Echo Impact
Echo Impact is a web platform for funders, grant makers and not-for-profits to manage funding and communicate its impact.
What Echo Impact is
Echo Impact is a web platform for funders, grant makers and not-for-profits to manage funding and communicate its impact. It covers applications and assessment, grant management, progress reporting and acquittal. Live data can feed board reports, which can be exported as PDF, Excel or CSV. Echo says it monitors more than 18 activity types across portfolios, including registrations, investments, awards and employment changes. Integrations listed include Australian Business Register and ACNC eligibility checks, monday.com administration tools, and MYOB and Xero finance connections available on request. Intended customers include private ancillary funds, philanthropic foundations and impact organisations with $1M–$50M+ in annual disbursements, as well as government grant programs and structured programs or cohorts. Primary data and uploaded documents are stored in Supabase's Sydney region; the web application is hosted in Singapore, where Echo says it stores no customer data. The maker describes TLS 1.2+ connections and AES-256 database encryption. AI features are optional, and customers can disable them. Registration is by invitation through an organisation administrator.
Good
- Covers grants from application through acquittal
- Creates board reports from live data
- Exports reports as PDF, Excel or CSV
- Offers finance integrations on request
- Customers can request export of their data
Watch out
- Registration is by invitation only
- Core platform starts from AUD$10k per year
- Reporting Module costs AUD$2,000 per year
- MYOB and Xero connections are available on request
Who it suits
Echo Impact is aimed at funders, grant makers and not-for-profits managing grants and impact reporting. Its listed customer types include philanthropic foundations, private ancillary funds, impact organisations and government grant programs.
Verdict
Echo Impact combines grant lifecycle management with portfolio tracking and report exports. Access is invitation-only, and listed plans include a core platform from AUD$10k per year and a Reporting Module at AUD$2,000 per year.
Plans and prices
From Echo Impact's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting Module | A$2,000 a year | Board, finance and compliance reports · PAF compliance reporting · AI narrative reports and case studies · +AUD$2k / year |
| Full service onboarding | A$5,000, paid once | Data migration and cleanup · impact framework customisation · logic model workshop · From AUD$5k |
| Echo Impact Platform | A$10,000 a year | End-to-end grant and impact management · unlimited users, assessors and admins · From AUD$10k / year; scales based on annual disbursements |
| Echo Impact Platform (Core) | A$10,000 a year | Unlimited users, assessors and admins · From AUD$10k / year; scales based on annual disbursements |
| Impact Report | A$30,000, paid once | Custom stakeholder publication · longitudinal impact methodology · print and digital-ready generation · From AUD$30k per report |
The facts
Each one read from Echo Impact's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access
- The platform’s sign-in page says registration is by invitation only and directs users to contact their organisation administrator.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Access restriction
- The platform sign-in page says registration is invitation-only and directs users to their organisation administrator.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI privacy
- AI features are optional, customer data is not used to train general-purpose models, and AI processing may occur outside Australia when enabled.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI voice interviews
- AI-moderated interviews let participants answer conversationally while Echo asks questions, transcribes responses and analyses them.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API and extensibility
- The longitudinal engine uses third-party APIs, public-data scraping and external sources such as ABS and ABR; no public SDK documentation is presented on the cited product pages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Assessment workflow
- Assessors can use role-based portals, panel assignments, weighted rubrics, consensus calculations and outlier flags.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dashboards
- Live dashboards show pipeline, projects, disbursements and key metrics, with custom visualisations built using D3, Mapbox and other libraries.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data portability
- Customers retain ownership and administrators can export data in CSV, Excel and Word formats, with deletion or export available after termination.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- Primary database records, uploaded documents and attachments are stored in Supabase's Sydney region, while the application is hosted in Singapore.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Onboarding includes migration, workflow configuration and training, while ongoing service includes a relationship manager, regular check-ins and direct support access.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Eligibility checks
- Applicant eligibility can be checked against Australian Business Register and ACNC charity data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- Reports and data can be exported as PDF, Excel or CSV files.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External recognition
- The 2026 INCITE Awards finalist publication describes Echo Impact as an AI-powered longitudinal tracking platform for Australian foundations, universities and innovation programmes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Grant administration
- Grant management covers milestones, deadline reminders, progress reports, acquittals and document storage.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Grant lifecycle
- The platform manages funding from applications and assessment through grant management, progress reporting and acquittal.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Independent use evidence
- Meshpoints' privacy policy says grant and partner-network applications are collected through Echo Impact for managing its fund and network.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application forms
- Applications support custom fields, file uploads, conditional logic and branded publication.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Ecosystem mapping
- Its ecosystem product combines searchable directories, geographic maps, natural-language search, claimable profiles and AI enrichment.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company background
- Echo evolved from an internal system built for Spacecubed Foundation's Meshpoints initiative, which coordinated more than 180 partners and a $10M philanthropic programme.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- LinkedIn lists Spacecubed as founded in 2011, while Spacecubed's own about page describes a 2012 founding.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal operator
- Echo is operated by Spacecubed Foundation Ltd, ABN 58 149 449 972.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size and location
- LinkedIn lists Spacecubed as a privately held Perth organisation with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data ownership
- Echo states that customer data belongs to the customer organisation and can be exported on request.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Perth, Western Australia, Australiachecked 28 Sep 2026
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