Grants Management 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Grants Management

4.6

(19)

Pricing

Starting at $3,200.00 per year

About Grants Management

CommunityForce, Inc. is a global technology company that offers a full range of service modules including scholarship management and grants management to manage the business operations of philanthropic organizations, educational institutions, and other nonprofit organizations. We leverage the power of next-generation data capture and business intelligence in a fully automated platform to help you break down the complex task of grants management without the need for time-consuming and costly development.

Our Application Life-Cycle Management software manages and integrates the processes you need from intake, review, awarding, and post awarding for a holistic and comprehensive view - empowering your organization to make faster and well-informed decisions. Automate most application workflows with our intuitive and configurable platform so you can focus on what matters most: increasing your impact.

Whether you’re a budding nonprofit or a leading organization, our simple yet scalable platform is highly flexible and is built to support the needs and complexities of evolving business environments.

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Grants Management Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $3,200.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Self-Implementation

$3,200.00

per year

No plan information available

Standard One-to-One

$6,400.00

per user, per year

Plan includes:

One Application
One Fund
2 Global Administrator Licenses - recurring
Unlimited Applicants
Unlimited Reviewer Accounts
Unlimited Recommenders (providing recommendations)
3rd Party Integrations can be added for a fee
6 Hours of Training
Quarterly Wellness Checks
Application Roll-Over Support

Standard One-to-Many

$8,400.00

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

One Application
Many Funds (Funding Sources)
2 Global Administrator Licenses
Unlimited Applicants
Unlimited Reviewers
Unlimited Recommenders (providing recommendations)
3rd Party Integrations can be added for a fee
6 Hours of Training
Quarterly Wellness Checks
Application Roll-Over Support

Enterprise Plan

$10,000.00

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

Custom number of Applications
Custom number of Funds
Custom Support
Custom Training
Train the Trainer available
Custom bulk licenses

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Grants Management Features

Popular features found in Grant Management
Applicant Tracking
Collaboration Tools
Contract/License Management
Document Review
Due Date Tracking
Financial Reporting
Grant Discovery
Payment Tracking
Reporting & Statistics
More features of Grants Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting Integration
Ad hoc Reporting
Administrative Reporting
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Audit Trail
Budget Control
Categorization/Grouping
Committee Management
Communication Management
Compliance Management
Configurable Workflow
Contact Management
CRM
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Customizable Questions
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Deadline Management
Document Management
Document Storage
Drag & Drop
Electronic Submission
Email Reminders
For Grantmakers
For Higher Education
Forms Management
For Nonprofits
Grant Application Management
Grant Award Tracking
Grant Management
Impact Measurement
Mobile Access
Monitoring
Ratings/Reviews
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Reporting
Registration Management
Reminders
Role-Based Permissions
Search/Filter
Status Tracking
Third-Party Integrations
Workflow Management

Grants Management Integrations

Salesforce Sales Cloud

YourMembership

authorize.net

Salesforce Platform

Microsoft Power BI

Tableau

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Grants Management User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

58%

42%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.4

Sabine G.

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications

11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Corporate Grant Making

Our experience with CommunityForce has been great, despite the initial setup complexity. The platform has enabled us to streamline what was previously a cumbersome, paper-heavy process. We've been able to expand our corporate responsibility grant-making capacity significantly without adding administrative staff, thanks to the platform's robust automation capabilities. The system really proves its worth during heavy application periods. It handles large volumes of submissions effortlessly, and the automated communication features keep applicants, reviewers, and internal stakeholders well-informed throughout the process.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The platform's comprehensive grant lifecycle management capabilities have transformed our operations. The automated workflow system handles everything from initial submissions to final impact reporting with efficiency. What stands out most is the platform's flexibility in accommodating different grant types - from small community grants to large multi-year funding programs. The built-in compliance tracking and reporting features have been invaluable for maintaining transparency and meeting regulatory requirements.

Cons:

The depth of customization options, while beneficial, made the initial platform configuration more complex than expected. The CommunityForce's support team was highly responsive.

Reasons for choosing Grants Management

Flexibility in application process,review process options, price and support

Candace M.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2024

Yes, this is the Grants Management platform you're looking for.

We use CommunityForce for grants to non-profits and we researched several platforms. As a United Way, cost is very important to us. They are technically competitive and their customer satisfaction goes above and beyond other companies that are far more expensive.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is so easy to use and most importantly it's easy for our applicants! I have agencies tell me all the time how user-friendly it is and how much they love the progress dashboard. There's no way for them to miss anything. That's the platform itself. The thing that makes CommunityForce different is the customer service. They are great teachers, always ready to help, professional, and genuinely concerned about our grants. If you asked my [sensitive content hidden] she would tell you that it's amazing value for money and the ROI is above what would be expected.

Cons:

The reviewer scorecard for grants could use some tweaks to make it a little more intuitive, but all in all, it's a very good tool.

Reasons for choosing Grants Management

Price, ease of use, and customer service/technical support

Cindy D.

Verified reviewer

Gambling & Casinos

Self-Employed

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Reviewed March 2025

Works well for our applicants.

We are are only able to utlize it for half our grants. I wish we could use it more. Our experience has been good. I do believe the Help Search needs to be broader.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our applicants find it very easy to use.

Cons:

I wish it was easier to use for our non competitive grants. I want to use the same system for both.

Reasons for choosing Grants Management

We want to try something with out investing a lot for the first time.

Wendy W.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2024

United Way Grant Portal

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The IT support is to tier. Anytime we have any issues they respond very quickly and supportive.

Cons:

Our reviewers found the logic model difficult to read on their side. The applicants and admin found it useful.

Reasons for choosing Grants Management

The ability to have subadmins allowed for regional grant allocations while still giving autonomy to other grantors.

Reasons for switching to Grants Management

Excel was not an effective option for long-term use.

Andy G.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2025

Grant Management Portal and Manager

The organization has used the program for a number of years for all of our major grant applications. Coming in new to the team has posed some challenges to learn the ins and out. But we have made due and will get it to work.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of having all of our grant applications in one place.

Cons:

There is a learning curve and some of the features are not intuitive.

Reasons for choosing Grants Management

It came down to prince and compared functions

Shelley R.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed March 2025

Outstanding service

We receive excellent care and management with Community Force.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This is one of the easiest programs we use for our grant management. I have also spoken with our grantees who also love the program. They have no issues and report that it is the easier system to use compared to other reporting programs. Their customer support is responsive and quick to help provide the support you need to resolve any issues.

Cons:

We do not use the system enough to get the full use of it.

Jennifer B.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

New Director Learns From Community Force

I've been working with Community Force for over a year, but more recently, they have been tremendously helpful to me as I learn my new director role, specifically in the granting process, which is a huge part of our organization's function.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The staff. They are efficient, friendly and skilled.

Cons:

I do not find anything they have helped me with lacking substance and expertise.

Kathy L.

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2017

Grants United took a very complex onboarding process for one of our programs and gave me flexibilty.

Flexibility and easy customization to our needs, with a few clever clicks we were also able to use it for project management

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The flexibility and intuitive nature of the process of building multiple applications. I am able to build applications for the many programs we have and customize them to our needs, both front end on the application and back end in staff only sections. The post acceptance sections give me the ability to continue my relationship with the grantee beyond the award. I can have progress reports and final reports that allow me, through conditional logic, to gather what i need for reporting to our funders.

Cons:

I wish there were a way to have separate landing pages for separate programs. I also wish I could clone reports from grant round to grant round.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the positive review Kathy! We love to hear about how our platform is helping our customers. As for having separate landing pages, each grant application has their own URL link which you could advertise as a "separate" landing page. That may be what you are looking for but if not ,our development team is always accepting requests for improvement. By listening to our clients, that is the only way to make sure our product meets the needs for all grant-makers. please submit your all requests on your zendesk portal. Thank you

Replied July 2017

Theresa V.

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

Overall it is a good program and meets our needs. We have used this software for 4 years.

It is user friendly. We like having multiple year data on our agency applications. Our reveiwers can access it anywhere internet is available.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We like the section icons in setting up the applications. It is easy to follow. We like the % of completion in each section. It is easy to duplicate an application from year to year. The ability to transfer information from prior applications is helpful. We like that we can create reports from any field but we don't like only downloading into MS Excel.

Cons:

The ability to develop easy reports. Wish there were report templates build into the system. Just downloading to MS Excel isn't very user friendly. We would like to be able to print some nice reports from the system. It takes a lot of staff time to make the MS Excel reports in a concise format. For reviewers the scoring rubic and application scrolls separately. We didn't find the new enhancement of the reviewers seeing each other's comments very helpful in the current format.

Berta W.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2022

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