Case Study: The Ford Family Foundation achieves rapid COVID-19 response and 40% greater finance efficiency with Sage Intacct

The Ford Family Foundation transforms its financial processes with Sage Intacct

The Ford Family Foundation is a private nonprofit that funds scholarships, child and youth services, and community-building programs across rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. As it shifted from a behind-the-scenes grantmaker to a strategic “changemaker,” headcount, transaction volume, and financial complexity nearly doubled, and its legacy Microsoft Dynamics GP system left the finance team unable to access timely data or support evolving budgeting and reporting needs.

By moving to Sage Intacct with integrated automation (AP automation, ACH payments, payroll and grant uploads), the foundation gained real-time visibility and freed up 40 hours of weekly data entry, boosting finance productivity by 40% and halving time to process grant payments. The cloud solution delivered dashboards and custom reports that enabled rapid, trusted decisions during COVID-19, allowing the foundation to quickly redirect funds and scale grantmaking (expected to triple) to meet urgent community needs.

The Ford Family Foundation

Jennifer Mitchell

Accounting Manager