GivingData review
A grantmaking system spanning applications, reviews, workflows, payments, and relationships.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
GivingData is a cloud-based grants management system for foundations and other philanthropic organizations. It brings grant applications, customizable intake forms, grantee interactions, external review, approvals, payments, reporting, relationship history, and document management into one application management environment. A grantee portal supports application and program interactions, while an external reviewer portal provides configurable review forms and scoring. It is suited to grantmakers that need CRM-style relationship tracking alongside structured grantmaking operations.
The published plans are organized as Go, Pro, and Enterprise, with quote-based pricing. Go includes payments, approvals, requirements dashboards, a grantee portal, task management, search and reporting, chart-view visualization, and cloud document management. Pro adds scenario planning, in-form comments and discussions, workflows, batch emails, and a grants publishing API. Enterprise adds portfolios, grantee-initiated form submissions, advanced code assignment rules, custom integrations, and a BI database replica. Optional add-ons include external reviewer management and e-signature integrations.
Workflow depth is a central strength. Templates can include assignments, triggers, reminders, and automated actions, while dashboards support payments, approvals, requirements, and scenario planning across the relevant tiers. Relationship management adds interaction history, and open APIs cover CRM, payments, and grant publishing. GivingData is available through the web and API, with Candid listed among its integrations. Grantmakers should choose it when they want applications, review, workflow, payment administration, reporting, and relationship records in a connected system. Organizations seeking a simpler intake-only tool or a product with publicly displayed subscription amounts may prefer a narrower alternative.
GivingData pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Covers intake, review, workflows, payments, reporting, and documents
- Grantee and external reviewer portals support collaborative grantmaking
- Open APIs support CRM, payments, and grant publishing connections
- Where it doesn't
- Quote-based pricing provides no public subscription amounts
- Broader workflow requires choosing among three subscription tiers
- Listed integration coverage includes Candid, with other connections handled through APIs
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