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Common Grant Application
Santa Monica, California, United States
What it is
Common Grant Application is a web system for managing grant and scholarship lifecycles, from applications through grant administration. Grantmakers can create reusable forms for applications, recommendations, and reports with text, document, and media fields. The service supports online and paper-based applications. Review workflows can include evaluation stages, reviewer groups, scoring or ranking, notes, and controls over evaluation visibility. After decisions, organizations can manage grant agreements, reports, and payment amounts, with payment information exportable to a spreadsheet. Each application allows up to two grant agreements and eight grant reports. The system serves foundations, government agencies, giving circles, faith-based or fraternal organizations, and scholarship providers. It runs in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari without installation. Applicants pay nothing; grantmakers subscribe monthly. Plans start at $175 a month for Low Complexity, with setup, support, and training included.
For and against
For
- Reusable application and report forms
- Configurable reviewer scoring
- Payment export to spreadsheets
- Browser-based with no installation
- Applicant access is free
Against
- No free plan for grantmakers
- Two-agreement application limit
- Eight-report application limit
- No DocuSign integration
The verdict
Common Grant Application covers configurable intake, evaluation, and post-award administration for organizations running grant programs. Its monthly plans and application limits should be matched to program volume.
Who it suits
It suits grantmakers and scholarship providers that need configurable forms, review workflows, and award administration in a browser.
Plans and prices
Low Complexity
1–2 administrative users · 1–50 applications received per year · $0–$500,000 annual grant value · unlimited reviewers, programs, applications and documents
Read 29 Sep 2026 · commongrantapplication.com
Medium Complexity
3–5 administrative users · 51–200 applications received per year · $500,000–$2,000,000 annual grant value · unlimited reviewers, programs, applications and documents
Read 29 Sep 2026 · commongrantapplication.com
High Complexity
6 or more administrative users · 201 or more applications received per year · $2,000,000 or higher annual grant value · unlimited reviewers, programs, applications and documents
Read 29 Sep 2026 · commongrantapplication.com
On the record
- Applicant pricing
- Applicants pay nothing to use the system; grantmakers pay a monthly subscription fee.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Data access
- A July 2026 release note says the service added an MCP resource server and OAuth 2.1 authorization server for future AI use.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Forms and applications
- Grantmakers can create reusable forms for applications, recommendations and reports, with fields for text, documents and media uploads.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Grant administration
- Grantmakers can manage grant agreements, reports and payment amounts; payment information can be exported in a spreadsheet.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- History
- The maker says development of its online application began in 2005 and its first beta users started using Common Grant Application at the end of 2007.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The maker says there is no DocuSign integration or general online payment mechanism; it offers a Bill.com integration to generate an invoice for online payment.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The maker lists private, public, community, operating and corporate foundations, government agencies, giving circles, faith-based or fraternal organizations, and scholarship providers as its audience.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Notable application limits
- Each application can have up to two grant agreements and eight grant reports.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Platform requirements
- The maker says nothing needs to be installed and the system can be used in a web browser, including Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- The product is a customizable online system for managing grant and scholarship lifecycles, including online and paper-based applications.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Reviews
- The system supports configurable evaluation steps, reviewer groups, scoring or ranking, notes, and evaluation visibility controls.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- The maker says it generally adheres to GDPR and CCPA, does not sell user information, stores data in the United States, and uses secure communications and password-protected accounts.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker lists setup help, ongoing support, online help, and email and phone support; its pricing page says setup, ongoing support and training have no additional charge.commongrantapplication.com · read 29 Sep 2026
