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Ian Witthoeft and Sam Caplan

Dispatch from NGMA 2025: A seismic shift

Hear about Sam Caplan and Ian Witthoeft’s experiences at the 2025 NGMA Conference with government grantmakers.
 
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This episode of the Impact Audio is a conversation between Submittable Sam Caplan and Ian Witthoeft, who sat down to discuss their experience at the 2025 National Grant Management Association Conference.

They cover:

  • How recent budget cuts are changing government grantmaking
  • The dueling priorities of compliance and impact reporting  
  • AI’s potential role in fraud prevention
guests
Ian Witthoeft

Ian Witthoeft is the director of solutions engineering at Submittable. He has been working in the grantmaking space for nearly a decade, focusing on how technology can help programs make a deeper impact across the public and private sectors.

Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable, a platform that foundations, governments, nonprofits, and other changemakers use to launch, manage, and measure impactful granting and CSR programs. Inspired by the amazing work performed by practitioners of all stripes, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software.

Sam formerly served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and head of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation.

Connect with or follow Sam on Linkedin, listen to his podcast Impact Audio, and subscribe to his bi-weekly newsletter The Review.

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