The document discusses key facts from a 2015 survey on grant management. It found that 27% of organizations use grant management software, which is associated with increased confidence in managing changing funding requirements. The most frustrating part of grant management for organizations is post-award performance reporting. Limited resources are a continuing challenge, with a lack of funding cited as the biggest challenge in 2014 and anticipated for 2015. While in-house solutions remain popular, specialized grant management technology is growing and being used by 24% of organizations. Reliance on government grants as a primary revenue source and for funds has increased since 2014.

1. The 2015 State of Grant Management:
Top Facts
The 2015 State of Grant Management:
Top Facts
Similar to lead recipients, organizations that receive federal
awards are more likely to use grant management software.
Grant management software users are more likely to be
confident in the face of changing funding requirements.
27%
use grant
management
software
42%
use grant
management
software
25%
15%
15%
14%
14%
6%
11%
Reporting
requirements
for fiscal
accountability
Grant writing and submission
Reporting
requirements for
programmatic
accountability
Communication
(internal and external)
Pre-award planning
and research
Other
Post-award
performance and
measurement
(#1 frustration)
The Grants Process
Public sector award complexity and compliance
requirements frustrate grant recipients.
The most frustrating part of the grant process:
Top Challenges
Respondents agree that limited resources are a
continuing strain.
Lack of funding was the leading challenge organizations faced in 2014,
and is the biggest anticipated challenge of 2015—cited by one in four
respondents.
Technology
Specialized grant management technology is slowly
gaining traction, edging out ad hoc solutions.
67%
64%
39% 38%
86%
53%
25% 25% 24%
20%
67% use
in-house
solutions
(down from
86%)
53% use
financial or
accounting
tools (down
from 64%)
25% use
a donor
database
(down from
39%)
25% use
research
tools (down
from 38%)
24% use grant
management
software (up
from 20%)
Leading grant management tools, 2014 vs. 2013:
Funding
Public sector grants continue to be a key revenue stream.
Revenue Grant Funds
27%
rely on government grants as their
primary revenue source.
69%
rely on government grants as their
primary source of grant funds.
$
Government Grants
Cited “post-award performance and measurement” as the leading frustration in
grant management:
Percentage of federal grant funds is positively correlated
with an increased frustration in grant reporting.
35% received more than 50%
of funds via federal grants.
21% Received less than 50%
of funds via federal grants.
Government-reliant organizations were more likely to
select fund management and reporting as their biggest
anticipated 2015 challenge.
Only 8% of organizations receiving funds from other sources cited fund
management and reporting as a leading challenge. When the primary revenue
source is the government, this more than doubles to 17%.
$
17%8%
$ $ $
36% of total respondents receive more than half of their current grant funds
from federal grantors, up from 33% the previous year.
36%33%$ $
2015
2014
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When federal award-reliant
organizations receive
less than 50% of grant
funds from the federal
government
When federal award-reliant
organizations receive
more than 50% of grant
funds from the federal
government
How confident do you feel in your organization’s
understanding of changing funding
requirements?
4%
of users are
not confident
13%
of non-users are
not confident