new system and pilot a new granting process at the same time,” says Brent Drage, Product Owner, Grants. “The problem was, the system we were trying to build couldn’t keep up with program changes we were making. We found we were modifying things constantly as the pilot progressed. It was like trying to build a plane while we were in flight.”
It became incredibly difficult for the in-house team to keep pace with all the changes being requested. “The whole reason for conducting the pilot was to figure out exactly what we needed in a new grants management system,” continues Brent. “That said, we knew there was no way we’d find anything that would work for us right out of the box. We required something configured to meet our specific needs.”
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We knew there was no way we’d find anything that would work for us right out of the box. We required something configured to meet our specific needs.
Brent Drage
Product Owner, Grant Center, Rotary International
The quest for a configurable grants management solution
The team decided to put out an RFP and look for a grants management platform that could handle all the complexity Rotary needed to manage their vast array of international giving programs. “The biggest challenge we knew we’d likely face was finding something that could do all we needed, and accommodate the 8 languages we operate in,” adds Brent.
After reviewing a shortlist of potential software vendors, Rotary found the SmartSimple Cloud for Grants Management to be the most capable to handle their unique requirements.
Re-Solved played a significant role with Rotary from the start, and they continue to assist them today with system enhancements. “Re-Solved has continually done a great job for us, jumping in to help us, figuring out what we need and coming up with unique solutions that only they can provide,” says Brent.
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The ability to translate our granting into different languages was a critical component that reSolved was able to configure for us.
Brent Drage
Product Owner, Grant Center, Rotary International
“The ability to translate our granting into different languages was a critical component that Re-Solved was able to configure for us.” continues Stephen. “Re-Solved also helped us to seamlessly integrate with our accounting, and content relationship management (CRM) software.”
"Our relationship with reSolved is completely unique," adds Brent. "We’re always pushing the envelope, seeing what else the platform can do. Re-Solved is always able to work through our requests and solve our problems. The system consistently meets our needs and adapts to any changes we want to make."
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ReSolved is always able to work through our requests and solve our problems. The system consistently meets our needs and adapts to any changes we want to make.
Brent Drage
Product Owner, Grant Center, Rotary International
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