The GrantedGE grants management system was designed for  foundations by foundations. A unique venture in software development, where the foundations drove the requirements gathering and functional design of this sophisticated software package.

Currently in use at foundations throughout the U.S., from the smallest to the largest, the GrantedGE system continues to redefine and respond to ever-changing industry requirements.

GrantedGE, a sophisticated grants management system, was developed by Fusion Labs to fill a need within the information system requirements of non-profit organizations.  It was determined that these organizations required a software application that computerized / automated the processes for managing grants through the entire lifecycle, including:

Functionality

• Captures the initial grant request either by manual entry or through on-line capture of grant information from the web
• Provides methods to log initial grant research including linking grant requests to data in both back-end financial systems and constituent relationship management (CRM) systems
• Provides tracking of grant requests through approval, potentially allowing on-line distribution of approval logs and on-line capture of approvals
• Transmits grant request data to the financial system for the ‘integrated’ processing of grant checks
• Transmits grant check data from financial system to the grant system for historical reporting
• Allows processing of both standard grants, designated grants, grant commitments, competitive grants (proposals) and scholarships
• Allows full reporting for both standard operational reports, as well as tax and audit reports including IRS 990 reporting
• Allows access for online grant requests, online proposal applications, online scholarship applications, and more.
• Allows on-line access to specific grants to check on status, especially if grants are tied to deliverables, milestones, budgets, and more.

Technology

• Developed using Visual Basic.Net, utilizing a Microsoft SQL Server database environment.
• Integrated with products from Blackbaud, Inc.: Financial Edge, Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity
• Integrated with sophisticated reporting services, both Microsoft Reporting Services and Crystal Reports

The screen, shown below, depicts the custom home-page with links to the major functions within the GrantedGE system, including the potential for the user to create links to external systems.  The menu items on the left-side of the screen provide the major functional area included with the GrantedGE system.