Casey DeSain

Casey DeSain is a Senior Marketing Manager at Foundant, where he’s spent nearly four years helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories and connect with the communities they serve. Casey has over a decade of marketing experience spanning B2B SaaS, digital strategy, and content development. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters. In his free time, Casey likes to read, play board games, and take his daughters to theme parks.

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The Role of GMS in Change Management: Lessons from Three Grants Managers

February 28, 2025

How does your foundation approach change? And what can grants managers do to facilitate change across their foundation? In this webinar, hear from three experienced grants managers…
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Tull Charitable Foundation: Grantmaker Story [Video]

February 25, 2025

Holly Bills, Grants Manager at Tull Charitable Foundation, describes how GivingData has helped save time at her foundation. A key factor is that GivingData was purpose-built for…
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5 Foundation Roles Your Grants Management System Should Support

February 14, 2025

It’s been nearly four decades since the first generation of grants management software hit the market. In 1985, MicroEdge Gifts came on 5 1/4-inch floppy disks. The…
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Perigee Fund: Grantmaker Story [Video]

February 13, 2025

Meron Kasahun, Grants Manager at the Perigee Fund, describes GivingData as being an “extension of their team.” The approachability, patience, and kindness of the GivingData team has…
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Growald Climate Fund: Grantmaker Story [Video]

February 7, 2025

Through GivingData, the Growald Climate Fund has simplified and structured its grantmaking processes by using workflows and leveraging a configurable system that doesn’t overcomplicate the foundation’s work.
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Strada Education Foundation: Grantmaker Story [Video]

February 4, 2025

Alicia Baird and Strada Education Foundation have a new sense of transparency that they didn’t have before their move to GivingData.
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Future-Proof Your Grantmaking: How to Evolve Without Starting from Scratch

December 11, 2024

Effective grantmaking often starts with great processes. Grantmakers leverage technology and work diligently to establish internal and grantee-facing processes that support their higher-level goals around impact. But…
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GDConnect 2024: Connecting, Inspiring, and Driving Social Impact

December 4, 2024

GDConnect 2024 was a powerful reminder of the strength, insight, and collective impact of the GivingData community. This year’s event showcased how our shared mission—making philanthropy more…
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How to Request, Understand, and Apply Grantee Feedback

November 22, 2024

This webinar was provided in partnership with PEAK Grantmaking.
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From Silo to Squad: How to Get Programs, Operations, and Executives Using Your GMS

November 18, 2024

So, your foundation has a grants management system (GMS). Whether you implemented it recently or have been using it for some time, you hopefully have what you…
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Foundation-Wide GMS Adoption: Moving from Shadow Systems to a Single Source of Truth

October 30, 2024

Foundations often struggle with organization-wide grants management system adoption and many still rely on a frustrating mix of shadow spreadsheets and ancillary systems to manage work.
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The Summit Foundation Increased Foundation-Wide Collaboration: A Grantmaker Story

September 18, 2024

How better systems led to foundation-wide collaboration, meaningful grantee relationships, organizational resiliency, and greater impact.
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