This month marks our first anniversary as a GivingData partner. With so many of you gathering in Portland for GDConnect 2025, it feels like the right moment to zoom out: why we expanded beyond Salesforce, how our role shifted, what we built in year one, and where we’re investing next.

Meet the five specialists behind the strategy and see how the right mix of people + technology can transform your grantmaking impact.

Today’s graduates have spent a large part of their education isolated behind screens.

We're talking about consulting firms, and more specifically, why smaller ones often outperform the giants when it comes to helping grantmaking organizations implement and maintain their process and technology.

For decades, international development and humanitarian programs have relied on rigorous methods to track their effectiveness, and MERL,...

For most grantmakers, traditional reporting provides metrics that answer questions like: “How many people were served?” “How much funding...

In the past few articles, we’ve been exploring the strategic importance of   initiatives , those often-missing links between mission and...

Introduction: Why This Shift Matters For decades, the philanthropic sector has relied on Grant Management Systems (GMS) to handle the...

How Initiative Management Transforms Grantmaking Operations and Powers the Foundation Management System (FMS) In   More Than Money: Why...

This piece is the first in that follow-up series, focusing on how foundations can move beyond funding and make their impact visible, measurable, and meaningful.

Over the past few months, I’ve shared several posts exploring the deeper process and technology challenges facing grantmaking foundations. This article brings those threads together.

How Grantmaking Foundations Create, Manage, and Measure Value

Image Created by AI This is Part 2 in a series exploring how the seemingly intuitive path—automating familiar processes with AI—may not...

Expanding Our Tech Solutions: How Monday.com Supports Foundations

For years, we've watched as Grant Management Systems (GMS) have remained largely stagnant.

Poorly trained AI doesn’t just make mistakes—it scales them at an alarming rate.

As we enter 2025, we’re proud to announce a transformative milestone: We are now focused exclusively on serving grantmakers.

Let’s explore the difference between being a "taxi driver" and a "tour guide" in consulting.

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Embracing this joy can foster a sense of personal fulfillment and purpose that’s unique to family philanthropy.