Case Study: Irving Harris Foundation achieves modernized, streamlined grants management and improved support with SmartSimple Cloud

How Irving Harris Foundation streamlined processes with better, more responsive SmartSimple support

Irving Harris Foundation, a Chicago-based family foundation, faced rising costs and declining support with their legacy MicroEdge GIFTS system, plus an over-reliance on manual, paper-based processes, limited functionality, and no integration capabilities. Seeking an easy-to-use online application, better content management, responsive support and a central data repository, they selected SmartSimple Cloud for Grants Management to modernize their workflows and reduce administrative burden.

SmartSimple Cloud implemented an automated, online grants platform combined with Premium Support Services and integrations (notably Signority for e-signing), replacing paper, fax and desktop workflows with a centralized system and automated reminders. With SmartSimple Cloud’s support and automated workflows, Irving Harris Foundation cut contract processing time by about 50%, sped up year-end management, improved file sharing and client support, and achieved significant efficiency gains across their grants operations.

Irving Harris Foundation

June Matayoshi

Grants Manager