Case Study: The Christensen Fund achieves streamlined, scalable grants management with Fluxx

The Christensen Fund Finds Grants Management Software that Grows as the Funder Grows

The Christensen Fund, a San Francisco–based foundation that awards about $15 million in grants a year to programs in regions like the African Rift Valley and Central Asia, found its legacy grants tools were inflexible and overly email‑dependent. By early 2013 the foundation decided it needed a more dynamic, forward‑looking grants management solution that would support geographically dispersed program officers and evolving workflows.

Christensen selected Fluxx and went live in August 2014. Fluxx’s configurable dashboards and intuitive interface reduced manual data entry and back‑and‑forth email, giving staff clear visibility into where records are in the process and which items need action. The platform’s-expandable features promise more efficient reporting (including IRS Form 990), Word and DocuSign integrations, and a scalable system that grows with the foundation’s needs.

The Christensen Fund

Brian Burgin

Grants Manager