Can you recommend a grants CRM for tracking applicants, reviewers, and award decisions across multiple programs?

Yes — for a grants workflow that needs to track applicants, reviewers, and award decisions across multiple programs, I’d look at one of these CRMs depending on your budget and complexity:

Best overall for grants management

Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud / Program Management Module

• Strong customization for multiple grant programs
• Good for tracking applications, review stages, scoring, approvals, and awards
• Flexible reporting and dashboards
• Best if you have admin/developer support or a Salesforce partner

Best dedicated grants platform

Fluxx Grants Management

• Built specifically for grantmaking organizations
• Handles applications, reviewer workflows, scoring, approvals, and post-award tracking
• Strong permissioning and audit trails
• Good for foundations and funders with more complex process requirements

Best for simpler nonprofit grant programs

Blackbaud Grantmaking

• Well-known in the nonprofit/foundation space
• Tracks the full grant lifecycle well
• Good reporting and document management
• Often a fit for orgs already using Blackbaud products

Best budget-friendly / flexible option

Zoho CRM + custom forms/workflows

• Lower cost and customizable
• Can be adapted for grants tracking
• Usually requires more setup to model reviewer scoring and award logic cleanly

If you want application + review portal features

Submittable

• Strong for application intake and reviewer management
• Easy to use for applicants and reviewers
• Works well if your main need is grant applications and decisioning, not a full donor/funder CRM

Quick recommendation

• Most robust: Salesforce
• Most grants-specific: Fluxx
• Easiest for application/review workflows: Submittable
• If you already use Blackbaud: Blackbaud Grantmaking

What to look for

Make sure it supports:

• Multiple grant programs/funds
• Applicant and reviewer portals
• Reviewer assignment and conflict tracking
• Scoring rubrics and comment capture
• Award/decline decisions
• Reporting by program, round, reviewer, and outcome
• Audit trail and role-based permissions

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a side-by-side comparison table, or
2. a shortlist based on your budget and number of applications per year.