What's New - GrantsConnect Release 2.148.0

If Blackbaud AI is enabled in your environment, applications now include AI-generated summaries to help you review faster. Each application includes a simple summary for quick scanning and a longer summary for more detailed review. Summaries highlight key information, include a generated date, and are available in areas such as My Workspace, applications, reports, and dashboards.

Tip: Summaries generate only when an application is submitted or resubmitted and may require review for accuracy. For details, see Review Applications With AI-Generated Summaries.

Grant managers can now configure fields to store separate responses for each progress report submission and allow forms to be submitted more than once. This update helps you track changes over time and manage ongoing reporting more effectively.

With multi‑response fields, each submission retains its own value instead of replacing earlier responses. When applicants submit a form multiple times, each submission captures a new set of responses for multi‑response fields.

Why This Matters

• Track updates across reporting periods without losing earlier responses

• Allow applicants to submit repeated updates using the same form

• Automate sending progress report forms on a schedule

• Improve reporting accuracy and visibility into progress over time

How It Works

• Single‑response fields store one shared value based on the latest submission

  Tip: Prior to this release, this was the default state of applicant fields. Fields were designed to only store one value.

• Multi‑response fields store a value for each submission

• Forms can now accept multiple submissions, creating a new entry each time

Tip: Run an Application report to view each submission in a separate row with its correct data. For more details, see Set Up Multi‑Response Fields In Progress Report Forms.