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How to Improve your Grantmaking with Grant Management Software: A Grantee-Focused Approach

Evolved funders are focused on building a grantmaking process that embodies their values. Join Sam Caplan, VP of Social Impact at Submittable, for a discussion of the next generation of grants management software. Sam will walk you through the three essential themes of a grantee-focused approach:

  • Trust-based

  • Streamlined

  • Equitable

Then, the Submittable team will walk you through how to take action on these values. Join Keriann Strickland, VP of Product Marketing, and Natalya DeRobertis-Theye, Product Marketing Manager, as they demonstrate how you can use technology to better embody these principles in your program, from start to finish, including the best features to:

  • Facilitate transparency and center people

  • Eliminate tedious tasks for both your team and your applicants

  • Empower applicants, facilitate objective reviews, and deliver insights

You'll leave equipped with an action plan to improve your current process - or identify a new grant management software that will empower you to meet your goals. Join us!

Hosted By:

Picture of your guest, Keriann Strickland

Keriann Strickland manages content and branding for Submittable's marketing team. She's a recovering journalist, mountain lover, and gifted spiller (and speller).

Picture of your guest, Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable. Inspired by the amazing work performed by grantmakers of all stripes, at Submittable, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software. Sam has served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and director of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes prolifically on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation. Sam recently published a series of whitepapers with the Technology Association of Grantmakers titled “The Strategic Role of Technology in Philanthropy.”

Picture of your guest, Natalya DeRobertis-Theye

Natalya is a product marketer at Submittable focused on helping organizations get a ton of value out of the platform. She is a bookworm, adventure enthusiast and card-carrying cat lady as well as a writer and yogi.

Hosted By:

Picture of your guest, Keriann Strickland

Keriann Strickland manages content and branding for Submittable's marketing team. She's a recovering journalist, mountain lover, and gifted spiller (and speller).

Picture of your guest, Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable. Inspired by the amazing work performed by grantmakers of all stripes, at Submittable, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software. Sam has served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and director of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes prolifically on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation. Sam recently published a series of whitepapers with the Technology Association of Grantmakers titled “The Strategic Role of Technology in Philanthropy.”

Picture of your guest, Natalya DeRobertis-Theye

Natalya is a product marketer at Submittable focused on helping organizations get a ton of value out of the platform. She is a bookworm, adventure enthusiast and card-carrying cat lady as well as a writer and yogi.