The Groundswell alternative for CSR teams that do grantmaking
Submittable is a true all-in-one social impact platform that helps CSR teams run employee giving, volunteering, and corporate grantmaking programs from one place.
If you do corporate grantmaking, you need Submittable
Groundswell’s grantmaking features are incomplete. According to their grantmaking features page, they allow you to disburse funds as a corporate grant, but not much else. Reviewers on G2 agree. They say that:
- They are “waiting for a grantmaking module”
1 - “Some features are not available”
2 - They can’t do “recordkeeping for corporate grants”
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Submittable has been building a fully featured grantmaking software for nearly a decade. It’s relied upon by thousands of organizations to make great change happen.
Submittable is building tech for all the ways you want to give
In addition to employee giving and volunteering tools, Submittable has a fully-featured GMS that covers the full grant lifecycle.
Intuitive giving & matching tools
Submittable and Bright Funds are designing tools that embed giving into the everyday lives of employees. With the new Impact Wallet, your employees can:
- Receive donatable funds as a reward for things like kudos or event participation
- Have their donations matched automatically and receive a notification when matches happen
- Get their own dashboards to track their impact, including all receipts for tax season
- Give your employees access to over 8 million vetted nonprofits
Volunteering events employees look forward to
Submittable and WeHero work together to not just plan great volunteer events but also activate employee participation. We’re building tech to help your employees:
- Create their own volunteer events as a part of their ERG
- Get all the information they need to participate in one place
- Automatically log VTO
- Activate employees by giving them access to 450,000+ volunteer opportunities
Fully-featured corporate grantmaking
Submittable’s DNA is in grantmaking, with almost a decade of experience helping thousands of organizations run grant programs. With Submittable, you can:
- Run the full grantmaking cycle–from form building to funds distribution and reporting–within the same platform
- Collaboratively review applications as a team and communicate within the platform
- Share your impact with advanced reporting tools and integrations
Groundswell vs Submittable: Capabilities at a glance
| Submittable | Groundswell | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant application collection and review | ✔ | ✔ |
| Anonymized grant application review | ✔ | |
| Collaborative review | ✔ | |
| In-app communication | ✔ | ✔ |
| Automate review workflows | ✔ | |
| Funds tracking and disbursement | ✔ | ✔ |
| Database of vetted nonprofits | ✔ | ✔ |
| Employee volunteering | ✔ | ✔ |
| One-click volunteer sign-up in Microsoft Teams or Slack | ✔ | |
| Dollars for Doers | ✔ | ✔ |
| Personal impact dashboards | ✔ | ✔ |
| Micro-actions and challenges | ✔ | ✔ |
| Giving and matching | ✔ | ✔ |
| Donation distribution timeline | 3 seconds | 24 hours |
| One-click donations from Microsoft Teams or Slack | ✔ | |
| Automatic matching | ✔ | ✔ |
| Comprehensive reporting | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fundraising and donation collection | ✔ | ✔ |
| Connecting giving to employee engagement programs (e.g. wellness challenges and kudos programs) | ✔ | |
| A persistent wallet for all of an employees giving dollars | ✔ | ✔ |
| Digital card for on-the-go and in-person donations | ✔ | |
| Number of vetted charities employees can choose from | 7.5 Million | 1.8 Million |
| Number of countries you can run programs within | 110 | 86 |
Groundswell treats grants as an afterthought
Groundswell is on the cutting edge of innovation when it comes to employee giving and volunteering, but without great grantmaking tools, they’ll never be truly all-in-one.
Submittable supports all your giving with groundbreaking tools:
- A truly powerful, yet intuitive grantmaking platform with customizable reporting and strong budget oversight
- Employee giving tools that “just make sense” with the Impact Wallet and the Submittable Impact Visa® Prepaid Card
- Employee volunteer activation with WeHero’s volunteer experience packages
Submittable can give you all the upsides of Groundswell’s employee giving and volunteering experiences, with none of the compromises on corporate grantmaking.
Submittable is the Groundswell alternative for corporate grantmakers
Here are a few more Groundswell alternatives
The CSR industry is at an exciting stage with such intense competition. We encourage you to explore your options. Here is a competitor page for similar products to Groundswell. If you’re considering Benevity, you can check out our Benevity alternatives page, and if you’re considering Deed, you can check out our Deed alternatives page.
Also, keep in mind that our roadmap continues to add new functionality all the time, so we can continue to grow with you.