Streamline your grant application process!
July 28, 2022

Streamline your grant application process!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Submittable

We use Submittable to manage grant applications, training applications, site visit reports, and final reports. Submittable gives us a central system for multiple reviewers to access, review and vote on applications. These are reviewers both within our organization and those from outside of our organization.
  • Easy system for people to apply for grants.
  • Accessible way for people to access, review and vote on applications.
  • Integrated ways for grantees and reviewers to report on grants.
  • The level of customer service depends on what you pay -- I wish everyone got a real time chat or phone access.
  • They have done a lot to help customize reports which is helpful.
  • This saves us both time and actual expenses from paper applications.
  • More people can access the applications and we can customize them each year to meet the needs of our applicants.
  • Everyone's application from start to finish is now in one place including the reviewer's notes, site visit reports and final reports. Much more efficient.
Once you learn the structure (which was recently changed), it does make sense. Creating a Project and the related forms are intuitive but you do have to learn some more complicated parts of it (logic options for questions, for example) for it to work well. That takes some time although there are online tutorials and other ways of learning. It isn't always obvious without talking to a human there which is not always quick.
I think Submittable is the tool and the application is the end of us building stronger relationships with our grantees. The tool can make it more or less accessible depending on how you access, design and share out the application. I do like that we can message each other with questions and those answers become part of their application.
We have always used Submittable.

Do you think Submittable delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Submittable's feature set?

Yes

Did Submittable live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Submittable go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Submittable again?

Yes

You have to have enough applications in a year to justify the cost. As a small foundation, it became cost effective once we had multiple grant applications each year to justify the cost per application. It is so much easier than the old paper application days!