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Foundant CommunitySuite

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What it is

Foundant CommunitySuite is a cloud platform that brings fund accounting, CRM, donor portals, endowment and fee management, events, and online donations together. Foundant identifies community foundations as its primary audience and also names college and education foundations, family foundations, and faith-based community foundations. The accounting tools track endowed and non-endowed funds, pooled investment earnings, administrative fees, and spending policies. Its CRM ties interactions for donors, advisors, grantees, and vendors to individual constituent records. Donors can make recurring gifts and print tax receipts through portals; advisors can check balances and statements and recommend grants. The system processes grants and scholarships itself or connects with Foundant’s grant and scholarship lifecycle products. Reports include filtered financial views, current spendable balances, batch fund statements, and performance and trend analytics. Listed integrations include Outlook, Power BI, Candid, Stripe, Mailchimp, Google Looker Studio, AlphaVantage, Salesforce, and Constant Contact, alongside an open API. Foundant lists security controls and compliance credentials, as well as unlimited support, a dedicated team, and the Compass peer community. Pricing is provided after Foundant discusses an organization’s needs.

Spec sheet

What it does
CommunitySuite is cloud software for community foundations combining fund accounting, donor management, CRM, portals, grants, scholarships and events.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Purpose
CommunitySuite combines fund accounting, CRM, donor portals, endowment and fee management, events, and online donations in one platform.Read 3 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
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.Read 3 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Deployment
TrustRadius classifies CommunitySuite as SaaS and lists the supported countries as the United States, Australia and Canada.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
API
Foundant advertises an open API with endpoints for custom connections to systems that accept API calls.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Integrations
Built-in connections are listed for Outlook, Power BI, Candid, Stripe, Mailchimp, Google Looker Studio and AlphaVantage.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Security
Foundant says it uses NIST Cybersecurity Framework controls, multi-factor authentication, role-based access controls, encrypted HTTPS connections, and daily production backups.Read 3 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Compliance
Foundant reports SOC 2 Type II, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications or assessments.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Support
The CommunitySuite page lists unlimited support, a dedicated team, and the Compass peer community.Read 3 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Headquarters
Bozeman, Montana, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · foundant.com
Founded
2007Read 28 Sep 2026 · foundant.com
Apple app availability
Apple lists Foundant Fund Manager for iPhone and iPad under Foundant Technologies Inc.Read 21 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Authentication
The platform supports role-based access controls, MFA for all systems and SSO on some products and license levels.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Company founded
Foundant was founded in 2006 by Daren Nordhagen and Mark Larimer in Bozeman, Montana.Read 21 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Company headquarters and size
LinkedIn lists headquarters in Bozeman, Montana and a company size of 201–500 employees.Read 21 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Company legal name
Crunchbase identifies the maker as Foundant Technologies, Inc., a privately held active company.Read 21 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
CRM
Its CRM stores donors, fund advisors, grantees and vendors in 360-degree constituent profiles.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Customization
Administrators can use custom fields plus report and communication templates.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
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.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.foundant.com
Donor management
Donors and fund advisors can access agreements, statements, balances, activity and recommendations online.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
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.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Fund accounting
The system manages general-ledger accounting together with endowed and non-endowed funds, pooled investment allocations, spending policies and administrative fees.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
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.Read 21 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Grant and scholarship processing
Grants and scholarships can be processed natively or connected to Foundant Grant Lifecycle Manager and Scholarship Lifecycle Manager.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Grant management
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · foundant.com
Limit: CRM and engagement
Reviewers report that CRM, marketing, communications and donor-engagement capabilities are weaker than the financial functions.Read 21 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com
Limit: implementation
A reviewer described migration and implementation as challenging, including account changes and a steep learning process.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Limit: missing payroll
One accountant reviewer identified the absence of a payroll module as a notable gap.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Limit: search and reporting
Reviews mention search limitations, difficult data imports and reporting that can require more work than expected.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Marketplace integrations
Salesforce and Constant Contact are supported Marketplace integrations intended to deploy without custom development.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Mobile availability
TrustRadius lists no mobile application for the core product, while Foundant separately distributes a Fund Manager app.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Online donations
Online giving supports funds, projects and causes, including recurring gifts and self-service tax receipts.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Ownership
Crunchbase says Foundant Technologies was acquired by L Squared Capital Partners.Read 21 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Portals
Separate portal workflows let donors give, advisors view balances and recommend grants, grantees track awards, nonprofits maintain listings and vendors monitor vouchers.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Praise: integrated operations
Independent reviewers value having accounting, CRM, grants and scholarships in one system instead of maintaining separate products.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Praise: usability and support
Reviewers repeatedly praise the software's ease of use, responsive support and ability to streamline accounting and fund-management work.Read 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Pricing
Foundant asks prospective customers to submit a form so it can discuss pricing for their specific CommunitySuite needs.Read 3 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Rating on Capterra
CommunitySuite is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 40 reviews on the product profile.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Rating on G2
CommunitySuite is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 29 reviews.Read 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on GetApp
CommunitySuite is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 41 reviews.Read 21 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rating on Software Advice
CommunitySuite is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 40 reviews.Read 21 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com
Rating on TrustRadius
Foundant CommunitySuite scores 7 out of 10 from 2 reviews and ratings.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Reporting
Reporting includes filtered financial reports, batch fund statements, real-time spendable balances and exports to business-intelligence tools.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com
Restricted fund tracking
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · foundant.com
Security hosting
Foundant says its solutions run in Amazon Web Services data centers with redundancy, monitoring, physical controls and disaster-recovery measures.Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com

Plans and prices

CommunitySuite Priced on request pricing provided after discussing organization needs Read 21 Oct 2026 · foundant.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Tracks endowed and non-endowed funds and spending policies.
  • Donor and advisor self-service portals are included.
  • Processes grants and scholarships natively or through connected products.
  • Includes an open API and listed integrations.
  • Foundant lists unlimited support and a dedicated team.

Limits

  • Pricing requires contacting Foundant about organizational needs.
  • The listed platform options are web and API.
  • Grant and scholarship lifecycle connections use separate Foundant products.

Who it suits

It is aimed at community foundations, with college and education, family, and faith-based community foundations also identified as users. Organizations seeking fund accounting, constituent records, donor portals, and grant or scholarship processing in one cloud platform may find its scope relevant.

Verdict

CommunitySuite brings foundation accounting, constituent management, portals, and grant-related workflows into a cloud platform. Prospective users need to contact Foundant for pricing tailored to their organization.

Where Specifiction places it

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