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The Role of GMS in Change Management: Lessons from Three Grants Managers

Casey DeSain

Articles by Casey DeSain

A Security Checklist for Foundations: What to Look for in a Grants Management System

Protecting sensitive data is a fundamental part of the grantmaking process. Foundations handle vast amounts of confidential information—including ...

GDConnect 2024: Connecting, Inspiring, and Driving Social Impact

GDConnect 2024 was a powerful reminder of the strength, insight, and collective impact of the GivingData community. This year’s event showcased how ...

From Silo to Squad: How to Get Programs, Operations, and Executives Using Your GMS

So, your foundation has a grants management system (GMS). Whether you implemented it recently or have been using it for some time, you hopefully have ...

The Summit Foundation Increased Foundation-Wide Collaboration: A Grantmaker Story

How better systems led to foundation-wide collaboration, meaningful grantee relationships, organizational resiliency, and greater impact.

5 Foundation Roles Your Grants Management System Should Support

It's been nearly four decades since the first generation of grants management software hit the market. In 1985, MicroEdge Gifts came on 5 1/4-inch ...

How Siegel Family Endowment Leverages Demographic Data

For many grantmakers, 2023 was a year to build more diverse and equitable portfolios. It’s a heavy lift even for foundations that already have a ...

5 Considerations for a foundationConnect Transition

Salesforce plans to sunset its foundationConnect platform by January 2026, leaving many grantmakers to search for a new grants management system.

Trust-Based Philanthropy: Electronic Grant Management System

Trust-based philanthropy is a transformative approach to grantmaking that emphasizes trust, transparency, and partnership between funders and ...

Best Practices for Switching Grants Management Systems

Download our latest eBook with best practices for foundations transitioning to a new GMS. For this blog, we interviewed GivingData clients to ...

Program Officers Look to Their GMS to Bolster Trust-based Philanthropy

As more foundations make trust-based philanthropy a cornerstone of their grantmaking, the role of program officers is changing. In addition to ...

Hilton Foundation Enhances Grantmaking Efficiency & Consistency

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation issues hundreds of grants across a wide range of program areas every year, and suspected that their grantmaking ...

Impactful Takeaways from PEAK2023

Earlier this month, the PEAK Grantmaking community reconnected in person for the first time in three years at PEAK2023, which promised to be a ...

Activating Your Grantee Portal: Best Practices for Adoption and Support

A grantee portal is an excellent tool for foundations to streamline grant application and approval processes while reducing the administrative burden ...

The Starr Foundation Accelerated Its Grantmaking [Video]

The Past, Present, and Future of Trust-Based Philanthropy

For over three years, the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project has addressed the power imbalances between funders, nonprofits, and communities.

Hybrid Work in Philanthropy: Lessons Learned from Two Foundations

In March 2020, organizations in almost every industry were forced to quickly shift to remote work. Though they relied on many of the same ...

Trust-Based Philanthropy: A Conversation with Shaady Salehi

Shaady Salehi, Executive Director of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, sat down with Roberto Cremonini to discuss the past, present, and future ...

Setting 2023 Intentions with Satonya Fair and Roberto Cremonini

On January 24, 2023, President and CEO of PEAK Grantmaking, Satonya Fair, joined GivingData’s Roberto Cremonini for another discussion to kick off ...

Moving Conversations to Collaboration: Setting 2023 Intentions

Watch Roberto Cremonini and featured guest Satonya Fair, President and CEO of PEAK Grantmaking, discuss ways for grantmakers and foundations to set ...