Grant Lifecycle Manager 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

Wondering if Grant Lifecycle Manager is right for your organization?

Our Grant Management Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less.

On this page

Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
Integrations
User Reviews

Overview

Grant Lifecycle Manager

4.9

(51)

Pricing

Starting at $9,900.00 per year

About Grant Lifecycle Manager

Grant Lifecycle Manager is a cloud-based grant management software solution that caters to the needs of various industries such as corporate foundations, public charities, philanthropic advisors and more. Key features include online grant agreements and follow-ups, impact measurement, reporting and analytics and scholarship management.

Grant Lifecycle Manager helps organizations manage their grant data and process from an applicant to reviewer. The solution enables users to customize the format of online applications and provide real-time collaboration between the applicant and user via comments. Users can also automate email reminders based on due dates set for grant paperwork.

Grant Lifecycle Manager has the capability to collect data and then group, analyze and visualize it within the solution and generate customized reports. Additionally, the scholarship lifecycle manager lets users manage and keep track of scholarship providers and scholarship programs. Users can also view all the grant requests and track their progress through mobile applications.

Services are available on a subscription basis and customer support is offered via phone, email and an online conta...

Grant Lifecycle Manager Screenshots

Grant Lifecycle Manager Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $9,900.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Standard

$9,900.00

per year

No plan information available

Advanced

$13,900.00

per year

No plan information available

Confused about pricing? We've got you covered.

Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates.

Grant Lifecycle Manager 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 Lifecycle Manager
Activity Dashboard
Administrative Reporting
API
Approval Process Control
Audit Trail
Budgeting/Forecasting
Categorization/Grouping
Compliance Management
Configurable Workflow
Contact Management
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Customizable Questions
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Deadline Management
Document Management
Electronic Submission
Email Reminders
For Grantmakers
Forms Management
Grant Application Management
Grant Award Tracking
Impact Measurement
Monitoring
Ratings/Reviews
Reminders
Role-Based Permissions
Search/Filter
Status Tracking
Workflow Management

Grant Lifecycle Manager Integrations

Microsoft Word

Grant Lifecycle Manager User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.9

Ratings Breakdown

88%

10%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.9

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.6

Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Outstanding grant software

Overall our organization seems to be fully satisfied with this software to streamline our grant management process for over 5 years now. Training is always available and customer service is amazing.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great tool to manage grant data and streamline the overall grant process. We issue grants to multiple organizations in a year so this eases the process on both the reviewer and applicant side. Customer service is very responsive and helpful. Online applications and registration are user friendly and very helpful tools. Exceptional grant management software for any size company. Fairly easy base for learning and offers a pretty intuitive platform.

Cons:

Report features and customer management tools need to be improved or implemented.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review! We appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts on Grant Lifecycle Manager. We'll share your thoughts on tools with our team, as we're always working to improve based on client feedback.

Replied January 2019

Patricia N.

Verified reviewer

Philanthropy

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

Foundant Grant Management System

Using the GMS for our foundation has been very helpful in keeping our documents organized and available for all to view; the grantees love the ease of the application we have developed within the system and it's streamlined the whole process of evaluations.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We chose the GMS from Foundant due to the ability to customize our platform to how we use it. We were not locked into a specific format.

Cons:

As of now, I do not see any area that would need improvement. We are a small foundation and may not use all the capabilities that the GMS provides, as other larger foundations would. But I know that if there was something that I thought would be a good addition to the produce, Foundant would either let me know it already exists and direct me to it, or put it in their 'suggestion' area.

Reasons for choosing Grant Lifecycle Manager

Honestly, it was the people. Not only was my sales rep so friendly and knowable about the product, he was eager to give me every answer to all my questions. Additionally, I loved that many of the employees at Foundant were previously in the foundation world, had used either this or other products and would be 'speaking the language' of grant makers.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Patricia! We are happy to know that Grant Lifecycle Manager has allowed you to customize your platform to fit your needs!

Replied April 2021

Symone S.

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2017

It's Ok at best.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that applicants have to create accounts in order to apply, and that I can include descriptions for various kinds of applications.

Cons:

I don't like that applicants can create duplicate submissions for one application. This makes reviewing applications difficult and creates more work for our staff on the back end. I don't like that once you "close" an application you can't "hide" it also. This makes managing the program on the back end overwhelming.

Verified

Reviewer

Civic & Social Organization

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2025

Not the best but not the worst

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Simple to use, affordable, could assign multiple people to one grant, enough customization was available.

Cons:

Very few updates, system bugs happened often. Couldn't delete entries so many "junk" entries remained in system.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review. We strive to deliver best-in-class solutions and experiences, and we truly appreciate your feedback. It will be shared with our team.

Replied December 2025

Peggy K.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

Foundant Technologies has the best customer service!

I have had a very positive experience with Foundant from the beginning. They have excellent customer service that has made the process easy from the beginning and helps me to address any issues that come up as an ongoing user.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The Foundant software was easy to learn thanks to a great onboarding program with tutorials and a dedicated Client Success Manager. In addition to my CSM, there is a support team that can be reached by phone, email, or chat. My questions have always been answered promptly. Foundant also listens to their clients and makes changes/upgrades based on client needs. Educational webinars are offered on a regular basis.

Cons:

Some features are not available with the standard license.

Reasons for choosing Grant Lifecycle Manager

Personal service is what sets Foundant apart. They want their clients to succeed and it shows!

Reasons for switching to Grant Lifecycle Manager

We wanted to start online applications.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Peggy! We are happy to know that Grant Lifecycle Manager was easy to learn and that you're happy with our customer service!

Replied April 2021

Laura S.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Easy to work with

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I compared over 10 different sites and software programs before partnering with Foundant. By far, Foundant had what we needed. They have enough bells and whistles to do what we need, but not so many that I get overwhelmed or bogged down. Foundant has a great training program that enabled me to build the site and maintain it - which says a lot since I am not a computer wizard. I have updated our application and processes annually and was able to very easily add a process for our COVID work. The best thing about Foundant is their people. Whether I call, chat or email the response is always quick and efficient. In addition to using the site to do grant management work, we have also extended it to receive PRI applications. I love that the system is adaptable.

Cons:

Nothing. If hard pressed, I would say it took more than a minute to figure out how to do reports. But once I understood the building blocks, I was able to create reports for different audiences.

Reasons for choosing Grant Lifecycle Manager

1. Ease of creation and management of site 2. Ease of greatness to enter information and upload documents 3. Customer support provided 4. Price for what we receive

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Laura! We're happy to see that GLM is easy to work with and that you have enjoyed working with our people!

Replied April 2021

Allison T.

Verified reviewer

Utilities

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Reviewed October 2023

This is a wonderful product!

I have been very pleased with GLM. I have recommended it repeatedly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The training with [sensitive content hidden] was incredible. He was more helpful than we could've imagined.

Cons:

Since I'm only going through the processes every few months, it's easy to forget the steps when I'm approving grants.

Reasons for switching to Grant Lifecycle Manager

We had heard that Foundant was a better platform.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review Allison! We are so happy to hear that you are pleased with GLM.

Replied October 2023

Beth N.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Great Product for Managing Grants

Using Foundant has organized our grant-making process substantially. We are able to ensure accurate and up to date reporting and collect consistent and useful data. Setting up automation for reporting has taken a lot of work off our hands, and made everything much easier. It also allows us to have all important information and documents related to specific grants stored in the same place, which is easy for all users to access. Overall a really great product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The pricing of this software compared to others is very reasonable, especially for a small nonprofit where cost is crucial. I would recommend that you already have your grant-making process pretty organized before starting to work with the system - though signing up and getting everything in the system definitely forced us to work everything out as far as process goes, which was helpful. The support that we received from our account manager as well as support staff via chat was extremely helpful, I used the chat almost daily in the beginning! The chat feature is really great because you rarely have to wait for assistance. We really love the reporting and customization options, especially being able to set up automatic emails for when reports are due, past due, assigned, etc. This system has helped us collect consistent data across various projects, which makes reporting much easier. There are a ton of reporting options available, though we have yet to use a lot of that section. Also love that we can have multiple people reviewing and giving feedback on applications. They are always making updates which are useful, I recommend reading the update highlights when they come out, I always learn something new! Overall this is a wonderful product that has exponentially improved our grant-making and management.

Cons:

It did take us a little while to figure out how best to use the software, but I think this was because we also had to set up our processes. After a month or so of using it we were pretty comfortable. The only issue we run into is when we accept applications from organizations as well as individuals, because the system is really only designed for organizations to apply. We were able to work around it, but it would be nice if the system was designed to include both types already. We also have had a few issues with duplicate organizations being created, despite setting up a warning message to users, but deleting the duplicates are easy enough. It would also be helpful to be able to move grants between processes, right now you have to delete the entire application and re-enter it manually in another process. But overall, the pros far outweigh the cons.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your thoughtful review, Beth! We appreciate your time leaving such thorough feedback about Grant Lifecycle Manager.

Replied January 2019

Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

I adore this product

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

If you have a grant that your organization gives our every year, thus is definitely for you. Everything is in one place and it makes everything you ma have to do so much easier. You send out applications through the software and everyone completes them online. You can track how many applications you have and how much you have that are completed. Reviewers can look and receive applications online, and you can assign any follow ups. the best thing is that all of their organizations information is now on the site, so it also is a library for anyone who has ever applied for your grant/application. And an additional perk is that you can email people from the site and you don't have to connect to your outlook/email to do so. *Great support!

Cons:

If an applicant wants to change their organization information, they have to contact you and you have to do it on the back-end, this goes for resetting/changing applicants passwords as well. It sometimes gets a bit annoying that they can't change simple tings like the address or telephone number an you have to do it.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your time providing feedback on Foundant's Grants Management solution!

Replied March 2019

Verified

Reviewer

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

Exceptional customer service and support from the very beginning. I feel heard and supported.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The flexibility. It's not a "one and done" software as it is ever evolving and expanding with new updates regularly. The community of Foundant GLM users are heard. Feedback is encouraged and incorporated into each update. My company utilizes the Foundant GLM software for several different funding programs, and it meets the specific/individual needs of each one without compromising the quality of the software or the value to our applicants and evaluators.

Cons:

There's still some features I'd like to see considered/added to a future update, but they're not deal breakers. Overall, it's hard to find any "cons" to this software.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review of Grant Lifecycle Manager! We appreciate your time sharing this information for others who are doing research on grants management software.

Replied May 2018

Showing 1 - 10 of 51 Reviews

See All Reviews