Foundant Technologies

Foundant Technologies builds software for the philanthropic sector. The company develops cloud-based tools for foundations, grantmakers, scholarship providers, community foundations and nonprofits, covering grant management, scholarship administration, fund accounting, donor management and fundraising. Its stated purpose is to make philanthropy easier and more effective by helping social good organisations run their operations more efficiently.

The product line includes CommunitySuite, which spans grant, scholarship, fund accounting, donor and fundraising workflows; Grant Lifecycle Manager and Scholarship Lifecycle Manager, which target grantmaking and scholarship administration respectively; and SmartSimple Cloud and GivingData, both of which support the same broad set of processes for foundations and philanthropic organisations.

Foundant reports that 40% of its team has worked in philanthropy itself. The company describes its culture as client-centric, with software development guided by client feedback and real-world needs, and a strong emphasis on customer service and long-term relationships with clients. Work is oriented towards helping those clients increase their impact on the communities they serve.

The company operates across a defined set of verticals - foundations, grantmaking, scholarship provision, community foundations, nonprofits and other social good organisations - and frames its work around an understanding of the specific challenges of the philanthropic sector. Further detail is available at foundant.com.