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Growing needs and demands for improved technological solutions across various domains have seldom left any sector untouched, and charitable funding is no exception. Like in any other sector, this one also needs an efficient management system for streamlining the workflow and improving the transparency, communication and efficiency which needs to be updated with time.
GIFTS® grants management system, developed by MicroEdge, LLC, is one of those technology toolsets which since long has been widely used by foundations, corporations, government agencies, donors, advisors and financial institutions.
Recently MicroEdge announced the upcoming maintenance release of GIFTS® 6.4 grants management system. This latest version offers expanded collaboration capabilities by enabling users to more easily communicate and share a wealth of information with the various stakeholders involved in the grants management process, while also creating greater efficiencies through an improved ability to find information within the GIFTS system.
GIFTS® supports thousands of giving organizations around the globe. It streamlines and simplifies every aspect of grants administration and awards, which helps foundations, corporate giving programs and other charitable giving organizations track and organize their grantmaking process from proposal receipt through closure.
Whether it’s making decisions about grants or communicating with grantees and staff members, funders interact with an array of people inside and outside of their organization on a daily basis. The enhancements to GIFTS make the process of communicating and collaborating with others easier and more efficient. More complete information gets to all the right people without having to send numerous communications. Users also have more flexibility when it comes to merge correspondence, with the ability to set up correspondence templates to handle “if/then” conditions. This allows users to include specific content in letters or emails based upon certain conditions or values within the GIFTS system.
Busy grantmakers don’t have a lot of time on their hands to spend searching for and tracking down data, and GIFTS 6.4 streamlines the process of locating important information. For example, improved search capabilities help users find commonly accessed grant payment and request information they need, faster and without having to take as many steps.
“Across thousands of giving organizations, grants staff members spend the majority of their day performing grants administration tasks within GIFTS,” says Rachel Arnold, Vice President of Product Management and Strategy for MicroEdge. “It’s incredibly important that these staff members are able to work as productively and efficiently as possible, and we’re pleased to deliver capabilities in this latest version that further streamline the grants management process and enhance the value of GIFTS.”
