Case Study: Feeding America achieves centralized grants management and automated reporting with SmartSimple Cloud

A significant increase in volume and complexity calls for a unique solution for Feeding America

Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, faced a rapidly growing volume and complexity of grants with data scattered across multiple programs, no central repository, and time‑consuming manual processes that made reporting and workflow management difficult. To meet requirements for ad‑hoc reporting, centralized data, automated workflows and grantee reminders, Feeding America selected SmartSimple Cloud (SmartSimple Cloud for Grants Management with Premium Support).

SmartSimple Cloud implemented a configurable, end‑to‑end online grants management platform that centralized data, automated notifications and workflows, and added scheduling, workload management and both periodic and ad‑hoc reporting. The result was a one‑stop repository accessible across Feeding America’s network, a dramatic reduction in manual work (daily inbox triage fell from 2–3 hours to under one hour), and the ability to absorb increased grant volume and complexity—enabling efficient management of substantial grant dollars and ongoing operations thanks to SmartSimple Cloud.

Feeding America

Anne Bronson

Managing Director of Member Grants