How Plinth works
Due diligence in minutes, not weeks. Form 990, OFAC and 501(c)(3) checks run in the background — so your team's time goes to grantees, and your board gets reports built on real evidence.
Plugs into Salesforce, Blackbaud, Fluxx and Foundant. No migration, live in days.
Book a demoDeveloped with Foundations and Government across the UK.
How it works
We transform every step of the grantmaking process. Application information can be seamlessly passed between your CRM and Plinth at any stage.
Application
Supporting groups to write better applications
Due Diligence
Auto-checking 990s, LUNA, policies and documents
Assessment
Auto-finding evidence for assessment criteria
Feedback
Auto-drafting feedback for every applicant
Monitoring
Compare application to progress reports
Reporting
Generate stunning reports in seconds
01 — Open the door
Fairer Applications
Applications any organization can complete, with eligibility answered up front — so the strongest work reaches you, not just the best-resourced applicants.
Build and edit your own forms — easy for grantees to complete and easy for your team to change
Real-time eligibility screening — applicants know instantly whether they qualify, so nobody's time is wasted
A simpler process on both sides — no wasted effort, fewer ineligible applications reaching your panel
02 — Check with confidence
Check with confidence
Due diligence runs in the background on every applicant — with every source linked, so your panel reads applications worth funding and your file is audit-ready from day one.
501(c)(3) verification, OFAC screening and Form 990 analysis — verified against IRS records automatically
Due diligence and assessment reduced from hours to minutes — safeguarding, governance and reputational risks flagged without manual checks
News and reputational risk scanned on every applicant — every check logged, every source linked to your file
03 — Stay close, and show it worked
Stay close and prove your strategy works
With the paperwork handled, your team's time goes to grantees — site visits, conversations, building capacity. Simple check-ins feed straight into outcome data.
Grantee check-ins that take minutes — short updates replace long reports, and every answer flows into your impact evidence
Impact reports generated on demand from your full grant history — outcomes, milestones and financials in one place
When the board asks “did it work?”, you answer with evidence — polished and ready for trustees, donors, whoever's asking
Proven in practice.
"This is so extremely helpful, it reduces our time spent on due diligence by more than half, easily."
Niamh Graham
Young Kensington & Chelsea
"Plinth dramatically improved the speed and efficiency of our work without sacrificing quality."
Sharon Gollan
Head of Grants at Point North
Your return on investment.
| Before | → | After | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Due Diligence & Assessment | 2-3 hours | 20-30 minutes | |
| # Assessors / fund | 3-5 | 1 | |
| Feedback given | Generic/templated | Personalized and specific | |
| Impact Reporting | Annually, for big funds or overall | On demand – tailored to your stakeholders. |
Calculate Your Time & Cost Savings in Grantmaking
See the administrative benefits of automating due diligence, Form 990 reviews, OFAC screening, and compliance checks immediately.
Calculate Your Potential ROI
* Assumes 33% of applications are currently ineligible, reduced by 50% with AI screening
Getting started.
Go live in a single day — our AI-powered onboarding imports your existing PDF fund guidelines and Word application forms automatically. Flexible contracts, no multi-year lock-ins.
Complete GMS
Use Plinth as your sole Grant Management System.
Application Portal
Replace your form builder, and send applications from Plinth to your GMS.
Assessment Portal
Connect to your GMS and pull applications into Plinth for AI powered assessment.
Protected and secure data.
Enterprise-grade security built for the trust sector. Read our full security overview.
Encryption
All data encrypted at rest and in transit. TLS for all connections, salted and hashed passwords via scrypt.
Penetration Testing
Annual independent penetration testing by qualified third parties. Attestations available on request.
Backups & Recovery
Daily backups stored for 30 days, plus point-in-time recovery for the last 7 days. 0 RPO, 0 RTO.
GDPR Compliant
Fully GDPR compliant. Your data is never used to train any AI models.
Access Control & Audit
Role-based access with row-level permissions. Full audit logs for all data changes.
Connect with your existing systems.
Plinth plugs into Salesforce, Blackbaud, Fluxx, Foundant — or your spreadsheets. There's no migration, no implementation project, and nothing to rip out. Most teams are live in days.
Contact us.
1. Receive a 30 minute demo.
2. See entire application lifecycle.
3. Receive a tailored ROI.