What is the best grant management software for a county grant authority?
Short answerFor a county authority whose board scores and votes, look for vote secrecy, payment controls and done-for-you setup: Granted is built around those, while Submittable, SmartSimple and Euna Grants suit larger multi-program agencies.
A county grant authority usually has a small staff, a board that scores and votes on every application, payments that have to match approvals, and records the public can request. The right software makes that routine; the wrong one adds configuration your staff has to maintain.
We compared five products on that work: Granted (ours), Submittable, Foundant GLM, SmartSimple and Euna Grants, which now includes AmpliFund and eCivis. Each vendor’s answers come from its own public pages, linked below, as of the date shown.
Side by side.
| Criterion | Granted | Submittable | Foundant GLM | SmartSimple | Euna Grants (formerly AmpliFund and eCivis) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Mijane Technologies, Glenolden, Pennsylvania. | Submittable, a public benefit corporation, which acquired WizeHive in 2024.[1][2] | Foundant Technologies, which merged with SmartSimple Software in 2024.[11] | SmartSimple Software, which merged with Foundant Technologies in 2024.[11] | Euna Solutions (formerly GTY Technology); eCivis became Euna Grants in 2023 and Euna acquired AmpliFund in 2025.[21][20] |
| Built for | Public authorities, government agencies, foundations and grant boards that award grants. | Foundations, governments and corporations running grant and CSR programs.[3] | Grantmaking foundations; Foundant cites more than 2,300 foundations.[12] | Private and family foundations, research institutions and government funders with complex grantmaking.[15] | Public-sector grant makers such as state and local governments, plus foundations and nonprofits.[22] |
| Application portal | A public application page and applicant portal; applicants start without an account and finish drafts later. | A drag-and-drop form builder and application portal.[4] | An applicant dashboard that saves progress, accepts third-party recommendations and checks submissions before they’re sent.[12] | Applicants browse open programs and start applications from their own portal.[16] | Grant makers design, publish and collect branded applications online.[22] |
| Review and scoring | A review desk with 1 to 5 scores, fund or deny votes with an amount, written assessments and one-click board packets. | Multi-stage review where each stage uses up or down voting or a scored review form; multi-stage review is a paid feature.[5] | Reviewer assignment and online scoring; an evaluation stage can be assigned to board members.[12][13] | A Panel Manager module for review meetings and panel or committee reviews.[16] | Built-in scoring rubrics and configurable workflows; submitted applications route automatically for review.[22][23] |
| Seeing other reviewers’ votes | Hidden from every board member until they vote, enforced by the database rather than the screen. | Depends on permission level: level 1 to 3 reviewers see only their own vote or review.[5] | A per-stage setting decides whether evaluators see their peers’ evaluations; an anonymous option hides names.[13] | Not published | Not published |
| Award payments | A payment ledger per award, by check or ACH, that refuses payments before approval or above the award. | Disbursement schedules, approvals and reimbursements.[6] | Installment schedules, payment tracking and disbursements tied to each grant.[12] | Payment schedules by date and amount, paid automatically or after approval.[16] | Subrecipient payment requests with approvals from several people.[24] |
| Grantee reports | One to six scheduled interim or final reports per round, signed electronically, with up to 20 attachments. | Progress reports scheduled ahead of time from customizable templates.[6] | Follow-up forms, milestone reports and outcome data linked to the original application.[12] | Progress reports and reporting history reviewed before each disbursement.[16] | Configurable reporting templates with automated deadline reminders.[25] |
| Audit trail | An activity log written by the database for status changes, votes, signatures, payments and reports. | An activity feed per submission records notes, reviews, status changes and edits with timestamps.[7] | Exportable audit trails; an organization change log records old and new entries and who made each change.[12][14] | An audit trail for managing funds, budgets and allocations.[16] | Audit trails kept automatically; an activity log shows user-level activity.[22][26] |
| Setup and data migration | Configured by our team, including past awards imported from spreadsheets: 388 for one county authority. | One-on-one training with an implementation specialist; historical data import offered as a custom service.[8][9] | Foundant’s implementation team, with setup fees of $2,500 to $4,500; data migration details not listed.[12] | SmartSimple-run deployment with process discovery, configuration and training; data migration not described there.[17] | Single programs configured within weeks; full implementation typically three to five months. Data migration details not listed.[27] |
| Pricing | From $18,000 per year, with setup, data migration, training and support included. | Not listed; packages are quoted after a meeting.[4] | Published: $6,500, $9,900 or $13,900 per year by tier, plus implementation from $2,500.[12] | Not listed; a one-time implementation fee plus a recurring subscription, quoted on request.[18] | Quoted on request on Euna’s site; Euna’s AWS Marketplace listing shows 12-month contracts from $76,750.[28][29] |
| Government programs | In use at a Pennsylvania county grant authority; we work with programs nationwide. | A dedicated government offering; Submittable says 3,500 state and local agencies and educational institutions use it.[10] | Suited to simpler government programs; Foundant points complex government programs to its SmartSimple platform.[12] | A Government Funding edition for federal, state, local and tribal governments; TX-RAMP Level 2 certified.[16][19] | Built for state, local and tribal governments, with U.S. public-sector data in Azure Government data centers.[27][26] |
The right fit depends on the work.
Choose Granted when
Your board scores and votes, you want vote secrecy, payment controls and a complete record, and you want setup, migration and training done for you.
Choose Submittable when
You run several kinds of programs on one platform, including corporate giving or open submissions.
Choose Foundant GLM when
You’re a foundation with straightforward programs and a smaller budget that wants forms you configure yourself.
Choose SmartSimple when
You run complex or multi-agency programs and need a highly configurable platform with security certifications.
Choose Euna Grants (formerly AmpliFund and eCivis) when
You run statewide or multi-agency subrecipient programs with reimbursement requests and want a large public-sector vendor.
Mijane Technologies makes Granted. Details about other products come from their public websites, checked on the dates below. Spotted something out of date? Email sales@mijanetech.com and we’ll correct it.
- About Submittable, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable joins forces with WizeHive, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable home page, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable pricing, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable help: How can I set up multi-stage reviews?, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable post-award grant management, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable help: download a record of the Activity Feed, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable customer success, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable custom solutions, checked October 24, 2026
- Submittable grants management software for government, checked October 24, 2026
- Foundant and SmartSimple announce merger, checked October 24, 2026
- Foundant Grant Lifecycle Manager, checked October 24, 2026
- Foundant help: Configure an Evaluation Stage, checked October 24, 2026
- Foundant help: Organization Summary Page, checked October 24, 2026
- Foundant home page, checked October 24, 2026
- SmartSimple Cloud for Government Funding, checked October 24, 2026
- SmartSimple deployment and implementation, checked October 24, 2026
- SmartSimple pricing, checked October 24, 2026
- SmartSimple trust, security and compliance, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna Solutions acquires AmpliFund, checked October 24, 2026
- GTY Technology rebrands to Euna Solutions, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna Grants for grant makers, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna Grants, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna: 5 ways to level up your ERP using a grants management system, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna: 5 best practices for improving subrecipient monitoring, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna Grants security and privacy, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna: best grant management software for government, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna request pricing, checked October 24, 2026
- Euna Solutions grants contracts on AWS Marketplace, checked October 24, 2026
Common questions.
What should a county look for in grant management software?
A public application portal, board scoring and voting that keeps votes independent, payment controls tied to approvals, scheduled grantee reports, and an audit trail you can export for records requests.
Which grant management software publishes its prices?
Two of the five publish prices on their own websites. Granted starts at $18,000 per year with setup and data migration included, and Foundant lists GLM at $6,500 to $13,900 per year plus implementation fees, as checked in October 2026. Euna’s AWS Marketplace listing shows contract prices; Submittable and SmartSimple quote on request.
Why does vote secrecy matter for a grant board?
Independent votes are easier to defend. When members can’t see each other’s scores until they’ve voted, no one anchors on the first opinion, and the record shows each vote was made on its own.
Can a small county run grant software without an IT team?
Yes, if the vendor does the setup. With Granted, our team configures the program, imports past awards and trains staff and the board, then supports you after launch.
See Granted with your own grants.
Book a demo and we’ll walk you through Granted, set up around the programs you run today.