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Grants management

A grants management system for foundations

Grants management is the work of running programs, decisions, awards, and closeout. Grantis is grant management software built so the foundation stays in charge of that work.

What grants management is

Grants management is the operating work of a foundation: defining a program, taking applications, reviewing them, awarding funds, watching what was promised, and reporting on it. When that work lives in email, shared drives, and a spreadsheet that only one person understands, the year gets rebuilt every cycle.

A grants management system keeps those pieces on one record. The program you set up is the program reviewers score against. The award you make is the award compliance tracks. The report you owe is drawn from that same file.

Grantis is grants management software for that job, on the funder side. It is not a public marketplace of opportunities and it is not a place for anyone to submit an application they found online.

Foundation grant management, not an open call

A lot of grants management software assumes an open call. Post the program, wait, then sort. That model fits some funders. It does not fit a foundation that already knows which organizations it intends to consider.

Foundation grant management in Grantis starts with the program. You set outcomes, requirements, due dates, and awardee expectations. Then you invite or assign specific applicants. There is no public apply page.

The review that follows is smaller and more deliberate. Scoring, the decision, grant tracking, compliance, and grant reporting stay attached to the grant instead of drifting into side files.

  • The foundation owns the program
  • Applicants are invited or assigned
  • Review, award, tracking, and reports share one record
  • Each foundation works in its own isolated workspace

What the system covers

Program setup, controlled access, reviewer workflows, a health score on how the work is moving, compliance and outcome tracking, a document and reporting hub, task reminders, and connections to the tools you already run. Those are the nine parts of the product.

They are documented in full on the features page. The short version: grants management here is one system, not a stack of exports.

Who a grants management system is for

Private foundations, family foundations, and other funders that run their own programs and already know who they intend to consider. Staff who today keep the year in a shared drive and a spreadsheet they are afraid to hand off.

It is a poor fit for a public listing, a community foundation running an open call, or a nonprofit that needs to track grants it received from many funders. Those are different jobs.

Where to go next

If the work you care about is after the award, start with grant tracking or grant compliance. If the work is the packet you owe, start with grant reporting. If the work is who gets in, start with invitation-only grants. If the work is scoring, start with grant review.

Questions

A grants management system is the place a foundation keeps programs, applications, reviews, awards, tracking, and reports. Grantis is that system, built for foundations that invite their own applicants instead of running an open call.
It is grants management software for the foundation. Applicants only see a program when that foundation invites them. This marketing site is not a place to apply.
The foundation creates the program, sets the outcomes, and chooses who is invited. The review queue is the list you asked for, not everyone who found a public listing.
Yes. People search both ways. Grantis is grant management software, and it is a grants management system: programs, invited applicants, review, tracking, compliance, and reports in one workspace.
It does not replace your accounting system or your CRM. Integrations connect those tools so the grant record is not rekeyed. It also does not accept public applications.

Related

Grant tracking

Follow outcomes, due dates, and closeout after the award. Grant tracking software for the funder side.

Grant compliance

Required outcomes, completion, and a grant compliance platform that stays on the same record.

Grant reporting

Produce funder-specific reports from the file you already keep. Grant reporting software, not a second export.

Grant review

Assign reviewers, set a scoring rubric, and take the file to a decision without a side spreadsheet.

If this is how your foundation works, contact us

Tell us how you run programs today. We will show you where Grantis fits.