I would recommend GiveSmart 100. They are professional and have a great product.

The second best feature are the sponsor ads. We like how they are not only on the homepage but integrated through the software.

There is often fear of losing donations during that down time, but their staff is always more than willing to make things right.

It has been a great relationship for us. We had onsite support for our first event and she was fantastic (and kept me sane).

The account managers are really fantastic and willing to help you through any questions or customizations you want to try.

I love how user friendly it is. It is professional looking and I love that I can manage from my phone.

The customer service at Give Smart was great. Whenever I had issues, placing a call to them was very easy and they were very responsive.

This is a great way to keep your guest up to date with auction information and send text to encourage them to donate.

Overall we have had a very good experience and recommended to others for events.

They have a great costumer support team as well as on site team. Have had nothing but good experiences with their software and team.

Seems to be missing some basic options for customizing.

Give Smart is easy to use and has a great support staff to help you through the entirety of your event and use of the software.

The seating chart functionality is very difficult and inconvenient to use.

We recommend GiveSmart to all of our clients. Overall the experience has been a good one.

Clean presentation and good aesthetics. Great functionality and quick to respond.

We have been looking for a mobile auction software service for a long time and finally found a good one within our price range.

My nonprofit ended up eating the tax that should have been charged to the purchaser (according to the law) and we lost over $1000 having to pay that bill ourselves.

Sad to think they are willing to lose a customer rather than even attempting to work with us.

Similarly, their on site staff for night of events were fantastic and super helpful - they made the service even more valuable.

We are grateful for the ease of pulling comprehensive reports. This allows to easily and accurately move the data into our data collection system.

GiveSmart is an easy way to integrate fully functional auction and bidding management software in any organization.

We enjoy the ease of use and the fact that there are Give Smart team members at our event to assist the guests.

The customer support team is fantastic. I am excited to use the new Champions feature for peer-to-peer fundraising.

Their platform, help team, resources, and webinars will motivate you to do more and be better for your organization and its mission.

It has benefited our nonprofit in many ways;  ease of use, reaching more supporters, and great record keeping.

Great text-to-give feature. Quality customer service.

And when I ran into something I needed help with, the tutorials were great, and if I still needed help, the customer support reps responded very quickly with exactly what I needed.

As an organization that turns over every year, this software has been instrumental in helping us keep the continuity for a successful event.

What I like most about this software is the customization capabilities and just how easy it really is to use.

Reporting is easy, POS/refunds are a dream, and I really like how easy it is to set up every year.

The cost-benefit of OpenWater is outstanding, far exceeding expectations.

Not only is the system easy to use and to customize to your specific program, but the customer service is phenomenal.

Allow new data that was entered to flow back into our database. We can now do all of this at a great rate and without a ton of hassle.

The customer support was absolutely the best part of using OpenWater. Whenever I had a question, the rep was immediately on top of it.

It was tricky to learn the terminology and the platform itself. Also, the website seems to take a long time to load.

There are a lot of features, but they can be difficult to find, because they are hidden down different rabbit holes. It's not always intuitive to use.

The experience has been outstanding. We have been able to take several outdated processes and make them all online and in one unique system.

We have been using OpenWater for the last 2 years to manage our annual marketing awards competition and have been very pleased with the results.

Sometimes updating the website portion is difficult and you do need to know how to code/html coding.

The system is extremely straight forward and easy to administer and develop programs. The customer support is also some of the best I have ever encountered.

I love that integration was not a long drawn out process either. The team at OpenWater worked well with our integration team and got us up and running in no time.

Any time we've had questions or been in need of systematic changes, OpenWater staff has been quick to respond and always helpful. Zack and Theresa are AWESOME.

Our professional organization runs a biannual awards competition.

OpenWater is so intuitive and user-friendly. I also love the customer support that is provided.

Customer Service in particular - is amazing at helping me out and working out any issues I may have.

After managing the Open Water platform as the primary admin over the course of nearly two years, I have no serious complaints.

Overall, my experience has been positive. However, the expense outweighs the benefit of the overall software.

The interface and customization tools can be a little confusing at first. There aren't a lot of opportunities to customize web forms or pages beyond very basic HTML and fields.

Being able to offer these contests is a nice benefit for our members and gives us another way to interact with them.

So easy to use, the software has self explanatory navigation, intuitive organization and all the functionalities we need for our awards programs.

They put a great deal of effort into understanding our business needs to help us build programs that best take advantage of all the robust tools available through the platform.

I like that we CAN integrate this software into our database and have our users log in using their credentials used in our site and have some fields pre-populated.

OpenWater has saved my organization money and time.

It is easy to teach yourself things, and admin can reach out to customer service for calls and for help. There are many help articles.

Because I was able to build the program myself I got exactly what I wanted and was able to help my users troubleshoot any issues that came up.

We no longer have human error when scoring our candidates. The system has saved countless hours for our staff members.

The entire OpenWater team from implementation to ongoing support have been terrific to work for.

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GiveSmart is the easy-to-use, innovative, and modern online fundraising and donor management platform that elevates any fundraiser. 

From mobile-friendly silent auctions to dynamic peer-to-peer events and guest management to donor engagement, we’re the solution to turn your mission into something that moves donors. 

We’ve helped thousands of nonprofits, schools, and associations raise $5.7+ billion. Our full suite of solutions and expert support helps you exceed your fundraising, event, and donor management goals. 

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Cataloging/Categorization

Electronic Payments

Customer Data Management

Payment Processing

Live Auction

Mobile Alerts

Activity Tracking

Watch List

Contribution Tracking

Sponsorship Management

Credit Card Processing

Attendance Management

Mobile Ticketing

Communication Management

Registration Management

Onsite Ticketing

Proxy Bidding

Shipping Management

Promotions Management

Contact Management

Online Ticketing

Email Marketing

Mobile Access

Buy Now Option

Ticketing

Bid Management

Mobile Giving

Membership Management

Silent Auction

Absentee Bidding

Event Scheduling

Social Media Integration

Real-Time Notifications

Event Ticketing

Email Reminders

Email Management

Image Editing

Activity Dashboard

Alerts/Notifications

Reporting & Statistics

Attendee Management

Seating Map

Reverse Bidding

Event Management

Auction Management

Billing & Invoicing

Pledge Management

Website Management

Real Time Reporting

Customizable Branding

Ticket Reservations

Reporting/Analytics

Contact Database

Summary Reports

Visitor Registration

Social Promotion

Point of Sale (POS)

Gamification

Online Bidding

Online Auction

Donor Management

Campaign Management

Inventory Management

Online Catalog

Confirmation/Reminders

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Contact GiveSmart for pricing information.

Email/Help Desk

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

24/7 (Live Rep)

Chat

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201-500

501-1000

1000+

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OpenWater is a cloud-based solution that helps users manage the entire lifecycle of grant programs from registration to submission of various types of grants by reaching out to potential grantees. Key features include outcomes measurement, payment tracking, financial reporting, self-registration and grant award tracking.


Designed for foundations, non-profits, corporations and government agencies, OpenWater's drag-and-drop interface provides form building tools to collect contact information and store them in a unified database for future reference. The team-based application comes with custom tools comprising dependant/multi-category fields to gather a wide range of data based on client requirements. Additionally, administrators can manage user access to review grant applications across multiple devices. 


OpenWater's panel helps enterprises get a comprehensive overview of ongoing grants programs, track changes across the pipeline and share them with team members to facilitate communication. It is available on a monthly subscription and support is extended via documentation, phone, email and other online measures. 



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