Submittable

Our Foundation uses Submittable to manage our grant administration processes for two external grant programs (and one internal program for our employees). Before using Submittable, our application process was manual, with a high administrative and IT support burden. Since making the switch to this platform, our efficiency has increased significantly.

• Time is money! Submittable has eliminated many tasks I used to do manually, thus freeing my time for other work.
• Decreased support calls and emails from applicants- Our applicants are able to successfully access and apply for our grants.
• No internal IT support needed to use this platform. That team is able to focus on their larger business projects and needs.

Tableau Public, SurveyMonkey

We use it for multiple things: grant application submissions, our state film incentive applications, and reporting needs. There are multiple grants opportunities and it keeps track of them in different folders, so it's easy to keep up with what we have going on and how many people have jumped in.

• Faster acceptance times
• Easy way to keep things organized

I used Submittable to manage a portfolio of grant programs and projects that are used to fund innovative programming across Tennessee. These projects are focused on increasing student success and enhancing innovative practices in higher education. The projects have varying terms, objectives, scopes, and funding amounts. The Submittable platform allows for management, review, tracking, and archiving of these projects.

• I can get things inputted into Submittable fast - much faster than previous tools.
• Our end users are reporting to very much enjoy the look and feel of the platform.

QuestionPro, WebGrants

We use Submittable to gather and review grant applications. It allows us to have a secure platform to communicate with applicants, send documents, and we can easily search applications using many different criteria.

• It has saved us so much time because applications can be easily reviewed.
• It has allowed us to monitor applicants - making sure replies are done in a prompt manner.
• Occasionally emails with attachments are lost in the system which can increase the number of email communications.

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Microsoft Teams, Skype, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

We use Submittable for our CSR programs, including grants management and employee volunteerism. Our national grants program launched in Fall 2023, and it was seamless to set it up on Submittable. We also host an open employee relief application that works well for our users. We began using the employee volunteer platform in Spring 2024, and have been happy with it as well.

• We were able to launch our first-ever community grants program on time, and received over 300 applications (we were anticipating ~50 in our first year out.)
• This has substantially improved our application and tracking capabilities for our employee relief fund grants, and ensured we are following IRS guidelines.

Benevity Grants, Bonterra Giving and Matching, Bonterra Grants Management, Bonterra Volunteerism, SurveyMonkey Apply and SmartSimple Cloud for Grants Management (GMS360)

Microsoft 365, Classy, Oracle Cloud Functions