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Submittable Product Details

Submittable powers you with tools to launch, manage, measure and grow your grant, giving and volunteering programs, locally and globally. From grants and CSR to awards and scholarship programs, we partner with you so you can start making a difference, fast. The start-to-finish platform makes your workflow smarter and more efficient, leading to better decisions and bigger impact. Easily report on success, distribute funds, prevent fraud and learn for the future—Submittable is flexible and powerful enough to grow alongside your programs. Submittable is used by more than 11 thousand organizations, from major foundations and corporations to governments, higher education, and more, and has accepted over 25 million applications to date, and distributed billions in funding on behalf of customers.

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Arabic, German, English, French, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Product Description

Submittable is a cloud-based platform that streamlines grant management, scholarships, corporate social responsibility initiatives, and submission processes for organizations across sectors. Trusted by corporations, education, foundations, governments, and nonprofits worldwide, Submittable provides powerful tools for application intake, collaborative review, post award compliance and impact reporting. The platform features customizable workflows, integrated payment processing, and robust analytics that help organizations make data-driven decisions. With its intuitive interface and centralized system, Submittable eliminates administrative burden, allowing teams to focus on what matters most—creating meaningful impact in their communities. Discover how Submittable can transform your organization's giving programs at submittable.com

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Submittable Demo - Collect grant applications

Submittable's intuitive form builder provides you with the tools to create custom forms to gather the information you need from applicants.

Collaborate with reviewers and stakeholders and keep all application materials and communications in one place.

Submittable Demo - Report on your success

Advanced reporting tools allow you to manage data, create graphs, and report on metrics to relevant stakeholders.

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Verified User in Publishing

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/3/2023

"Submittable is a powerful tool that streamlines our award management process."

4/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

We love the "open editing" feature and the use of email templates to simplify and automate different review processes. The "randomize assignments" feature is also incredibly useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

There are a few features that I'd love to see added to Submittable in the future. I'd love it if the search filters were a little more robust. It would be incredibly useful to be able to create our own tiers that different screeners and readers belong to and to be able to search for all assignments ready to be assigned or currently assigned to a given tier. I would also love to be able to sort by submissions that have been rated by the reader currently assigned to it. Currently, the filter for completed review pulls all results that have been read/rated by anyone as opposed to results that have been rated only by those currently assigned to them.

It would also be more convenient to be able to request refunds independently via Submittable instead of submitting a request to billing via email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our award has grown past the size that our team could comfortably manage without the assistance of some kind of software. Submittable is fulfilling that need for us and it also allows our readers to read remotely for the award. The amount of manuscripts that we are able to process with Submittable is far more than what we could do manually. We also appreciate that Submittable's platform is more convenient for many in the digital world we live in, which encourages our submitters to find and submit to us, expanding our reach to a broader audience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jeffery C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/13/2023

"Submittable: Great ROI with MINOR pitfalls"

5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

Submittable is user-friendly. it's easy to build new forms. We are able to utilize it for several different programs that have various application needs. Compared to the cost of other platforms that provide similar services, Submittable is the way to go. Yes, some frills have an additional cost, but overall it was the best return on investment that we found when looking for a paperless system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Having been a customer for several years, they recently took away the ability for the "owner" to amend things within the application. While I understand there can be very good reasons for this, I can't even re-send a request for a reference letter to be sent-in or a reference form to be completed. I'm dependent on the applicant to do that. I also can no longer see the email the reference request has been sent to...sounds very small, but over the years I have seen several transposed letters in email addresses. What was once a quick fix for me is now something that I can't even tell may be wrong. I know these sound fairly insignifcant, but they have affected the flow of work to some degree...and, if these are the worst things I have to complain about, it must be a pretty good platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

After years of working with paper application forms -- and making multiple copies for committee member reviews, we looked for an online platform that would improve our process that was affordable for our needs. We are a community health system with a very robust employee scholarship program, a competitive high school fellowship program, and a priceless employee (crisis) assistance program. However, we aren't talking thousands of entries per year (we're in a rural setting), so we needed a platform that "fit." Submittable was, and IS, that platform. On the backside of things, it's been very easy to train committee members to do reviews. I have literally been able to sit down with a 70-year-plus volunteer board member, and train them to do a multiple response application review in 15 minutes or less. I am able to make a quick review of the necessary components and then, in a couple of clicks, assign an application (or multiple applications) to the entire committee group. No more copies to make and/or distribute. My committee members can do their reviews from anywhere they have an internet connection -- so there's no scheduling meetings. I am able to design review forms that provide a numerical score for each reviewer, as well as an average for the group. This allows me to determine my awardees by finding a natural "cutline" in the scores and working from there. It's no longer dependent on "I like this one..." and then they can't articulate why. I can see the why in the tabulation of their review. (The point system is not visible to the reviewer. They make their selection on merit not on favoritism.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Steffanie B.

Compliance Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/11/2023

"Great way to digitize your application process"

5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

Submittable enables staff to view any application - this is helpful when staff are out of the office, anyone can access the file to provide assistance.

The program has also enabled people who live throughout our large county to be able to apply online 24 hours per day.

Submittable staff are very helpful and responsive when we have an issue.

Finally, the variety of reports that are available to build is helpful when reporting grant administrators, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

A few wishes that I have for Submittable:

1. We are required to keep paper files for the time being. Submittable forms don't print that great and our paper files look messy. We also would like to have paper applications for those who are not comfortable applying online - we've had to build our own paper applications because printing it from Submittable is nearly impossible to make look good.

2. It would be nice if we could make changes/corrections to an application after it has been submitted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Brooke D.

Manager of Cultural Programs

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/8/2024

"Highly Recommend Submittable for your grant review needs"

5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

Easy to use and we can see all attchments in the review screen without having to toggle between different documents. The system is user friendly - it's easy to build out guidelines and review documents. Additionally the Submittable team's customer service is TOP NOTCH! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

The only thing that's challenging is not having a CRM attached to Submittable - sure wish this existed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Libraries

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/8/2024

"Dedicated Customer Service"

5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

Submittable streamlined our Call to Artists application process by eliminating many cumbersome steps, like accessing emails and downloading and uploading images and artist statements. Any needs we had relating to the functions of Submittable, like how to create subroutines or how to add a function, were immediately addressed by their customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

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Conner P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/14/2023

"Submittable has worked out great for our business!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

We like that our customers are easily able to submit applications online. It was very simple to build forms and we have several of them. The training provided was wonderful and I felt I had all the tools to succed. Also, the online FAQ's and tutorials have been helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

I wish there were different ways to format questions for instance the address. For our purposes, I had to separate all fields of the address. Also, with selecting the country, it would be easier if United States was placed at the top instead of having to scroll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kaycee N.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/8/2024

"Submittable Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

It's incredibly easy for our reviewers to review/score projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

I would like the ability to upload documents to accompany the project after the project has been submited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Angela T.

SEA

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/8/2024

"Time saver!!"

4/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

Helped save time with grant applications and reviewing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Not able to use search bar to search WITHIN the submissions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ana C.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/3/2023

"Excellent Product with many adjustable features"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

I like the filters and the tags I can add to the projects which makes is easy to find various projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

I don't like how the settings are difficult to locate and changing anything on the site takes forever. Whenever I fix something I can never do it again or show my coworkers because it is so convoluted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Alyssa N.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/25/2023

"Exactly what we need for our non-profit poetry press"

5/5

What do you like best about Submittable?

We've used Submittable for so long, it was called Submishmash when we first started using it. We have seen Submittable through so many transformations, and each update they do has only enhanced the site and made our lives easier. We have an annual competition that we run through Submittable and it makes it so easy to tag, review, and vote on manuscripts. We can't imagine using anything else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

There is not much that we dislike. It might be nice to have even more ways of sorting labels (as we use labels a lot), but that is not a negative thing. If the labels stayed the same, it would be absolutely fine, too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.