GIFTS system is a single Windows-based application that communicates with a database server over a local area network; in this sense, it is a classic, two-tiered deployment of a client-server application. Internally, GIFTS has an architecture that partitions the presentation, business logic and data access layers in order to provide consistency of design, performance, stability and maintainability of the software.
GIFTS system is the best of breed application for grants management. No other tool on the market offers the range of functionality and scope of coverage of the grants management process from beginning to end. You can think of GIFTS as the Swiss army knife of managing a foundations business processes, with a powerful set of core features to capture all the data associated with a grant from beginning to end, to manage time and staff resources, to budget your giving, to create reports and to correspond with grantees. Comprehensiveness of features and functionality, flexible data structures, a customisable user interface, and powerful integration with the applications you use everyday, like Word and Excel, all result in a tool of unparalleled capability, range and focus.
As a Windows-based software application, GIFTS presents a carefully designed user interface that makes it quick and easy to enter data, to navigate through related records and information, to create and manage documents, to export data to Excel, to create simple or sophisticated queries to find the information you need, and to generate presentation quality reports with the click of a button. Like most professional tools, the reality is that most people will not be able to use GIFTS out of the box - a day of training will be required to make effective use of the product. But once a user has become familiar with the world of GIFTS and basic operations, they will enjoy a fine-grained control over every critical process that drives your organization from day to day.
