About GENNOW

The institutional memory and funding system for small nonprofits.

Small and community-based nonprofits do vital work without the staff, systems, and infrastructure that funding requires. GENNOW provides that infrastructure so organizations can build capacity, secure funding, manage grants, and demonstrate impact.

Why we exist

Good work was getting stuck for lack of infrastructure.

Small nonprofits spend scarce time wrestling with grant applications, evaluation, compliance, reporting, and administrative tasks that larger organizations assign to entire teams. Without that infrastructure, funding moves slowly and the organizations closest to their communities remain under-resourced.

GENNOW closes that gap. We give small nonprofits one place to build capacity, capture institutional knowledge, find funding, manage grants, and report impact, the back office most organizations could never afford to build themselves.

The invisible majority

Who we build for, and why enterprise software never fit them.

Annual budget< $250K
Staff< 5
Grant writers0
Evaluators0
Our mission

We help nonprofits become fundable.

We help small and community-based nonprofits build capacity, secure funding, and demonstrate impact, regardless of mission.

Built specifically for

Small & emerging nonprofitsRural & community-based organizationsSmall teams doing big workLimited administrative capacityNo dedicated development team

Built for the 92% of nonprofits operating with limited staff and limited resources.

What we do

One platform, the work of a whole team.

GENNOW gives small nonprofits the four capabilities they would otherwise have to hire for. Each one builds on your organization profile.

01

Become fundable

A living profile, programs, theory of change, and logic models, with a readiness score that shows what to strengthen.

02

Find funding

Discover opportunities that fit in the Marketplace, and bring in any grant you find anywhere else.

03

Apply faster

Deploy drafts every application answer from your profile, so you respond in hours, not weeks.

04

Manage & report

Track grants, deliverables, and evidence in Trove, then generate the reports funders expect.

What makes us different

One platform instead of six.

Most nonprofits stitch together a handful of tools to do what GENNOW does in a single system.

What you need to do
What it usually takes
GENNOW
Build organizational capacity
ConsultantsTrainingsBoard retreats
Discover grants & funding
InstrumentlGrantStationCandid
Store documents & records
Google DriveDropbox
Write grant narratives
ConsultantsAI toolsWord
Track deadlines & report
SpreadsheetsEmail
Preserve institutional knowledge
Shared drivesStaff memory
Manage grants after award
SpreadsheetsCalendarsEmailReports

Most tools help nonprofits find funding. GENNOW helps small nonprofits build capacity, apply faster, manage grants, and report impact.

What guides us

Our values.

The principles that guide how we build products, serve organizations, and strengthen nonprofit capacity.

Capacity first

No organization should be shut out of funding for lack of administrative infrastructure. We help small nonprofits compete without a large staff or outside consultants.

Organizational knowledge matters

Institutional knowledge should be preserved, reusable, and owned by the organization. Every program, application, report, and story strengthens future work.

Equity in access

We expand access to funding for the small organizations and communities that need it most.

Evidence over assumptions

Logic models, outcomes, evaluation, and data guide decisions, funding, and growth. Strong organizations are built on evidence, not guesswork.

Knowledge that compounds

Every action enriches your profile, so your next application is easier than your last.

Lasting infrastructure

Our aim is to be the operating system small nonprofits keep, long after any single grant.

Build the infrastructure your mission deserves.

Create your organization profile and start becoming fundable today.