No. 16 of 25 ·Scholarship Management Software

Common Grant Application

Name: Common Grant Application
Price: 175 USD

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One barScore 5.0

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Common Grant Application is ranked #16 of 25 in scholarship management software on Freedom251. It runs on Web. There is no free plan. Paid plans start at $175/mo.

Common Grant Application plans and pricing

All plans

Low Complexity $175/mo Monthly subscription; $175–$250 per month 1–2 administrative users · 1–50 applications received per year · $0–$500,000 annual grant value · unlimited reviewers, programs, applications and documents · all features · setup, support and training included commongrantapplication.com · 29 Sept 2026

Medium Complexity $250/mo Monthly subscription; $250–$450 per month 3–5 administrative users · 51–200 applications received per year · $500,000–$2,000,000 annual grant value · unlimited reviewers, programs, applications and documents · all features · setup, support and training included commongrantapplication.com · 29 Sept 2026

High Complexity $450/mo Monthly subscription; $450 or higher per month 6 or more administrative users · 201 or more applications received per year · $2,000,000 or higher annual grant value · unlimited reviewers, programs, applications and documents · all features · setup, support and training included commongrantapplication.com · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on scholarship management software

Free plan: No
Paid from: $175/mo
Applicant portal: Yes
Reviewer scoring: Yes
Form builder: Yes
Award administration: Yes
Grant workflows: Yes
Workflow automation: Yes

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The record

Purpose: The product is a customizable online system for managing grant and scholarship lifecycles, including online and paper-based applications.
Intended users: The maker lists private, public, community, operating and corporate foundations, government agencies, giving circles, faith-based or fraternal organizations, and scholarship providers as its audience.
Forms and applications: Grantmakers can create reusable forms for applications, recommendations and reports, with fields for text, documents and media uploads.
Reviews: The system supports configurable evaluation steps, reviewer groups, scoring or ranking, notes, and evaluation visibility controls.
Grant administration: Grantmakers can manage grant agreements, reports and payment amounts; payment information can be exported in a spreadsheet.
Integrations: The maker says there is no DocuSign integration or general online payment mechanism; it offers a Bill.com integration to generate an invoice for online payment.
Data access: A July 2026 release note says the service added an MCP resource server and OAuth 2.1 authorization server for future AI use.
Security and privacy: The maker says it generally adheres to GDPR and CCPA, does not sell user information, stores data in the United States, and uses secure communications and password-protected accounts.
Support: The maker lists setup help, ongoing support, online help, and email and phone support; its pricing page says setup, ongoing support and training have no additional charge.
Platform requirements: The maker says nothing needs to be installed and the system can be used in a web browser, including Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
Notable application limits: Each application can have up to two grant agreements and eight grant reports.
Applicant pricing: Applicants pay nothing to use the system; grantmakers pay a monthly subscription fee.
History: The maker says development of its online application began in 2005 and its first beta users started using Common Grant Application at the end of 2007.
Founded: 2007
Price from: $175/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Scholarship Management Software in 2026#16 of 25

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Sources

commongrantapplication.com/product.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
commongrantapplication.com/features.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
commongrantapplication.com/release-notes.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
commongrantapplication.com/workflow.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
commongrantapplication.com/pricing.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
commongrantapplication.com/about_us.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
commongrantapplication.com· checked 28 Sept 2026