United to Power your Purpose

Foundant Technologies
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SmartSimple

We are thrilled to join forces with GivingData – a grantmaking software team with our shared passion for serving clients for social good. 

We are dedicated to continuing our deep commitment to serving our clients through new investments, fresh perspectives, and talented team members. As we bring the best of our organizations together, above all, we are dedicated to bringing more value to you.

Foundant,  GivingData, and SmartSimple are united by a shared commitment to delivering exceptional value through service. Our common goal: empowering the social good sector. Simply put, our clients inspire us — their work is vital, and we love what we do. 

Our combined experience, resources, and capabilities translate into more powerful products for you. Together, we’ll invest more in innovation — from grants management and AI to CRM, fund accounting, and insights — with the goal of delivering more powerful tools. 

The Foundant, GivingData, and SmartSimple communities represent a wide diversity of funder types, sizes, and missions. We are committed to leveraging our collective expertise to serve every grantmakers’ unique needs. 

In Service and Partnership 

We remain deeply committed to providing comprehensive service and support to ensure that our customers can fully leverage our powerful tools.  

We will continue to innovate with the needs and aspirations of our clients as our guide. 

About GivingData

For over a decade, GivingData has empowered grantmakers to manage grants, knowledge, and relationships. Their team has deep roots in philanthropy and is committed to building technology that empowers grantmakers to amplify their impact and drive meaningful change. 

Hear from leadership

Josh Mallamud
Liz Fischer
Why did GivingData join Foundant and SmartSimple?

We are uniting these teams because we believe we can serve our clients better by combining resources. Together, we can offer a more comprehensive range of products and services and gain the scale necessary to invest more in customer service and product advancement.

Are you planning on combining or sunsetting any of the products?

There are no plans to migrate clients to other systems or sunset any of the products/platforms. We will explore product integrations if it creates clear, direct benefits for our clients.

Will this recent investment and expansion take away from any of the planned investment in Foundant and SmartSimple products? 

We will move forward with our plans to invest in Foundant and SmartSimple products with no changes. These investments include increasing engineering resources to speed up development and delivery of new features and functionality to our clients.

Will any of the functionality of my software change or go away?

We will continue to support all products and functionality. To the contrary, we plan to continue to invest more in our products to accelerate the roadmaps of each product.

Will there be any additional mergers or acquisitions with software companies in the future?

No other mergers or acquisitions are currently planned, though we will continue evaluating opportunities we believe may offer value for our clients.  

What does this mean for me as a client? 

You’ll continue to work with the same team, using the same product, and receiving the same level of support you’ve always counted on. We will continue to invest in all of our products across the Foundant, SmartSimple, and now GivingData, platforms.

How with this impact the service and support clients receive at each company?

There will be no changes to the service or support our clients receive. We will provide the same exceptional level of service and support our clients expect from each of these companies.  

Will Foundant or SmartSimple clients be required to switch to GivingData or vice versa?

All clients will continue using the same software they are using today. We are committed to ensuring that all clients continue to receive the service and support that best meet their needs without disruption.

Will Foundant or SmartSimple add any GivingData features to their software? Or vice versa?

We believe the combination of these companies is powerful because of the opportunity to leverage the best of what we each do to serve our clients and make their work even easier. Any product integrations will be based on delivering increased value to our respective clients.

Will there be any changes in leadership as a result of this merger?  

Josh Mallamud will continue as CEO of the combined organization — no changes will be made in the GivingData leadership team apart from Liz Fischer, the current CEO of GivingData, will report to Josh and become the General Manager of GivingData. 

Our commitment to you

As we bring our companies together, you can count on the continued support and service you have come to expect. We commit to ongoing communication as we bring the best of each of us together to benefit your organizations and communities.