Case Study: Step Up Foundation streamlines scholarship management with Givefront

Step Up Foundation Replaces Spreadsheets With Automation to Manage Hundreds of Scholarships

Step Up Foundation, a nonprofit providing educational scholarships, faced a growing administrative challenge as its program expanded. For years, the organization relied on manual spreadsheet tracking to manage hundreds of scholarship disbursements, leading to slow reconciliation, difficulty monitoring budgets, and lost receipts. To solve this, they implemented Givefront's financial automation platform.

By using Givefront, Step Up Foundation automated its entire scholarship management process. The solution included digital cards for disbursements, a centralized request and approval system, automated budget tracking, and integrated receipt documentation. Givefront also synced all transactions directly to QuickBooks Online. The results included real-time visibility into funds, faster payments to families, a fully audit-ready system, and the ability to scale programs without adding administrative burden.

Step Up Foundation

Michelle Huston

Treasurer