Foundant CommunitySuite
Foundant CommunitySuite is a cloud platform that brings together fund accounting, constituent management, donor portals, grant and scholarship processing, ev…
What Foundant CommunitySuite is
Foundant CommunitySuite is a cloud platform that brings together fund accounting, constituent management, donor portals, grant and scholarship processing, events, and online donations. It is designed for community foundations; Foundant also identifies college and education foundations, family foundations, and faith-based community foundations as users. Its accounting tools track endowed and non-endowed funds, pooled investment earnings, administrative fees, and spending policies. The CRM connects donors, advisors, grantees, and vendors with their interactions in individual records. Donors can make recurring donations and print tax receipts, while fund advisors can check balances and statements and recommend grants through self-service portals. CommunitySuite processes grants and scholarships itself or connects with Foundant’s grant and scholarship lifecycle products. Reporting includes filtered financial reports, current spendable balances, batch fund statements, and performance and trend analytics. Integrations include Outlook, Power BI, Candid, Stripe, Mailchimp, Google Looker Studio, AlphaVantage, Salesforce, and Constant Contact, with an open API for custom connections. Pricing is provided after contacting Foundant about an organization’s needs.
Good
- Tracks endowed and non-endowed funds and spending policies
- Donors can make recurring gifts and print tax receipts
- Advisors can review balances and recommend grants
- Includes financial reporting and performance analytics
- Lists an open API and multiple integrations
Watch out
- Pricing requires contacting Foundant
- Cloud deployment only is listed
Who it suits
It suits community foundations and other listed foundation types seeking fund accounting, constituent records, donor self-service, and grant or scholarship processing in one platform. It is available through web and API, with cloud deployment.
Verdict
CommunitySuite combines foundation accounting, CRM, portals, and grant and scholarship workflows. Prospective customers need to contact Foundant for pricing tailored to their organization.
Plans and prices
From Foundant CommunitySuite's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| CommunitySuite | Priced on request | pricing provided after discussing organization needs |
The facts
Each one read from Foundant CommunitySuite's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Foundant advertises an open API with endpoints for custom connections to systems that accept API calls.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- The platform supports role-based access controls, MFA for all systems and SSO on some products and license levels.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Foundant reports SOC 2 Type II, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications or assessments.checked 21 Oct 2026
- CRM
- Its CRM stores donors, fund advisors, grantees and vendors in 360-degree constituent profiles.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Administrators can use custom fields plus report and communication templates.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- TrustRadius classifies CommunitySuite as SaaS and lists the supported countries as the United States, Australia and Canada.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Foundant provides a Support Hub with CommunitySuite articles, phone support, email support, Compass community access and weekday coverage from 7 AM to 6 PM Mountain Time.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Donor management
- Donors and fund advisors can access agreements, statements, balances, activity and recommendations online.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Encryption and recovery
- Foundant states that traffic uses TLS 1.3 or backward-compatible TLS 1.2, production environments are backed up at least daily, recovery-point objective is at most 24 hours and recovery-time objective at most 8 hours.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Fund accounting
- The system manages general-ledger accounting together with endowed and non-endowed funds, pooled investment allocations, spending policies and administrative fees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Grant and scholarship processing
- Grants and scholarships can be processed natively or connected to Foundant Grant Lifecycle Manager and Scholarship Lifecycle Manager.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Grant management
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Built-in connections are listed for Outlook, Power BI, Candid, Stripe, Mailchimp, Google Looker Studio and AlphaVantage.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Foundant describes CommunitySuite as purpose-built for community foundations and also identifies college and education foundations, family foundations, and faith-based community foundations as users.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Limit: CRM and engagement
- Reviewers report that CRM, marketing, communications and donor-engagement capabilities are weaker than the financial functions.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: implementation
- A reviewer described migration and implementation as challenging, including account changes and a steep learning process.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing payroll
- One accountant reviewer identified the absence of a payroll module as a notable gap.checked 21 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Apple app availability
- Apple lists Foundant Fund Manager for iPhone and iPad under Foundant Technologies Inc.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Google Play app
- Foundant Fund Manager lets eligible CommunitySuite fundholders and advisors view balances, make contributions, recommend grants and download tax records; the listing showed at least 10 downloads.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- Foundant was founded in 2006 by Daren Nordhagen and Mark Larimer in Bozeman, Montana.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters and size
- LinkedIn lists headquarters in Bozeman, Montana and a company size of 201–500 employees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the maker as Foundant Technologies, Inc., a privately held active company.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2007checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Bozeman, Montana, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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