Where Easygrants Works Best

Easygrants is the ideal solution for a range of industries and organizations and specializes in serving:

• Non-Profits, Associations & Philanthropic Organizations
• Local, State and Federal Government Agencies
• Biomedical Research Organizations

Easygrants for Non-Profits, Associations and Philanthropic Organizations

The mission of a non-profit or philanthropic organization is measured by its impact on people. Money, as in successful fundraising, is important only in that it supports the services that the organization is able to provide. At the same time, organizations must demonstrate that they can achieve positive, measurable outcomes. That’s why Altum’s Easygrants delivers such a strong focus on outcome measurement. Additionally, non-profits and philanthropic organizations depend on people to achieve their missions – donors, trustees, applicants, reviewers, grantees and staff. Easygrants is people-enabling technology – its collaboration and communication capabilities support and nurture people and relationships

In short, we come to your project with a keen understanding of the role and motivations of charitable organizations in general, and we take the time necessary to understand your key stakeholders specifically.

What you’ll get:

• Flexible design for your specific industry
• Automated correlation between grantee successes and benefactor funds
• Detailed reports throughout the grant life cycle
• Electronic benchmark and due date notification
• Electronic announcement of new grant opportunities, recent successes and available funding sources

Why you want it:

• Builds the relationship between grantee and grant maker by enforcing compliance, encouraging communication and announcing opportunities.
• Addresses challenges specific to non-profits and philanthropic organizations such as understaffing and lack of administrative funding.

See Easygrants in action in the non-profit arena: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Case Study

Easygrants for Local, State and Federal Government Agencies

Easygrants supports government organizations’ need for transparency through its workflow-driven architecture, providing consistency and validation of business rules throughout the process. To meet the wide variety of grantmaking processes among agencies, Easygrants enables the workflow to be configured through its advanced administration module. Easygrants’ open API allows for integration with grants.gov, a must-have in any COTS product. Its advanced data collection and reporting capabilities enable end users to create ad hoc queries and reports plus track the performance of programs through outcome measurement.

What you’ll get:

• Flexible design for local, state or federal agencies
• Unique security restriction parameters for individual users
• Capacity to handle multi-stepped approval protocols
• Intelligence reports
• Financial information for compliance validation

Why you want it:

• Automatically complies with the Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committees
• Puts government agencies on par with grantors
• Meets local, state and federal laws and regulations

Easygrants for the Biomedical Research Industry

Altum has provided grants management solutions to more than 50 biomedical research customers since 1997, including the National Institutes of Health. The flexibility and sophistication of Easygrants gives biomedical organizations the ability to facilitate online application submissions, peer review and committee evaluation processes, award management, post-award management and reporting, progress reporting from the principal investigators and financial monitoring. Our proven track record serving biomedical research organizations around the world means that Altum can provide the most knowledgeable team capable of flawlessly implementing the best practices for the research community

The combination of the best-of-breed software solution Easygrants with the expertise of our Professional Services staff enables organizations to optimize processes, analyze programs, and showcase outcomes effectively.

What you’ll get:

• Flexible design further customized to the biomedical industry
• Sophisticated workflow-driven architecture
• Expert support
• Optimization and facilitation of entire grant process
• Analysis and results reports

Why you want it:

• Requires no learning curve for the Altum team – expert in biomedical research organizations
• Increases efficiency through every phase of the grant life cycle
• Meets best practices for biomedical industry

See Easygrants in action in the biomedical arena: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada