Foundation and Grant Program Website

I build a website for a family foundation, community fund or corporate giving program that publishes its funding priorities and eligibility and takes grant applications through a structured online form. It replaces applications that arrive by email in a dozen formats, each one retyped into a spreadsheet before review can start.

The applicant's path

Applicants read your priorities, eligibility rules and deadlines first, which saves both sides from applications that never fit. The form, built in Gravity Forms, asks for organization details, the project, a budget and supporting documents as uploads. On Business, applicants save a draft and finish it later, which matters for long applications written by small teams, and get a confirmation email when they submit. Each application then moves through stages you define, such as received, in review, shortlisted, awarded or declined.

How review works on Premium

Reviewers log in and see only the applications assigned to them. They score each one against your criteria, leave notes for the panel, and flag a conflict of interest when they know the applicant, which removes them from that application. Applications export to CSV for board packs, and multiple grant rounds keep each cycle's applications and scores separate.

Grantees and good practice

A grantees page lists funded projects once you decide to publish them, with the amount and purpose if you choose. Applicant data and budgets are confidential, so uploads stay private and only admins and assigned reviewers open them. Eligibility decisions, award terms and any reporting obligations to regulators belong to your board; the site records the process you follow. Gravity Forms needs a yearly licence bought in the foundation's name.