Optimize your grantmaking processes for greater impact, no matter your mission
We provide grantmakers with a centralized suite of customizable modules tailored to your needs. The benefits of using our grants management software include:
Improved decision-making
Create a positive impact in your chosen humanitarian cause, by accessing insights to support informed decision-making and effective allocation of resources.
Enhanced applicant experience
Increase the likelihood of attracting high quality submissions aligned with your mission and values, by offering applicants a user-friendly and efficient application process.
Efficiency
Provide lasting and long-term outcomes by optimizing your entire grants management process, covering application intake, evaluation, reporting, and communication, resulting in significant time and resource savings.
Transparency
Build positive relationships and foster trust and accountability with your communities and stakeholders, by providing real-time access to data, documents, and progress tracking.
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Overcoming grants management challenges with SmartSimple Software
User-friendly interface
Intuitive and interactive making it easy for users of all skill levels.
End-to-end automation
Manage every part of your grants lifecycle, from applying and evaluating to planning budgets and reporting, all in one place.
Customizable workflows
Tailor workflows to match your organization's unique processes, for seamless transition to the system.
Scalability
Grow with confidence knowing the solution is scalable to meet your organization's changing needs.
Integration capabilities
Seamlessly integrate with other software you rely on, such as financial and CRM tools.
Security and compliance
Rest assured with top-tier data security and compliance features, ensuring your sensitive information is protected at all times.
Key grant tracking features and functionality
Unlock efficiency with our grants management software tailored to your needs.
Automated application processing
This feature streamlines the submission and review of grant applications, significantly reducing manual effort and increasing efficiency. Clients benefit from quicker processing times, ensuring timely decision-making and allocation of funds.
Customizable grant criteria setting
Our solution allows clients to tailor grant criteria to their specific needs. This flexibility ensures that the grants awarded are aligned with the organization's strategic goals and objectives, leading to more impactful and targeted grantmaking.
Comprehensive reporting and analytics
With advanced reporting tools, clients can easily track and analyze grantmaking activities. This feature aids in the assessment of the impact of grants, improves transparency, and supports data-driven decision-making for future grant allocations.
Integrated financial management
Our solution includes tools for budget tracking, financial reporting, and audit trails. This integration simplifies financial oversight, ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, and aids in effective fiscal management of grant funds.
Collaborative review platform
This feature facilitates collaboration among review committees, allowing for shared access to applications, notes, and evaluations. Clients benefit from a more cohesive review process, leading to more informed and collective decision-making in the grant awarding process.
Program Manager
Control the building and managing of your grantmaking programs, with as much simplicity or complexity as your objectives require.
Develop grant opportunities with greater clarity
Clearly define the criteria, guidelines, and requirements for each opportunity to ensure that applicants have a clear understanding of what is expected. This clarity minimizes confusion and ensures that applications align closely with your goals.
Build links between applications and follow-up actions
Seamlessly transition applications into the appropriate grantmaking process, thereby streamlining the workflow and reducing manual intervention.
Better respond to shifts in grantmaking
Grantmaking priorities can change over time, and the Grant Program Manager allows you to adapt swiftly to shifts in strategic objectives. This agility ensures that you remain responsive to evolving challenges and opportunities in the philanthropic landscape.Application Manager
Consolidate all your grant opportunities, application forms, and submissions in one location.
Simplify administrative tasks
Easy access to data enables you to quickly locate and review details about past and current grants, applicants, and submissions.
Enhance collaboration
For Internal Staff: Real-time Access and Updates: Team members can access and update information in real-time, facilitating better communication and coordination. This is particularly beneficial in cases where multiple staff members are responsible for different aspects of grant management, ensuring that everyone is working with the most current data and progress can be monitored effectively.
For Applicants/Grantees: Collaborative Workspaces: Applicants and grantees have the ability to invite others to work on their grant applications and submit post-award reports. This collaborative feature fosters transparency and teamwork among applicants and their partners, making it easier to gather necessary information and submit comprehensive grant proposals and reports.
Scale your grant portfolio with Ease
As your organization grows and the grant programs increase, the scalable Grant Application Manager can accommodate changing needs without any significant increase in administrative complexity.Budget Manager
A Grant Budget Manager serves as a critical component for a grant-making organization by addressing several key business needs:
Earmark allocations and disburse payments
Allocate funds to specific programs, projects, or initiatives, enhancing financial control and accountability and address the need for responsible financial stewardship.
Visualize the flow of funding streams
View an overall picture of your resources and how they are utilized across various programs to ensure that they are aligned with your strategic priorities.
Better complement existing processes
The Grant Budget Manager complements your existing established processes by seamlessly integrating into your organization's workflow, thereby enhancing overall efficiency and reducing the risk of errors or delays.
Schedule and track payments with ease
Simplify this task to ensure that funds are disbursed on time, which is crucial for grantees' financial planning and project execution. It also provides a transparent audit trail for financial accountability..png?width=400&height=104&name=logo-smartsimple-cloud%2BAI-WHITE%20(2).png "logo-smartsimple-cloud+AI-WHITE (2)"){kind=logo}
Success with SmartSimple Cloud
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The Foundation’s number of received applications increased from 217 to 389 – almost an 80% increase! Now with the workflows built into our system on SmartSimple Cloud, we have more time to read our LOI forms and give great feedback.
Katrina Ashley
Senior Grants Manager
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The SmartSimple team really listened to what we wanted and needed in a grants management system. They offered the flexibility and accessibility we were looking for and at a reasonable price. Our applicants also praise the system, finding that completing their applications is so much easier and involves a lot less work than with GIFTS.
Kim Thao
Operations Director
E-Signature integration
SmartSimple has seamlessly integrated an industry-standard e-signature solution into our grant management process. This integration allows for swift and secure electronic signing of grant agreements, expediting the execution of contracts and reducing administrative overhead. This, in turn, accelerates the commencement of impactful projects.
Finance systems integrations
Our grants management platform seamlessly integrates with established finance systems, streamlining payment processes. This ensures that grant disbursements are executed with precision and timeliness. Through this integration, we prioritize the financial health of our grant recipients, enhancing their ability to execute projects effectively.
SmartSimple Cloud has several import/export techniques available as well as a clear and documented schema supporting integrations with financial packages/accounting systems such as Sage Intacct, internal systems, other databases/data warehouses/data lakes, CRM software, HR systems and websites.
SmartSimple Cloud has several import/export techniques available as well as a clear and documented schema supporting integrations with financial packages/accounting systems such as Sage Intacct, internal systems, other databases/data warehouses/data lakes, CRM software, HR systems and websites.
