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Foundation Source Online

Your foundation gets its own online command center, so you can connect with your philanthropy anytime, anywhere.

No User Manual Needed; No Software to Install and Maintain

Award-winning Foundation Source Online has evolved over the past 10 years to simplify foundation control, communication and collaboration in a way never before possible. It provides designated foundation members with instant access and total transparency into foundation activities. Family members become more actively engaged, and the selected trusted advisors you choose stay informed. Foundation Source Online is so user-friendly, it takes no specialized training. And there is no software to install and maintain.

You can manage your foundation from anywhere by logging into the private, password-protected website provided by Foundation Source. Your online experience is customized for your foundation to match its specific grantmaking preferences and governance style. Features include:

  • Charity research powered by GuideStar and Charity Navigator
  • Granting at the click of a button
  • Complete tracking of foundation activities
  • Easy access to grant history
  • Customizable reports library

We’ll work with you to customize the viewing rights and granting authority for each person given access to Foundation Source Online. You control who can view investment balances, grant activity, expenses etc., and set parameters for those allowed to make grants.

Video: The Zimmer Family Foundation stays connected using Foundation Source Online.

Grantmaking Made Easy, From Any Web Browser

With a few mouse clicks and keystrokes, you can quickly research charities and easily make grants, whether a one-time gift or multi-year commitment. If grants require approval by a committee or individual, Foundation Source Online makes it easy to review and authorize proposed grants online. From there, we review each grant for compliance issues, then deliver your grant payment and customized grant letter. You can log in anytime to check on the status of your grants.

Advanced Services to Manage and Evaluate Grants

As your grantmaking expands, Foundation Source has powerful add-on services that significantly extend the functionality of Foundation Source Online:

  • Foundation Source Access is an online philanthropy network that helps foundations find charitable projects that match their interests and resources. The site is organized around major causes targeted by the foundations. When an interesting project is discovered, one click begins the grantmaking process.
  • Foundation Source Requests is a web-based grants management service that makes it easy to accept grant applications online, then organize, review, track and reply to those requests with just a few clicks and key strokes. This innovative technology is fully integrated with our core services to include research tools for more informed grant decisions, and the processing and delivery of grant checks.
  • Foundation Source Results is an automated, online tool that allows foundations to track the impact of their charitable donations, monitor performance and request formal reports – all from a simple web console. It revolutionizes the process of assessing grant results by collecting key performance indicators from nonprofits.

Click here to learn more about our full suite of advanced services.

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TESTIMONIALS

"Foundation Source has introduced the Murphy Family Foundation to a totally modern and much faster way of working by receiving proposals online. We were up and running far more quickly than we expected. I'm always impressed by Foundation Source's responsive service. It surprises me how far their people will go to assist us. Once, one of the trustees called Foundation Source for assistance well 'after hours,' because she needed help accessing certain information. She found someone who patiently walked her through all the steps to locate the data she needed. Foundation Source always works hard to make sure that everything works right."

Karen Powers,
Foundation Administrator
Murphy Family Foundation

"Foundation Source helped us rethink our entire application process and set up a new, online system for us, providing a great benefit for the Splawn Foundation and for the applicants. The website that Foundation Source created makes it easier for us to organize, track and review the student applications. All the forms for each student come in together, not piecemeal. And the students find it much easier to submit their applications and all supporting documentation. Foundation Source is the best thing that ever happened to our foundation."

Molly Seeman,
Foundation Administration
Don and Roy Splawn Charitable Foundation West