Stop Chasing Grantee Reports.
Start Coordinating Real Impact.
FastRoots gives community foundations one shared platform to track food relief outcomes across their entire grantee network, eliminating duplicate reporting while revealing gaps, overlaps, and collaboration opportunities you can't see today.
You're Funding Food Relief.
But Do You Really Know What's Working?
The Data Nightmare
Your Program Officer spends 12+ hours every week chasing the same information from 40 grantees across different formats, spreadsheets, and email threads.
When reporting season hits, you're still asking: Which neighborhoods have no coverage? Who's serving the same families? Where should our next dollar go?
The Coordination Black Hole
You fund 15 food pantries. The county funds 8 more. A private foundation supports 12 meal programs. Nobody knows who's doing what, where, or for whom.
Grantees waste time reporting the same data to multiple funders. Potential collaborations never happen because organizations don't know each other exists.
The Board Meeting Problem
Your board asks: "Are we making a difference? How do we compare to last year? What's our strategy for closing gaps?"
You scramble to compile fragmented data into PowerPoint slides that still can't answer: Are we funding the right things?
Reporting shouldn’t take 30% of the sector’s time.
Nonprofits spend up to 30% of their time on grant reporting, while more than half of foundations are still trying to streamline their own data systems. FastRoots replaces redundant reporting with a shared, real-time view of results.
Sources: Technology Association of Grantmakers, State of Philanthropy Tech (2024) & Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
One Platform. Complete Visibility. Actual Coordination.
FastRoots is a collaborative data platform built specifically for community foundations coordinating food relief ecosystems. Grantees report once. You see everything. Everyone wins.
See your entire ecosystem on one screen:
Which organizations are active in each neighborhood
What services they're providing and when
How many people they're reaching
Where gaps and overlaps exist
Who's collaborating with whom
For Your Program Team
Report once, satisfy everyone:
One simple form replaces 4-6 different funder reports
Takes 10 minutes per month instead of hours per quarter
Data flows automatically to all participating funders
See their work in context with peer organizations
Discover collaboration opportunities
For Your Grantees
Board-ready insights in minutes:
Auto-generated impact reports with maps and metrics
Year-over-year comparisons at portfolio and grantee level
Clear visualization of collective outcomes
Evidence of coordination and gap-filling
Stories and data together
For Your Leadership & Board
From Fragmented Reports to Coordinated Intelligence in Three Steps
Grantees Enter Data
Each grantee submits a simple monthly update through a customized form aligned to your priorities. The form takes 10-15 minutes. Data is standardized automatically.
FastRoots Organizes & Connects
Our platform automatically maps every service, links organizations, identifies overlaps and gaps, tracks partnerships, and flags emerging needs.
You See Actionable Insights
Access real-time dashboards showing coverage maps, impact metrics, collaboration networks, and trend analysis. Generate reports in 3 clicks.
How Western North Carolina Food Relief Went from Fragmented to Coordinated
Three food relief organizations and one regional collaborative used FastRoots to create the first complete picture of grant performance across a 12-county region.
The Challenge
Three food relief organizations wanted to collaborate for a $1.5M long term recovery grant from the American Red Cross:
Each grantee had different, overlapping service areas
No one knew the complete picture of who was serving where
Funder could not identify gaps or prevent duplication
Grantees were overwhelmed with reporting demands
The Solution
The funder implemented FastRoots across the grantee network:
Standardized reporting across all organizations
Created share visibility for funder and fiscal sponsor
Built real-time maps showing service coverage and gaps
Enabled grantees to report once for funder and fiscal sponsor
The Results
During the 5-month grant period:
106,000+ meals and food boxes delivered across 45 relief centers in 12 counties
Organizations collaborated for more efficient food relief distribution
Complete coverage map showing service availability
First-ever regional report on collective impact.
“What impressed us most about this grant was watching the three grantee organizations collaborate. Instead of working in silos, they used shared data to see each other's service areas and coordinate distribution across 45 relief centers in 12 counties. This peer-to-peer coordination led to over 106,000 meals being delivered efficiently to families in need. It's a model we hope to see in future recovery grants."
Director, Long Term Recovery Operations, American Red Cross
“As fiscal sponsor, we're ultimately accountable for grant performance across multiple grantees, but we rarely have the tools to actually see what's happening in real time. FastRoots changed that completely. We could see grantee activity, identify where the three organizations needed to coordinate better, and report confidently to the American Red Cross about collective impact. This level of visibility and control is exactly what fiscal sponsors need but almost never have. It transformed how we managed this complex, multi-partner grant."
CEO, Impact Health
“FastRoots gave us real-time visibility into what the other relief organizations were doing. Being able to see their service areas and coordinate deliveries helped us avoid duplication and work more efficiently. We also discovered partnership opportunities we wouldn't have found otherwise. The shared platform made collaboration much easier during a critical recovery period.”
Executive Director, Equal Plates Project
Questions Foundations Ask Us
How is this different from our grants management system?
FastRoots complements your GMS, it doesn't replace it. Your GMS handles application intake, award processing, compliance tracking, and financial management. FastRoots focuses on what happens AFTER you make the grant: tracking real-world activities, outcomes, and ecosystem coordination.
Think of it this way: Your GMS tells you who you funded and for how much. FastRoots tells you what they actually did with that funding and how it connects to everyone else's work.
We integrate with major GMS platforms (Foundant, Fluxx, Submittable) so data flows between systems.
Our grantees are already overwhelmed. Won't this add more burden?
FastRoots actually reduces burden, especially for grantees reporting to multiple funders. Here's how:
One form replaces many: When multiple funders participate, grantees report once instead of 3-6 times
Takes minutes, not hours: Our streamlined form takes 10-15 minutes monthly vs. hours for traditional reports
They see value for themselves: Grantees get ecosystem visibility and collaboration opportunities, not just compliance
We handle onboarding: We train your grantees directly and provide ongoing support
What if the data is messy or inconsistent?
That's exactly what FastRoots is designed to solve. Here's what we handle:
Standardization built-in: Dropdown menus and structured fields prevent data inconsistency
Automatic validation: The system checks entries in real-time and flags issues
Data cleaning support: We help clean historical data during setup if you want to import it
Incremental improvement: You don't need perfect data to start; quality improves over time
Ready to Coordinate for Greater Impact?
Whether you want to see the platform, start with a pilot, or just learn more, we're here to help.