Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report 

V. Challenges/Emerging Issues 

Technology Issues That Grantmakers Are Not Prepared to Address 

Expansion and Maintenance of Website 

Purposes for Which Website Is Used (n = 307) 

1   Do not have a website 

2   Provide general information about the foundation and its programs 

3   Provide general information about issues the foundation funds  

4   Publish foundation reports 

5   Search grants database 

6   Accept applications online 

7   Accept grantee reports online  

In contrast, less than 30 percent of foundations reported using a staff intranet to 

communicate and share information with staff and board members (Table A 6). Of those 

foundations that do have an intranet, it is used to provide general administrative (HR, 

accounting, travel) policy information, to link to useful resources, to share online forms 

such as travel expenses and petty cash reimbursement and to manage collaborative work 

processes.  

More than 50 percent of foundations reported relying on an outside vendor to maintain 

the content on the foundation's website. This dependence on outside vendors may 

account for why most foundations have not yet added interactive components such as 

online grant applications to their website and are challenged by how to expand and 

upgrade their websites.  

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