Grant Holster 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Grant Holster

4.6

(13)

Pricing

Starting at $10.00 per month

About Grant Holster

Grant management solution that helps organizations manage deadlines, view clients and track funders on a unified portal.

Use the Grant Vault to keep all the information you need like program needs, budgets, staff and more!

Run a detailed report for your own use or to share with your clients.

Stop struggling with spreadsheets and get Grant Holster today!

To demo Grant Holster, use the following credentials to login:
Email: clientdemo@sharpshootercommunications.com
PW: password

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Grant Holster Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $10.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$10.00

flat rate, per month

No plan information available

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Grant Holster 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 Grant Holster
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Contact Management
Customizable Reports
Deadline Management
Document Management
For Grantmakers
For Grantseekers
Grant Application Management
Grant Award Tracking
Impact Measurement
Monitoring
Role-Based Permissions
Search/Filter
Status Tracking
Workflow Management

Grant Holster User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

62%

38%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.7

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.2

Have you used Grant Holster and would like to share your experience with others?

Jodi K.

Verified reviewer

Writing and Editing

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2021

Boost Efficiency & Sanity with Grant Holster!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

In the grant world, tracking deadlines and tasks is daunting. Some days, it's almost more difficult than putting together the proposal itself! Grant Holster takes the stress out of grant seeking. As a freelance grant writer, I'm able to depend on Grant Holster to manage not just deadlines, but all of the other pieces of grant seeking: tracking reports, pending requests, documenting conversations with funders, and storing completed proposals and grant documents. An added bonus? Grant Holster is home to a Vault to host organization information such as details on staff and volunteers, board members, budgets, organization documents, and program details.

Cons:

I love Grant Holster! It's important to remember, like any good software, you have to use it to be effective. If you don't track due dates and grant tasks, they won't show up on your "to do" list.

Vendor Response

Hi Jodi! Thank you so much for your review. We love the Review Title! We are happy to hear that Grant Holster is working so well for you!

Replied December 2021

John Frederick B.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Grant Administration Solution that Hits the Target!

We are currently managing a portfolio of less than 25 active grants and typically no more than two are in the application stage at a time. There are only two staff members working with our portfolio and a new user can be up and running in less than an hour. This is a necessary tool for being “grant ready!” If you are working in an NPO and even thinking about writing your first grant, this is a necessary software purchase. You will recover the cost on your first award!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Grant Holster provides an extremely cost effective and versatile solution to grant administration. This cloud-based software is especially effective for smaller NPO’s with limited grant writing and development staff who need a user friendly, turnkey database as an alternative to non-integrated excel spreadsheets. The software was developed by an experienced grant professional who understands the value of time management, centralized record keeping, and project management. Another huge plus is the principal architect for Grant Holster also provides direct assistance with support. If you run into an unusual issue or have a unique idea, you have the opportunity to communicate directly with someone who can provide you with ideas and best practices to deploy the solution. I would highly recommend this software to EVERY 501(c) who has ever considered working with the development of public or private grants. The data workflow is both intuitive and logical - and the dashboard is easy to navigate.

Cons:

The platform is focused on Grant Writing and Grant Administration (Monitoring and Evaluation). If you are looking for more advanced features, you will need to explore much more expensive platforms and solutions.

Reasons for choosing Grant Holster

Ease of integration, learning curve, and cost effectiveness for a smaller portfolio.

Marquetta F.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Services

Self-Employed

Used weekly for free trial

Reviewed December 2021

Great Resource!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The Vault is amazing! I like that this is a program designed with grant writers and their teams in mind.

Cons:

To be a bit more client-centric with some features. Seems like a lot of data entry.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Marquetta! The Vault is one of our favorite features too. We know from experience that there can be a lot of data entry to get started, but we are currently working on a way to upload your data to Grant Holster! Thank you for trying Grant Holster!

Replied December 2021

Dana S.

Verified reviewer

Fund-Raising

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Grant Holster has walked in my shoes!

My experience is that Grant Holster is very open and honest about what they are able to do - their main goal is to make life better for grant seekers. It shows in everything they do! When I was looking at software to help me, I looked at lots of different options. Grant Holster was the only one that didn't make me jump through hoops to get information. They gave me a comparison chart with other available software so I could make an informed decision. Total respect for that.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

They advertise that this was developed by grant professionals FOR grant professionals - boy, that's true!!! No other software "knows" the information I need every day. The reports are perfect - they have saved me days of work. The price is pretty painless - started at a lower tier and then increased as my needs increased. They have a one month free trial, so I had time to really play around with it. Also, when I needed help - they responded immediately and were so friendly and caring. The website and Facebook pages have lots of tools and tips for grant writers.

Cons:

It is still a new application -- they are still working on making improvements. Considering the low price, though, this is not a big deal at all. The staff keep us informed about new features and get our feedback on what would help us more.

Reasons for choosing Grant Holster

Price, customer service, better alignment to my workflow.

Reasons for switching to Grant Holster

Grant Holster was designed for grant professionals by grants professionals and was the lowest cost.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review! We are so happy to hear how much Grant Holster has helped you with managing your grant-seeking

Replied December 2021

Amanda A.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed November 2021

A must for consultants

Now that I have gotten in the habit of using it, it has been smooth and I love it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love how Grant Holster is developed by a grant pro and the grant process is central to the program, not a secondary function like a lot of other fundraising programs. It allows me and my clients to see the whole grant cycle, and to see where we are in that cycle as well. I consider Grant Holster to be one of the critical assets to my business.

Cons:

I wish it was easier to add individual contacts to funders instead of creating a unique contact and then assigning it. Also, I started using it thinking about it as a client management or project management program, so it took a bit to get used to creating a funder and THEN creating a project and assigning it to a client.

Reasons for choosing Grant Holster

I just felt like it was much more centered on my needs as a grant consultant. Also, at first cost - there is no need for me to pay more for access to something I already have as a member of GPA. That being said? I would pay extra if there was a way to link funder profiles to Grant Hub without copying and pasting.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your amazing review! We are always looking for ways to improve and love getting your feedback about the Contacts. We do have that on our list of things to improve!

Replied November 2021

Verified

Reviewer

Writing and Editing

Self-Employed

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Reviewed December 2021

Grant Holster simplifies grant tracking for my small consulting firm

Grant Holster helps me track my grant submissions & awards. It is so easy to create a report for different time periods to who award totals. I also like that it can serve as a simple client database.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Grant Holster is super easy to learn how to use.

Cons:

Sometimes the interface will experience errors and will not load features. Would love it if it could interface with Outlook and Harvest!

Reasons for choosing Grant Holster

The other products were too complicated and robust for my needs.

Vendor Response

Thanks so much for your review! We are working on getting those pesky errors cleaned up! Having Grant Holster work with Google, Outlook, and Harvest is on our list of wanted features as well and we hope to have this in a future update.

Replied December 2021

Nikki S.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2022

No more spreadsheets!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Implementing Grant Holster at my previous organization reduced the number of tracking documents we had for grant management from about 5 to 1. When I started my own business, I knew that this would be a product that would help me tremendously in managing multiple clients and multiple projects for each client.

Cons:

Some of the data pieces have to be manually linked to each account and/or project, such as contacts. The system tracks a great deal of data, but if the points were able to be linked more easily then it would enhance functionality and ease of use.

Reasons for choosing Grant Holster

More specific to grant tracking versus overall project management.

Nikki H.

Verified reviewer

Fund-Raising

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Great product! Great price!

Ive been using it since it started. I was an original tester and it does exactly what I need at a great price point.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's so easy. I love the reports. I live being able to downliad what I need. I love seeing my deadlines. It's just perfect for all of my tracking and reporting needs.

Cons:

They are still updating, adding new features and improving and sometimes it takes a little longer to load. Luckily, it's resolved quickly.

Susan P.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Keep your grant opportunities organized!

I'm happy to have it! If Grant Holster is organized, then my grants are organized, and my clients are happy!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

great way to keep your grants organized!

Cons:

I don't really have something that I least like?

Lisa M.

Verified reviewer

Fund-Raising

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed November 2021

Great solution for consultants!

It has greatly solved my problem of not having all of my deadlines in one place. Now in one easy screen I can see deadlines across all clients. It's also nice to be able to have the online portal link, user name, and password right in the project screen. That also saves me time because I don't have to go into my spreadsheets all the time.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

1) Seeing all deadlines with one click 2) Ability to copy a project from last year (although, to be fair, I haven't really used this yet because I'm coming up on one year of using GH). 3) Having the Vault where you can house all of the different programs and projects of each of your clients. 4) Estimated hours per project is a nice feature that I really need to start using!

Cons:

Everything I say here, I realize there might be features I don't know about that could solve my problems!! 1) I feel like there could be a better system for scheduling reports, instead of calling them "Other" in the project type. 2) I don't love how reports look 3) More often than it should happen, I get an error message when I'm trying to save a new project, funder, or client. Sometimes the error message really doesn't mean anything and the entry is saved, and sometimes it really doesn't save. This one is probably the most annoying. 4) This isn't really a "con" but I wish the software would flag if you try to add a funder that's already in the system, instead of letting you create a duplicate. This is especially an issue when there's more than one user.

Reasons for choosing Grant Holster

Because it was made for consultants. It allowed me to track submissions by all clients separately, and yet look at overall grants by specific funders. It didn't have to be tweaked or adjusted to fit the needs of a consultant and that was a bonus!

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your review! Many of your cons are things we have on our priority list to address, so you'll see your wishes come true in a future update!

Replied November 2021

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