Introduction

Fluxx – An overview in their own words.

Fluxx is the leading end-to-end grants management platform, purpose-built to meet the complex needs of modern grantmakers. Designed exclusively for grantmaking and award management, Fluxx combines a rich set of tools with intuitive design to streamline operations, foster collaboration, and maximize impact across the entire grants lifecycle.

Comprehensive & Purpose-Built

Fluxx is not a generic workflow tool adapted for philanthropy—it was built from the ground up for grantmakers, by grantmakers. From funding announcements and application intake, to monitoring, evaluation, and storytelling, Fluxx centralizes every aspect of your grantmaking process in one platform.

Collaboration at Its Core

Grantmaking is inherently collaborative. Fluxx brings funders, staff, and grantees together through personalized portals, role-based dashboards, and real-time data sharing—creating a single source of truth and a shared workspace that enhances transparency, alignment, and accountability.

Data, AI, and Insight

Data and AI are at the heart of Fluxx’s innovation strategy. Fluxx empowers grantmakers to turn data into intelligence—connecting information across systems, surfacing insights instantly, and enabling smarter decisions at every stage of the grants lifecycle. With new AI-driven capabilities, Fluxx helps organizations uncover trends, summarize information, and automate routine tasks, giving teams more time to focus on strategy and impact.

Grantee Relationship Management

Relationships are central to effective philanthropy. Fluxx includes robust Grantee Relationship Management (GRM) tools that go beyond contact tracking—offering intelligence to match the right grantees to your programs, ensure eligibility, and support due diligence, all while staying connected to your mission.

Grantelligence™: BI Designed for Grantmakers

Fluxx is home to Grantelligence™, the only business intelligence and analytics platform built specifically for grantmaking. With 7,000+ dynamic visualizations, drag-and-drop customization, and real-time dashboards, Grantelligence empowers teams to grant smarter, faster, and with greater accuracy.

Seamless Integration and Automation

Fluxx is designed to work with your broader ecosystem. It offers a read/write API and supports webhooks to ensure seamless, real-time data exchange. Integrations with Power Automate and Zapier make it easy to automate workflows and connect Fluxx Grantmaker with your existing tools—enabling data to flow effortlessly in and out of the platform and reducing manual work.

Fluxx powers collaboration, elevates insights, and helps grantmakers drive measurable change. Whether you’re looking to improve operational efficiency, deepen grantee engagement, or make data-informed decisions, Fluxx is your partner in mission-aligned innovation.

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Integrations

Data Next-Level Practice #1

Develop system defaults that make existing data sources easy to find and use.

  • Build functionality to support easy data discovery, reuse, and sharing that funders and nonprofits opt into by default.
  • Develop real-time data sharing pipelines with data providers, utilizing various application programming interfaces (APIs), including read/write, webhook/event-driven, and/or firehose APIs.
  • Offer easy-to-use data catalogs.

Defaulting to easy discovery and reuse of existing data saves time, reduces burden, and ensures access to accurate, up-to-date information.

Third Party Data Integrations

Third-party data integrations streamline workflows by automatically populating applications and reports with information, reducing manual entry and administrative burden. They also enhance decision-making by providing richer organizational insights and enabling easier data comparison across applicants.

Data Source Integration Type Model for Access Integration Process
360Giving API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Candid API (Read/Write) Free To All Integrated by Default for All
CauseIQ API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Charity Navigator API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
GivingTuesday API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
GlobalGiving Using Self-Serve Tools Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
GreatNonprofits API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Impact Genome API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Impala API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Nonprofit Open Data Collective API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
NGOsource API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
OrgHunter API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Philanthropy Data Commons API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
ProPublica API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
UpMetrics API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Urban API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
US Census Bureau API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
US IRS API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
United Nations API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools
Other Data Source API (Read/Write) Pass Through API Key Using Self-Serve Tools

All of the data tools mentioned above can seamlessly integrate with Fluxx through our Open Read/Write API. This flexible, bidirectional API empowers customers to build a custom data ecosystem around Fluxx—connecting the tools they use most to enhance reporting, analytics, and operational workflows. With the Fluxx API, customers and their partners would build the integrations, having the freedom to choose and configure the data connections that work best for their organizations. Data Aquisition charges were primarily left blank because the acquisition charges would be between our customer and the data set they are looking to integrate with. Additionally, we connect with: grants.gov, grantseeker.com, and Account Payable Solutions through paid integrations.

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External Data Sharing

Build real-time data pipelines (read/write/webhook APIs).

Offering read/write, webhook, or firehose APIs for external data sharing makes it easy for funders to set permissions and automatically share data directly with the entities they choose.

Yes, Fluxx offers a robust set of API capabilities for external data sharing, including read/write functionality, webhook support, and integrations with platforms Zapier and Power Automate. Fluxx uses a RESTful web-based API, enabling external applications to securely communicate with and manipulate data within the Fluxx platform. Our Open Read/Write API supports a wide range of use cases, such as: Creating or updating records in Fluxx Pulling real-time data for reporting and analysis Payment and accounting system integrations Connecting to external BI tools like Power BI and Tableau via a secondary database Automating workflows through Zapier, Power Automate, and similar tools Fluxx also supports webhooks, allowing customers to trigger external workflows or data syncs in real time based on activity within the platform. While Fluxx provides technical support for API usage—including examples via cURL and Ruby interpolations on macOs. We maintain a network of recommended integration partners who can assist with setup and custom development as needed. Fluxx’s flexible API framework ensures our customers can design a connected, data-rich ecosystem tailored to their operational and reporting needs.

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Data Catalogs or Documentation

Provide easy to use data catalogs.

Providing easy-to-use data catalogs demystifies which third-party data sources a system integrates with, helping users understand their options before creating custom grant applications or reporting features.

API documentation, Data Schema and KB articles are available through our support and community.

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Reusing Data As A Primary Source

Use existing data before requesting new data entry.

Prioritizing existing third-party data as a primary source means making it the default—encouraging customers to use available data first and add custom questions or reporting features only as needed. This helps funders start with what exists and build from that baseline.

Fully implemented and available through Fluxx Grantmaker and the online application, using Candid data, available for all customers.

Available Nlp

On-Platform Nonprofit Profiles

Support nonprofit profiles that can be reused on multiple grant applications.

Storing nonprofit profile information collected by other funders is a strong first step in reducing burden—especially if nonprofits can reuse that data for applications and reports. Sharing it with central data repositories and providers takes the effort even further.

Fully implemented and available through the online application, available for all customers using Candid data and data prepopulated in their Fluxx database.

Capacity Building

Data Next-Level Practice #3

Build funder and nonprofit data capacity through integrated educational resources that help them understand data reuse and sharing.

Educational resources build funder and nonprofit capacity to reuse and share data effectively, reducing duplication and improving decisions.

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Integrated Educational Resources

Demystify data reuse and sharing with helpful educational resources.

Educating funders and nonprofits about where their data resides, how to update it, and empowering them to control their narratives across multiple platforms is essential. This not only helps keep information current but also reduces burden when the same data is reused by multiple funders.

We educate our community continuously on data best practices.

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Data Reuse Onboarding & Training

Data reuse concepts integrated as part of onboarding and training.

During onboarding, showing new customers how the system supports data reuse helps them embed better data practices across the grant lifecycle, reducing nonprofit burden and strengthening overall data quality.

Yes, this is part of our onboarding best practices.

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Data Sharing Onboarding & Training

Data sharing concepts integrated as part of onboarding and training.

During onboarding, showing new customers how the system supports data sharing helps them embed better data practices across the grant lifecycle, reducing nonprofit burden and strengthening overall data quality.

Yes, this is part of our onboarding best practices.

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Data Reuse In Place of Manual Collection

Actively encourage data reuse in place of manual collection.

Actively promoting data reuse in your materials, trainings, and system outreach sets a new standard and helps shift expectations away from customization and bespoke data collection.

Yes, this is part of our onboarding best practices.

Taxonomies

Data Next-Level Practice #4

Default to modern, common taxonomies and support interoperability.

  • Develop default functionalities that support the use of modern, common taxonomies (e.g., GeoNames, Impact Genome Standards, Candid Philanthropy Classification System, UN SDGs, etc.).
  • Develop the functionality to map/crosswalk custom taxonomies—e.g., those proprietary to your system or those custom to individual organizations—to modern, common taxonomies for interoperability.
  • Develop the functionality to map/crosswalk legacy taxonomies —e.g., the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE)—to modern, common taxonomies for interoperability.

Using common taxonomies with crosswalks ensures interoperability, prevents silos, and makes data easier to compare and integrate across systems.

Integrated Taxonomies

A platform’s ability to support modern, widely adopted taxonomies makes it easier to align with sector standards and conduct “apples to apples” analysis while reducing data collection burdens on nonprofits. As NTEE is no longer updated and contains offensive and outdated language, it is not considered a modern, common taxonomy.

Taxonomy Type Availability Mappings/Crosswalks
Candid Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) Multi-Faceted Integrated by Default for All Not Currently
Geonames Geographic Using Self-Serve Tools Not Currently
International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Aid Tracking Using Self-Serve Tools Not Currently
Impact Genome Standards Impact Measurement Using Self-Serve Tools Not Currently
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Development Goals Using Self-Serve Tools Not Currently
System Proprietary Taxonomies Custom Using Self-Serve Tools Not Currently
Bespoke Custom Taxonomies Custom Using Self-Serve Tools Not Currently

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Taxonomy Educational Resources

Help funders understand the benefits of modern, common taxonomies.

Educating funders about available resources encourages them to build on existing frameworks rather than designing their own. This helps the sector move toward a more common understanding of its activities.

Yes, in our customer community, we share resources around taxonomy education.

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Taxonomy Catalogs or Documentation

Provide clients with a taxonomy catalog to encourage discovery.

Providing clients with a taxonomy catalog or documentation of integrated modern taxonomies helps demystify system options and encourages funders to build on common frameworks.

We provide examples of how our community is using taxonomies.

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Multi-Taxonomy Coding

Support coding data into multiple modern, common taxonomies.

Supporting the ability to code into multiple modern, common taxonomies allows funders to compare apples-to-apples data and impact across the sector and around the world.

Our customers can use whichever taxonomy is best for their grantmaking.

Burden Reduction

Data Next-Level Practice #5

Develop tools, systems, and feedback loops to monitor and reduce burdens.

  • Develop tracking metrics and opportunities for feedback so that funders can take informed actions that proactively reduce burdens in their systems and processes.
  • Develop tools, such as performance dashboards and in-line recommendations in application editors, that can guide funders to reduce burdens and incorporate Data Next-Level Practices proactively.

Tracking tools and feedback loops make burdens visible so funders can take action to reduce them and improve nonprofit experiences.

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Estimated Time and Effort to Completion Tracking

Offer tools and systems for proactively reducing burdens.

Providing funders and nonprofits with estimates of the time and effort required for processes like LOIs, surveys, and applications helps all stakeholders manage these types of processes more effectively.

Our customers can share this information on their application forms.

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Burden Reduction Performance Dashboards

Offer dashboards that give insight into burden reduction efforts.

Providing funders with performance dashboards or metrics to track burden reduction helps them better understand how their processes impact nonprofit partners.

Our customers can set up their dashboards to capture the information that is important to them, including applicant burden.

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In-Line Burden Reduction Guidance

Proactively reduce application burden with immediate feedback and help.

Offering funders in-line guidance within application editors proactively encourages them to reduce applicant burden.

Our customers share best practices around reducing the burden on applicants in our community.

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Applicant Feedback Loops

Offer ability for applicants to provide feedback on systems and processes.

Allowing applicants to provide (optionally anonymous) feedback on funder systems and processes captures fresh, real-time insights and enables continuous improvement.

Our customers can capture this information in a variety of ways, including using a Fluxx application form.

Data Governance

Data Next-Level Practice #6

Offer transparent data governance and update processes.

  • Publicly share your data governance policy on your website.
  • Be open about your governance processes with stakeholders (e.g., funders; data, taxonomy, and infrastructure providers; and nonprofits) as you plan to update data systems, processes, and taxonomies.
  • Offer the ability for stakeholders to provide suggestions and input on a rolling basis.

Transparent governance builds trust and accountability while inviting stakeholder input to keep data practices fair and responsive.

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Data Governance Policy Available Online

Publicly share data governance policy.

Publicly sharing your data governance update process lets users know when they can provide feedback and how actively the company reviews its policies.

We share our data governance policy with all customers and are available to customers on request.

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Transparent Data Governance Update Process

Be open about governance update processes with stakeholders.

Sharing information about how and when data governance policies are updated shows that the organization is actively maintaining and improving its practices. It helps nonprofits and funders understand how decisions are made, when changes might affect them, and how they can stay aligned. Transparency in the update process builds trust, ensures accountability, and signals that governance is not static but responsive to evolving needs and standards in the sector.

We share our data governance policy with all customers and are available to customers on request.

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Governance Feedback Loops

Offer the ability for stakeholders to provide input on a rolling basis.

Offering the ability for stakeholders to provide suggestions and input on a rolling basis ensures that users feel heard and respected while building a culture of learning and partnership.

Our customers have open lines of communication to share feedback.

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Editorial Notes

About the Directories
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