OpenWater Grant Management gives grantmakers tools to manage applications, reviews, communications, and grant program data. Its drag-and-drop form builder supports conditional logic and file attachments of any size. In multi-round reviews, reviewers can access assigned submissions and submit scores. Dashboards track decisions and reports, while fund tracking records funding amounts, payment dates, and program budgets. Reporting and analytics help administrators examine program data and follow outreach and follow-ups. OpenWater says it integrates with more than 65 association management, CRM, directory, and payment gateway solutions, including iMIS, Salesforce, Higher Logic, Stripe, and PayPal. Listed safeguards include SSO, encryption, two-factor authentication, CAPTCHA, password strength requirements, and GDPR support options; integrated payment gateways must be PCI-compliant. The service is available on Android and the web, with mobile-responsive submission pages and administrative and review functions through its app. It supports WCAG compliance. Pricing is by custom quote based on usage. Recommendation requests are not supported directly within the platform.
Who it is for
This is designed for grant administrators at foundations, government agencies, associations, and higher education institutions. Its tools are for grantmakers rather than grant recipients.
What is good
- Forms support conditional logic and any-size attachments
- Multi-round reviews include assigned submissions and scoring
- Tracks funding amounts, payment dates, and budgets
- More than 65 integrations are listed
What to know first
- Pricing is available by custom quote
- Recommendation requests are not supported directly
Verdict
OpenWater covers application intake through review and post-award tracking, with reporting and a broad set of named integrations. It is focused on grantmakers, and pricing depends on usage.
OpenWater Grant Management plans and pricing
All plansCompared on event abstract management software
- Application intake
- custom
- Review workflow
- advanced
- Award management
- advanced
- Grantee portal
- full
- Reporting and compliance
- advanced
