Case Study: Yad Hanadiv Foundation

Yad Hanadiv Foundation Manages the Full Lifecycle of Grants and Provides a Website for Applicants to Self-Manage and Track Their Submissions logo_strip_rtl

Yad Hanadiv Foundation acts in Israel on behalf of a number of Rothschild family philanthropic trusts. The Foundation seeks innovative opportunities to address the needs of Israeli society. Major projects have included the building of the Israeli Knesset and Supreme Court, establishment of the Open University, and much more. In 2009, Yad Hanadiv initiated an evaluation process for a new grant management system that would streamline the full lifecycle of grants, from requests to payments, and would also manage organizational contacts. Previously, the foundation used a proprietary system that was both functionally limited and outdated.

Selection Process

Yad Hanadiv first considered the merits of using an existing platform vs. a custom built system. Opting to use an established product base, it went on to evaluate dedicated grant management systems vs. general purpose CRM platforms by Microsoft and Salesforce.com. Following a thorough evaluation process, the foundation eventually decided to implement on the Salesforce.com platform, due mainly to the required level of development on the platform, and the flexibility of implementing customizations.

Yad Hanadiv foundation considered proposals from Salesforce.com's partners in Israel. The main criteria were team quality, platform expertise and the perceived potential for productive long term collaboration. The foundation selected ServiceWise.

Project Highlights

Implementing Salesforce.com has involved several aspects:

  • Migrating data from a wide variety of both structured and un-structured information / databases, including Excel files, legacy system, and file system folders.
  • Managing the full cycle of grant application and approval / internal approval processes and workflows.
  • Budget and finance monitoring on grants.
  • Integrating with an accounting system to synchronize budget items and payments.
  • Implementing a customer portal developed in the Force.com sites fully integrated with the system.
  • Projects & Issues management for internal task management.
  • Fellowships & Prizes management and process workflows
  • Internal admin applications
  • Internal customer support for IT services.

Customer Benefits

Today, the foundation uses a single unified system, based on the SalesForce.com platform, to manage all internal grant processes. The system allows Yad Hanadiv to efficiently perform the following processes:

  • Manage grant lifecycles.
  • Maintain rich information about each grant
  • Manage relationships with contacts and organizations
  • Manage administrative and support tasks
  • Produce reports

In particular, the foundation found the following Salesforce.com features useful:

  • Permission based access
  • Role-based views
  • Built in control mechanisms prevent undesired actions
  • Data change tracking

"Selecting ServiceWise turned out to be a truly beneficial decision for Yad Hanadiv. The scope of our joint work has consistently grown during the project's implementation."

- Shira Lev-Ami, Project Manager, Yad Hanadiv