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    Blackbaud Grantmaking

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABlackbaud Grantmaking (formally GIFTS Online) is part of Blackbaud’s extensive portfolio of software, services, data intelligence and expertise that powers social good. Blackbaud Grantmaking delivers grantmaking capabilities configured to meet the user's needs, and to improve efficiency with personalized online grant applications and report forms, personalized user dashboards, and simplified financial processing tools. By providing access to giving data, including standard, advanced, and ad hoc…N/A

    Energage

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AEnergage in Exton offers their employee engagement emphasizing employee feedback and surveys that support employees feeling heard and understood, and also touting some employee recognition features.N/A
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    Blackbaud GrantmakingEnergage
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    Blackbaud GrantmakingEnergage
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Blackbaud GrantmakingEnergage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.6
    (6 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud GrantmakingEnergage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Blackbaud
    As I mentioned, cost is prohibitive for us. Because it is highly customizable, it is very powerful, but if you are looking for an intuitive, easy to use solution right "out of the box" solution because you have few staff and no IT dept. this may not be the best fit (unless they develop some lower cost / less customizable options?). That being said, we have managed to implement successfully with no IT. I completed the implementation, code the application and online reporting forms (using HTML) and use Blueprint to customize what we need, but it has been a big learning curve and an investment of time to manage the back end of the program. I will say that training new general users is pretty straight forward so their ability to search for information they need and quickly is greatly enhanced. The automatic customized reports and reminders are pretty great, and the overall integrity of our processes and data are greatly improved. Sometimes we wonder if it is overly complex and if there is a way e could "hide" more of the aspects that are not relevant to us, or that we are not using, so we can have a cleaner interface.
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    Energage
    Energage knows which areas to assess and how to word the questions so that employees understand and can share their true feelings without fear of their identity being shared, without concern that they need to sound professional (which allows them to save time and not get frustrated with the fact that they're "wasting time on another survey," and also in a way that makes employees feel as though they're participating in the improvement of the company. That is to say, that their feedback matters, it will be heard, and it will be implemented into the leadership's formulation of future decisions.
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    Pros
    Blackbaud
    • We like to create our own numbering system and Blackbaud Grantmaking allows us that flexibility. When we were having issues with items being in numerical order the tech support was amazing.
    • Creating your own forms is very important for us. We have several different donors and we have a grant application form and a report form for each one. They are easy to create as well as update and access.
    • Alternative ways to hunt for information. I can access a grant by the organization name, project name, grant number or even the name of the person who submitted the grant application. This is critical in a case where the program officer has a nickname for the grant (you can include that as well in the profile) and can't remember anything else.
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    Energage
    • Customer Service
    • Clarity
    • Simplicity
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    Cons
    Blackbaud
    • Application linking process is time consuming
    • System enhancement ideas must be submitted to a community portal and other users must take the initiative to vote on their favorite ideas instead of vendor programmers collecting received ideas and doing the work themselves.
    • Lack of conditional logic in online application
    • Communication with other Blackbaud products notably Employee Volunteering and Engagement (fka AngelPoints)
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    Energage
    • The only area of improvement may be streamlining the emails they send out after the surveys have been tabulated and the information is available. We usually just want the report and because Energage does such a good job compiling it via the dashboard and the graphics, our company doesn't have a need for further tools and promotion tips. It can get confusing when there's too many options to share and/or best practices to follow.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Blackbaud
    As long as there is continued development in the product allowing us to create efficiencies, streamline operations, deliver on our reporting requirements and the usability for internal and external partners remains strong we would have no reason to look elsewhere from a systems perspective. If costs changed substantially we'd have to look at different options to meet our cost savings objectives.
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    Energage
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    Usability
    Blackbaud
    There is room for improvement and the development of the software seem slow. As customers, we hear a lot about what's in development and promises of new features rolling out. However, it feels like those developments take a really long time to show up in they system for my day-to-day use.
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    Energage
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    Support Rating
    Blackbaud
    When it was microwaves they were a lot more Hands-On assistance, but since merging they have better tracking of the issues.
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    Energage
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    Implementation Rating
    Blackbaud
    Preparing and cleaning up your data prior to implementation, will make the process much smoother and easier. Garbage in, garbage out.
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    Energage
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    Alternatives Considered
    Blackbaud
    At the time that I used GrantedGE, the product was in the development stages and there were a lot of bugs and issues with functionality. The customer service didn't have the bandwidth to quickly respond to issues. BlackBaud's customer service and history in the field are advantages
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    Energage
    We've yet to look into any options other Energage because we've felt Energage has completely covered our needs over the years.
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    Return on Investment
    Blackbaud
    • It has increased our return on reaching our business objectives.
    • It has moved us (or started to move us) to a better place in reporting and transparency.
    • It has helped us transition from an act of corporate giving to a goal of social change.
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    Energage
    • Ability to win awards for recruiting
    • Ability to compile strengths and weaknesses
    • Ability to create an agenda for the corporate team
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