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What it is

CommunityForce is a web-based awards management platform for grants, scholarships, fellowships, and research funding. It supports programs from funding discovery and applications through review, awards, disbursement, compliance, reporting, and closeout. Application tools include conditional forms, eligibility screening, shared applications across opportunities, and applicant dashboards. Reviewers can collaborate using scoring and rubrics, while administrators can manage bulk awards, renewals, and post-award requirements. Phoenix searches Grants.gov, IRS Form 990 filings, and a curated list for opportunities matching an organisation’s funding profile. Its AI features can summarize applications, suggest reviewer scores, flag AI-written essays, and answer questions using live platform data. The platform provides ad hoc reports, dashboards, exports, and embedded Microsoft Power BI dashboards. Integrations include Salesforce, DocuSign, Stripe, Twilio, SendGrid, SMTP email, and Google Translate. The company says each organisation has a separate database and file storage in a private Microsoft Azure environment. It states that it is FedRAMP certified and SOC 2 Type II, and supports Section 508, FERPA, and PCI-DSS requirements. Pricing is available on request; the product pages direct prospective buyers to request a demo or speak with an expert.

Spec sheet

What it does
CommunityForce is an awards management platform for grants, scholarships, fellowships and research funding, covering the lifecycle from funding discovery and applications through awards, compliance and reporting.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Purpose
CommunityForce is an awards management platform for grants, scholarships, fellowships and research funding.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Integrations
Listed integrations include SAML 2.0 single sign-on, Salesforce, DocuSign, Microsoft Power BI, Stripe, Twilio, SendGrid, SMTP email and Google Translate.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Security
The maker lists FedRAMP certification and SOC 2 Type II, and says each organization has a separate database and file storage environment.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Support
The support agreement describes weekday support by ticket and phone, with responses within 24 business hours based on priority; basic support includes live trainer sessions, capped at four hours per month.Read 5 Oct 2026 · clientsupport.communityforce.com
Headquarters
Ashburn, VirginiaRead 28 Sep 2026 · communityforce.com
Founded
2010Read 28 Sep 2026 · communityforce.com
AI assistance
Phoenix Copilot answers questions from live program data, while Phoenix Agents can summarize applications, suggest review scores and draft donor outreach for human approval.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
AI features
Phoenix can summarize applications, suggest reviewer scores, flag AI-written essays and answer questions using live platform data.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
AI governance
The company says AI is off by default, requires human approval for changes, and customer data is not used to train AI models.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Compliance and accessibility
The maker lists Section 508, FERPA and PCI-DSS, says the platform is built to WCAG 2.2 AA, and describes 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance support for grants.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Data isolation
Each organization runs in its own private environment with a separate database and file storage on Microsoft Azure.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Forms and applications
Features include conditional application forms, pre-qualification screening, shared applications across opportunities and applicant dashboards.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Funding discovery
Phoenix searches Grants.gov, IRS Form 990 filings and a curated list, then ranks opportunities against an organization’s funding profile.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Lifecycle
The platform supports programs from application and review through awards, disbursement, compliance, reporting and closeout.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Organization scale
The company reports more than 200 organizations, 165 million applications processed and more than $569 million awarded through the platform.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Privacy and access
Security controls include role-based access, optional two-factor sign-in, activity logging and encryption; the maker says customer data is not used to train AI models.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Program features
The platform supports customizable applications, eligibility screening, committee review and scoring, bulk awards, renewals, post-award requirements and closeout.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Reporting
Users can build ad hoc reports and dashboards, export reports, and use embedded Microsoft Power BI dashboards.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Scale
The company reports more than 165 million applications processed, more than $569 million awarded and more than 200 organizations served.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Support and purchasing
The maker directs prospective customers to book a demo or talk to an expert; the current product pages do not state a trial or public subscription price.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com
Who it serves
CommunityForce describes its customers as federal and state agencies, universities and colleges, foundations, nonprofits and research institutions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com

Plans and prices

CommunityForce awards management platform Priced on request Book a demo or talk to an expert for pricing. Plans and pricing not listed on the maker’s current product pages Read 5 Oct 2026 · communityforce.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Covers programs through closeout
  • Supports reviewer collaboration, scoring, and rubrics
  • Phoenix can search funding opportunities
  • Separate database and file storage per organisation
  • Pricing available on request

Limits

  • No public subscription price listed
  • Weekday support response within 24 business hours by priority
  • Basic live trainer sessions capped at four hours monthly

Who it suits

CommunityForce is suited to agencies, universities, foundations, nonprofits, and research institutions administering funding programs. Its application, review, reporting, and post-award tools address multiple stages of awards management.

Verdict

CommunityForce spans funding discovery, application review, awards, and post-award administration. Buyers need to request pricing and should note the stated support response window and trainer-session cap.

Where Specifiction places it

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