How do you organize grants?

Managing grants, especially multiple grants, can be a daunting task. With the demands necessary to process each grant, at times it can seem an impossible task. Here are some of the best ways to organize your grants and make the grant management process more manageable.

1. Simplify your process. Creating a process that is clear and easy for your team and grant seekers to follow is key to organizing your grants. Set precise deadlines and communicate them clearly. Make sure your team and grant seekers know how to access essential information so that you can focus more on the strategic aspects of grant making and less on the day-to-day busy work. 

2. Automate redundancies. Use a grants management system that can help to automate redundant tasks, repetitive communications, and streamline reporting. This will help you keep your files up-to-date and diminish the chances of mistakes as you are able to focus more on the output and results, and less on churning out emails and data.

3. Create a culture of communication and collaboration. By creating a culture where your team and grantees communicate and collaborate you will be helping your team to keep your grantees top of mind, enabling them to succeed.

4. Find a cloud grants management system that works. When organizing anything digital, software is generally the best solution; and with today’s need to be able to work remotely, you shouldn’t consider any solution that is not in the cloud. Leading grantmaking software, like Fluxx Grantmaker, can transform the way you organize grants and manage the entire grant management program.

Remember that grant making is a process and it can be a long one. By reducing the time and energy that it takes to process each grant and finding a software solution that can help you organize them you can create the time to focus on making your grant seekers successful.

The Right Questions to Ask

• Would your organization benefit from a software solution that would help them simplify the grant making process?

• Do you need a grant management solution that will help you organize multiple grants?

• Does your organization need help communicating and collaborating with potential grantees?

• Would a software solution that allows for easy access to reports for both the grant maker and the grant seeker be something that would be helpful for your organization?

• Is automation of redundant tasks and reports something you're looking for?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then simply contact us today to see how we can help you organize and manage your grants.