Case Study: Kentucky Restaurant Association Educational Foundation achieves real-time financial clarity with Givefront

How the Kentucky Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Brought Financial Clarity to Education Access

The Kentucky Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (KRAEF), a nonprofit focused on culinary workforce development, faced significant challenges managing finances for its multiple grant-funded programs. Using manual processes and spreadsheets, tracking expenses and ensuring compliance was a major burden for its lean team. They turned to Givefront's expense management platform and nonprofit credit cards to modernize their operations.

Givefront implemented budget-linked virtual and physical cards with automated spend controls for each specific fund. This provided KRAEF with real-time visibility into spending, automated receipt tracking via text, and streamlined reporting. As a result, Givefront dramatically reduced the administrative burden, saving the team days of work each month on reconciliation and audit preparation, allowing them to focus more on program planning and securing new funding.

Kentucky Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

Lauren Mitchell

Director of Programs