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The AI stack built for foundation and nonprofit ops teams.

Grant pipelines, donor updates, budgets, and compliance — without another disconnected database.

A 4-person ops team running a $50M foundation does the same work as a 40-person program office at a larger one. You're tracking grant applications through a Salesforce instance someone set up three consultants ago, chasing signatures on grant agreements in DocuSign, writing donor update letters that need to land in the right LP-adjacent tone, reconciling program spend in QuickBooks against a budget that lives in a shared Google Sheet, pulling board-meeting dashboards by hand the week before each meeting, and answering the same compliance questions about 990 filings and expenditure responsibility. The purpose-built tools — Fluxx, Foundant, Blackbaud — cost six figures and assume a dedicated grants-management team. Starch doesn't replace your grants database or your accounting system. It connects to them (Salesforce and Xero via the integration browser, QuickBooks via Tier 1 sync, donor portals via browser automation) and lets you build the surfaces in between — the grant-pipeline view, the donor-letter generator, the board packet — as natural-language apps on top of the data you already have.
Your Starch stack
Marketing
CRM

A customizable CRM that adapts to your workflow. Describe how you work and AI designs a CRM tailored to you — or import from an existing CRM.
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Budgeting

Track budgets by category and compare against actual spend from your accounting system.
Financial
Scenario and Runway Analysis

Model financial futures using live revenue and expense data — compare growth, headcount, and burn scenarios side by side.
Financial
Investor Reporting

Generate board-ready investor updates on a chosen cadence combining live financial metrics, AI-powered industry research, beautiful charts, and narrative summaries — then email them to your investor list.
OperationsComing Soon
Contract Lifecycle Management

Manage every contract from creation to renewal. AI-powered drafting, e-signature collection, automated approval workflows, and renewal alerts — all in one contract repository.
OperationsComing Soon
Contract Fidelity

Upload contracts, extract key terms, and monitor vendor compliance against actual invoices.
Productivity
Email Agent

AI that organizes your inbox and drafts replies instantly. Smart prioritization, automated follow-ups, and one-click actions help you reach inbox zero and get through email twice as fast.
Productivity
Meeting Notes

AI meeting notes that capture everything so you can focus on the conversation. Real-time transcription, smart summaries, automatic action items, and searchable meeting history.
Productivity
Scheduling

Share your availability and let anyone book meetings with you. Syncs with Google Calendar for real-time availability.
MarketingComing Soon
Presentation Agent

AI that builds polished presentations in minutes. Describe your message and get a complete slide deck with smart layouts, data visualizations, and on-brand design — no design skills needed.
Productivity
Knowledge Management

A team knowledge base that keeps your company's information organized, searchable, and always up to date. AI-powered search finds answers instantly so your team stops asking the same questions.
ProductivityComing Soon
Task Manager

Track tasks, set priorities, and stay on top of deadlines. A simple, focused task list with priority levels, due dates, and custom ordering.

Workflows we cover for Foundation and Nonprofit Ops Teams

finance-fpa

investor-relations

strategy-planning

internal-comms

marketing-growth

people-hr

compliance-legal

customer-support

ops-supply

Frequently asked questions
Do I need to replace Fluxx, Foundant, or Blackbaud to use Starch?
No. If your grants database is Salesforce or a niche platform like Fluxx, Starch connects through the integration browser (Salesforce is Tier 2) or via browser automation for platforms without public APIs. Your grants database stays the source of truth; Starch builds the pipeline views, reminder workflows, and board reports on top of it.
Are there pre-built apps for grant management?
No single grants-management starter pack — but most of a foundation ops team's work already maps to existing apps. Investor Reporting repurposes for donor and board letters from live QuickBooks and Plaid data. Budgeting and Scenario Analysis handle program-area budgets and spend-down modeling. CRM covers the donor and grantee database. The grant-pipeline layer itself is natural-language-authored ('build me a grant pipeline from LOI through award, with 30-day reporting reminders') on top.
Can Starch generate donor letters and board reports?
Yes. Investor Reporting pulls live financial data from Plaid, Stripe, QuickBooks, or NetSuite and generates narrative summaries on whatever cadence you set — repurpose it for donor quarterlies or board packets. Presentation Agent builds the slide versions. You describe the tone (warm, institutional, data-forward) and the sections, and Starch keeps the voice consistent across recipients.
How does it handle grant agreements and vendor contracts?
Contract Lifecycle Management handles grant agreements, MOUs, and service-provider contracts with e-signatures and renewal alerts. Contract Fidelity (coming soon) will monitor vendor spend against contracted terms — useful for program partners with reporting requirements. Neither replaces outside counsel review, but they keep the operational contract work organized instead of buried in Google Drive.
What about budget tracking across program areas?
Budgeting and Scenario Analysis pull live transaction data from Plaid and QuickBooks, let you categorize by program area or fund, and model changes under different giving assumptions. Useful for mid-year reforecasts, spend-down scenarios on a sunsetting fund, or answering a trustee's 'what if we doubled the environment portfolio' question in a meeting instead of a week later.
Is this secure enough for foundation and donor data?
All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Honest limits: Starch is not SOC 2 Type II certified yet, and there's no on-prem option. For foundations with strict donor-confidentiality clauses or state-AG reporting requirements, flag this during beta signup. For most small ops teams, the security posture is comparable to the SaaS tools you already use for grants and accounting.

The AI stack built for foundation and nonprofit ops teams.

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