Grant Management Software

Create the impact you want with streamlined grants applications, a user friendly reviewer portal,
and powerful features for program administrators.

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Grants Software Designed To Maximize Your Impact

GRANT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Less Stress, More Impact

Say goodbye to stress caused by messy excel spreadsheets and clunky software. OpenWater’s Grant Software was designed for you.

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Grants Website

Wow applicants and raise the prestige of your grant, through an OpenWater grants website.

Online form builder

Collect large files, set conditional logic, accept letters of recommendation — all using our drag and drop form builder.

Efficient Multi-Round Review

Reviewers log in, see their assigned submissions and submit their scores right in the system. Easy.

Progress Reports

Get the follow-up information you need with with progress report rounds.

Reporting

The data you need right at your finger tips.

Fund Tracking

Keep tabs on your funding amounts and disbursements through our fund tracking module.

Email Wizard

Everyone stays in the know with OpenWater’s email wizard.

Deep Integrations

Connect OpenWater to system for a fast, reliable, sign-in process and bi-directional sync.

With Traditional Grant Management

With OpenWater Application & Review Cloud

Multiple systems are inevitable

Most online grant management solutions begin and end with application collection. Tracking, reviewers and logistics must be handled by hand, via email or on spreadsheets.

One system is all you need.

With OpenWater Grants, all tasks – by application, reviewers, chairs and administrators – are handled in one unified, fully integrated solution.

Look and feel is random

Many grant solutions force applicants to a seemingly unconnected site to upload their materials. This confuses users, and lowers the number of submissions.

Branding is Consistent

When you use OpenWater Grants, our team creates a custom-branded upload portal that matches your existing website and visual identity. Users will know they’re in a place they can trust.

Information is scattershot

Who’s started an application? Who’s completed one? Which reviewers are finished? Which haven’t started? Without real-time reporting and analytics, it’s almost impossible to tell. And if you’re not informed, you can’t make informed decisions.

You’re always in the know

OpenWater Grants’ advanced analytics capabilities eliminate confusion and simplify internal and external communication. Key reminders are sent automatically, and it’s easy to tell the status of any action item

With OpenWater Application & Review Cloud

One system is all you need.

With OpenWater Grants, all tasks – by application, reviewers, chairs and administrators – are handled in one unified, fully integrated solution.

Branding is Consistent

When you use OpenWater Grants, our team creates a custom-branded upload portal that matches your existing website and visual identity. Users will know they’re in a place they can trust.

You’re always in the know

Frequently Asked Questions

According to sites like G2, Capterra and FeaturedCustomers, one of the best grant management software is OpenWater. OpenWater enables you to create the impact you want with streamlined grants applications, a user friendly reviewer portal, and powerful features for grant managers.

Nonprofits manage grants with grant administration software, which enables administrators to oversee the entire grant program from submission and review to awarding grantees.

The cost of grants management software typically starts at $7,000, but varies depending on factors like how many grant programs your organization has and how much administrator hours it takes to run your grants program.

The grant management process involves everything from promoting the funding opportunity to prospective recipients, verifying and reviewing submitted materials, and awarding the grant to chosen recipients.

The grant life cycle starts with funding the grant opportunity and promoting it to prospective recipients. Then, grant administrators receive, verify and review submissions. Once submissions are reviewed, the materials are typically judged by a panel. Based on whether prospective recipients are a fit based on their submissions, they are awarded the grant.

Grants are reviewed through grant management software like OpenWater’s. Typically, grant administrators review the submitted materials and pass them onto either a panel or judges to see who receives the grant.

Grants are organized by grant program administrators with the help of grant management software. Your grant programs are all organized and managed in the online grant platform.

Funding for grants is tracked in a grant management software. The software helps grant administrators understand where funding is coming from and where it’s going.