GO SGO vs Scholarship Commons

GO SGO is web software for tax credit scholarship administration, serving scholarship granting organizations, donors, schools, and parents. It tracks funds from account creation through parent spending to help organizations meet program regulations. Administrative tools include automatic reporting, analytics, data exports, and accounting and CRM integrations. Donors can contribute by direct bank link, credit card, paper check, and other payment options, with giving history and automatic receipts available. Schools can enter scholarships online, see live balances and donation data, and submit electronic disbursement requests. Parents can submit applications and documents without paper, track their application status, and receive real-time alerts. Student First Technologies says the system of record covers more than $500 million in tax credit scholarship funding across 15 states. The company says it can configure the software for new legislation and program rules in additional states. It describes physical, technical, and organizational safeguards for information, while noting it cannot guarantee complete security. The product page invites prospective customers to book a demo; no price or trial terms are listed.

Scholarship Commons is a web-based service for managing scholarship processes online, from discovery and applications through evaluation and selection. It connects students, scholarship operating organizations, reviewers, and recommenders. The service automates sorting and compiling submitted documents, as well as online entry and delivery of evaluation work. Scholarship information is organized into six types, each with standardized workflows. The maker says scholarship work data is stored in the cloud for reuse and that digitized, standardized information can support big data analysis. Intended organizational customers include universities, scholarship foundations, local governments, public and nonprofit organizations, companies, and asset owners. Students, reviewers, and recommenders have a free membership plan with all features listed. Operating organizations must contact Scholarship Commons to register; their paid membership pricing is available by inquiry and can include customized scholarship posting and management. The service is optimized for Chrome. The site provides a contact form and lists [email protected] as its representative email address.