Case Study: Capital Impact Partners achieves faster, more equitable grant decisions — saving 30 minutes per application — with Submittable

Forging an efficient path to social and economic justice

Capital Impact Partners, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution focused on equitable community development, faced a fragmented grant and program application process built on emails, Word docs, and PDFs that slowed decision-making and created accessibility barriers. Over the past four years they migrated their application intake and review workflows to Submittable’s application management platform to standardize processes, improve accessibility, and speed up reviews.

Submittable provided a single, remote repository with form-building, anonymous review, permission levels, and real-time reporting, enabling internal and external reviewers to score and comment seamlessly, standing up emergency COVID loan programs quickly and reducing manual coordination. The Submittable implementation improved equity and accessibility across programs, saved an estimated 30 minutes per application (about 500 hours total since 2017), and gave Capital Impact Partners immediate access to data to inform program strategy and expansion.

Capital Impact Partners

Elizabeth Luther

Detroit Program Director