Reports

As we wrap up 2024, we’re proud to celebrate a transformative year for the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG), guided by the dedication of our incredible members and board of directors.

Every two years, TAG conducts a survey to understand the policies, practices, and perceptions of technology in the grantmaking community.

This comprehensive guide works to identify, compare, and evaluate a wide range of features across 14 popular GMS platforms.

Humans are at the center of every change your organization makes, whether that’s adopting AI-enhanced tools or updating a grant application.

Where is philanthropy tech headed? What are my peers doing? How can I leverage peer benchmarking to advocate for change within my org?

In collaboration with the Finance, Administration & Operations Group for Community Foundations (FAOG), Grantbook, PEAK Grantmaking, and the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG), Tech Impact created the 2022 edition of the Landscape of Integrated Software...

This guide is to help leaders navigate the challenges around selecting and implementing a suite of systems that meet the needs of your organization. (TAG Members Only)

Further advancing an earlier study which confirmed that 39% of our grant applications are duplicative across funders, the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) has published the list of shared fields that comprise the nearly 40% of grant application overlap. The...

One in three nonprofits is in financial jeopardy as a result of the 2020 pandemic, according to a recent study by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. As grantmakers consider their responsibility to stabilize and even reimagine civil society, they...

The year 2020 was a radical stress test of our organizations’ technology and digital infrastructure, and a report card of how well, or how poorly, we as leaders planned for the unexpected. If anything, the events of the past year reinforce the conviction that...

Bolstered by the success of technology in response to the events of 2020, executive directors and CEOs are cautiously envisioning an expanded role for technology as a driver of efficiency, mission, and strategy in an increasingly dynamic context. Like their...

In August 2020, the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) conducted a survey to better understand the technology environment, practices, and perceptions of TAG members and their peers throughout North America. This year’s survey builds on past surveys, which...

Within philanthropy, IT often struggles to rise to the same level of prominence as the private sector. We make incremental progress – a database here, a new grants platform there – but tech largely remains behind the-scenes, focused tactically on operations and...

Currently, IT within community foundations is thought of as serving the organization’s strategy, goals, and objectives, rather than playing an integral role in shaping the strategy itself. IT departments are often asked, “Is there a tool that can do this?” rather than...

It's become abundantly clear there’s a new, non-negotiable competency required of every IT leader across the sector: Strategy. Addressed collectively, technology can forge a new identity based on operational excellence and future aspirations. Learn more about how to...

This briefing by NetHope, NTEN, and TAG outlines ways to equip the humanitarian sector during the immediate response phase of COVID-19. For the longer-term recovery phase, we offer ways to engage in strategic efforts toward funding and building a digital...

The 2020 Consumers Guide to Grants Management Systems reflects significant changes in the marketplace for grants management systems.

This landscape analysis is an attempt to cut through the clutter around impact for IT leaders and their executive teams. Too often, IT leaders are stymied by discussions on “impact,” as such discourse can be too wide-ranging for translation into operational strategy....

In July 2018, the Technology Affinity Group (TAG) conducted a survey to better understand the technology environment, practices, and perceptions of TAG members and their peers throughout North America. This year’s survey builds on past surveys which focused on IT...

TAG and PEAK Grantmaking (formerly GMN) have engaged Idealware, an independent nonprofit research organization, to update the 2012 report, A Consumers Guide to Integrated Software for Community Foundations. In this edition, we review eight software packages to see how...

TAG announces A Consumers Guide to Grants Management Systems, a new report released by Grants Managers Network (GMN) and Technology Affinity Group (TAG), with research conducted by Idealware. The report compares 29 grants management systems across 174 requirements...

This Idealware article funded by TAG reviews four different strategies for meeting your organization’s Board collaboration needs, including creating your own solution, adapting file sharing systems, using project management and collaboration tools and using dedicated...

TAG and GMN are pleased to release the 2014 Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report. The report concludes that funders are floundering with technology tools. While many foundations are very progressive with respect to their grantmaking programs, they are not...