Casey DeSain

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Siegel Family Endowment: Grantmaker Story [Video]

March 20, 2025

Kyla Kasharian, Senior Knowledge and Impact Associate at Siegel Family Endowment, shares how GivingData’s flexible platform has transformed their grants management processes.
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A Security Checklist for Foundations: What to Look for in a Grants Management System

March 18, 2025

Protecting sensitive data is a fundamental part of the grantmaking process. Foundations handle vast amounts of confidential information—including data about grantees, financial transactions, and program details. With…
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Purpose-Driven Insights: Transforming Grantmaking Data into Actionable Reports

March 5, 2025

Unlock the full potential of your grantmaking data by transforming it into purposeful visualizations and custom reports. Whether you’re exploring advanced logic to eliminate the need for…
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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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