Proof from foundations and grantees.

Problem. A $28M/yr democracy funder wanted to expand grantmaking into 12 new regions but had no way to discover credible local organizations without a full RFP cycle.

Approach. Sponsored a SWARMGOOD cohort. Ran Relationship Gap Score across 400+ candidate orgs. Onboarded 84 grantees in six weeks with a branded portal.

• 84 grantees onboarded in 6 weeks (vs 9-month baseline)
• 3.2x more first-time applicants surfaced from underrepresented regions
• 78% of grantees hit board-report readiness by month 3
• $1.4M in follow-on funding unlocked from co-funders using the cohort dashboard

Problem. A community-rooted youth program with 900+ alumni had never won a national foundation grant because they lacked evaluation infrastructure and a polished proposal library.

Approach. Joined a foundation-sponsored SWARMGOOD cohort. Evidence Auditor built the outcomes graph from raw program data. Story Agent turned interviews into approved narratives.

• 5 proposals submitted, 3 awarded ($740k total) within 9 months
• 142 students placed, 91% verified by evidence audit
• Impact Confidence Score climbed from 54 → 92
• Executive team reclaimed ~28 hrs/week from grant admin

Problem. A frontline-community climate lab had strong programs but proposals kept getting rejected because their impact framing did not match funder outcome taxonomies.

Approach. Impact Agent mapped programs to funder-preferred outcome frameworks. Evidence Auditor built defensible baselines for community air quality and heat resilience.

• 3 community climate labs launched
• $620k awarded from two national climate funders
• Air-quality data cited in a state legislative brief
• Impact Confidence 51 → 88

Problem. A $12M arts equity funder was losing capacity-building dollars to consultants delivering uneven quality across grantees. They needed measurable, portfolio-wide capacity gains.

Approach. Replaced piecemeal consulting with a foundation-branded SWARMGOOD cohort. Aggregated portfolio dashboards replaced quarterly consultant reports.

• 46 grantee organizations strengthened in one cycle
• $1.9M of subsequent capacity funds reallocated to programs
• Board reporting time cut 71%
• Grantee NPS +52 (vs +12 baseline for consultant model)

Problem. A 4-person team was declining eligible funding opportunities because they could not draft, review, and comply on time.

Approach. Opportunity Scout filtered 340+ opportunities to a ranked shortlist. Compliance Agent tracked deadlines and attachments across 12 concurrent proposals.

• $1.1M awarded across 4 funders
• Reporting on-time rate 44% → 98%
• Zero missed deadlines across 12 concurrent proposals
• Staff overtime hours down 62%

Problem. A public-health funder needed defensible outcome data across 60+ community health grantees to make the case for a $40M legislative allocation.

Approach. SWARMGOOD standardized outcome definitions, ran evidence audits across grantee data, and produced a portfolio-level impact report cited by legislative staff.

• 62 grantees producing standardized outcome data
• $40M allocation approved with SWARMGOOD-generated evidence pack
• Portfolio-level report published in 6 weeks (was 18 months)
• Zero unverified claims in the final legislative brief