Grant Lifecycle Manager

Pros: It is easy to use and navigate. Training was easy. Tech support is fantastic!

Cons: reporting is very difficult. No graphs. I wish some of the documents could transfer to word or excel better.

Pros: Wonderful tech support. If there is anything I have forgotten or need help on, a chat with tech support almost always solves it. I never have to wait very long for someone to chat with me and walk me through a solution.

Cons: None that I can think of. Since we use certain features only once a year, it is easy to forget certain features. But that is an easy fix: I just chat with tech support or look up the help articles and I'm okay.

Pros: The customer service is always top notch. When I have questions I am always met with help by friendly kind people who walk me through the specifics. The integration of DocuSign has been helpful and I look forward to continuing to use this feature. The help buttons are very useful too and direct you to the information you need to continue moving your work forward.

Cons: Sometimes it isn't intuitive when working with reports.

Pros: GLM makes grant management easy because it is a very intuitive application. It accommodates a lot of "wishes". The support is incredible. Even when I ask for something that the CS rep doesn't know, they don't give up until they figure it out.

Cons: Cannot think of anything. It's nicely customizable.

Pros: I like that the applicant or grantee can easily log in and complete forms and or applications easily. We get great feedback from your nonprofit organizations we support.

Cons: I have adapted to the system, and I don't think there is anything I don't like.

Pros: Ease of use for applicants, we get so much great feedback on how easy our application process is.

Cons: Can't share questions or information BETWEEN processes

Pros: It gives us the ability to provide multiple opportunities to our community and keeps us organized.

Cons: GLM is very robust. As a smaller organization I know we don't engage with a lot of what the site has to offer. Mostly because of need (or lack of need in this case).

Pros: I like how easy it is to use the product.

Cons: I think the budgeting components of the software could be improved, but they are still useful.

Pros: Great customer service, support, and education. User-friendly and intuitive. Has all the tools I need.

Cons: Nonprofit agency users can only be listed once in the software due to the fact that each user is allowed only one email address/login. Some of our users work for multiple organizations and need more than one login.

Pros: Flexibility/adaptability. Completeness of the grant making process. Fits well with integration of systems for our organization.

Cons: It's starting to feel like you need to be a techy to use some features, especially reporting.

Pros: The ease of use for both us in the office and our grant partners. We love the customizable forms that has made our move to a more trust-based grant making seamless. The system is easy to move around in and we can always find what we're looking for.

Cons: It would be nice to have the ability to tag certain organizations that we've added comments to. For example, an organization that we've added a comment to that will be important for us, or those who come behind us, to see.

Pros: The ability to customize applications, evaluations, and follow up reports is great. Most of our grant awards are not a One Size Fits All.

Cons: As a data nerd, the reporting feature is not as strong as I wish it to be. The ability to design reports is limited.

Pros: Affordable way to keep information and can keep the history in the cloud Multiple users can use the system Great support from GLM and the community

Cons: No CRM to manage contacts No data dashboard It is difficult to open many applications at once - sort of slows down the process

Pros: This is such a great solution for organizations looking to easily collect, evaluate, award, and track grant applications. The implementation process was very easy--you watched videos, completed "homework" on a fake site, and then periodically met with your Client Success Manager to review everything. It has made accepting applications and working with grantees so much easier!

Cons: The only feature that could use some improvement is the reporting feature. It takes some time to figure out how to get reports you need, but they are all customizable, which is very nice.

Pros: Ease of use and setup and seems relatively easy for grantees to use.

Cons: The software fully meets my organization's needs.

Pros: The Foundant software was easy to learn thanks to a great onboarding program with tutorials and a dedicated Client Success Manager. In addition to my CSM, there is a support team that can be reached by phone, email, or chat. My questions have always been answered promptly. Foundant also listens to their clients and makes changes/upgrades based on client needs. Educational webinars are offered on a regular basis.

Cons: Some features are not available with the standard license.

Pros: This software has helped automate and streamline our discretionary grant processes. It has saved us a lot of time on manually executing our grant processes. Grant recipients have found the platform easy to use as well.

Cons: Even though Foundant has a great onboarding system and frequent training opportunities, it still took me a while to learn the "lingo." What did certain terms mean, how did I find those again in the platform, etc.

Pros: This software is user friendly, and has allowed for a more efficient grant management process. We especially like being able to generate reports within the system, and that there's no more paper applications or evaluations is a big plus.

Cons: In the past we had a one-page paper contract that we mailed to our grantees for completion/signature and then forwarded onto Purchasing as support material when entering the purchase requisition. When we switched to the new system, naturally we wanted to create an online contract. However, because of the new layout, each contract was multiple pages. Since we have 40 grantees, this was too much to print out, scan and email to our Purchasing Dept. In the end, we were able to work around it by creating a modified information one-pager that served our purpose.

Pros: I love the fact that you can copy a process. This saves so much time - there is no need for re-creating. The somewhat new feature of the option of chatting is fabulous! Again, a time saver. It allows me to multi-task. The system is user friendly.

Cons: I would say the only piece that I cannot give the most accolades to would be the reporting. It seems to be a little clunky or it could just be the user, me. I was a little disappointed to learn that there is not a good fit for all of the roles that we need to assign to our staff members that are involved in an RFP process. Specifically, we have a someone who needs to create and edit reports but I did not want to give him full admin rights, which is what I ended up doing. Something in between would be nice. We have not utilized integration with other apps so far, but if possible, it would be nice to have the following directly connected: https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ and https://www.fdacs.gov/. Also, it would be nice if we could have the ability to create 3 evaluation forms since a lot of our RFPs involve a 3rd evaluation phase.

Pros: We chose the GMS from Foundant due to the ability to customize our platform to how we use it. We were not locked into a specific format.

Cons: As of now, I do not see any area that would need improvement. We are a small foundation and may not use all the capabilities that the GMS provides, as other larger foundations would. But I know that if there was something that I thought would be a good addition to the produce, Foundant would either let me know it already exists and direct me to it, or put it in their 'suggestion' area.

Pros: I compared over 10 different sites and software programs before partnering with Foundant. By far, Foundant had what we needed. They have enough bells and whistles to do what we need, but not so many that I get overwhelmed or bogged down. Foundant has a great training program that enabled me to build the site and maintain it - which says a lot since I am not a computer wizard. I have updated our application and processes annually and was able to very easily add a process for our COVID work. The best thing about Foundant is their people. Whether I call, chat or email the response is always quick and efficient. In addition to using the site to do grant management work, we have also extended it to receive PRI applications. I love that the system is adaptable.

Cons: Nothing. If hard pressed, I would say it took more than a minute to figure out how to do reports. But once I understood the building blocks, I was able to create reports for different audiences.

Pros: Foundant is very user friendly for both our staff and applicants. All of our grants are by invitation only. We provide detailed instructions to our applicants to register in Foundant and apply. We have separate processes for the many grants we provide. I like that the processes can be customized for each type of grant. We take the Follow Up Reports very seriously. We share the reported info and impact with our donors.

Cons: My only struggle is sometimes with Reports. Foundant Support is always very helpful with helping me figure out what to do.