AI-powered funding software that does the work for you
Run grants, hackathons, and RFPs with a lean team. Karma's AI agents handle evaluation, milestone tracking, and impact reporting, so your team focuses on funding outcomes, not data entry.
Many disconnected tools, all expected to do one job.
And it gets worse every cycle.
This is the patchwork foundation teams stitch together today.
Stitched-together tools
Google Forms for intake, Airtable for tracking, email for updates, Notion for reports. Nothing talks to anything else. Every cycle, you rebuild the same workflow.
Expensive and getting worse
Every tool has its own subscription, its own learning curve, and its own limitations. The cost adds up fast, and you still end up doing manual work to connect them.
Internal tools break
Building your own system seems like the answer until the person who built it leaves. Internal tools are hard to maintain, hard to scale, and always behind on features.
No single source of truth
Data lives in five places. No one has a complete picture of what's funded, what's on track, and what needs attention. Board reporting becomes a quarterly fire drill.
One platform.
AI agents that do the work for you.
Karma collapses the four-tool patchwork into a single platform. Agents handle the operational layer continuously. Your team makes the funding decisions.
- Stitched-together tools
- Manual review of every application
- Quarterly reporting scramble
- Internal tools you maintain
- One platform from intake to impact
- AI agents handle the first pass, filtering unqualified applications
- Board-ready impact, always current
- Software we run, you direct
Proven at scale
Organizations use Karma to do more with less: fewer tools, fewer spreadsheets, and fewer hours spent on program operations.
Programs powered
From Web3 ecosystems to traditional foundations, running grants, hackathons, and RFPs on Karma
Projects tracked
Funded, tracked, and reported on automatically across every program
Milestones verified
Proof of work collected, reviewed, and recorded automatically. No manual follow-up
To go live
From first call to accepting applications. Karma gets your program running in under 48 hours
Do more with less.
Each module automates a full job.
Each module automates a job that used to require dedicated staff: evaluation, tracking, reporting, distribution. Use what you need, add more as you grow.
Applications reviewed before you open your inbox
Custom intake forms, eligibility filters, and AI agents that evaluate every submission. By the time you sit down to review, applications are pre-scored, risk-flagged, and ranked. Ready for your decision.
A live portfolio you never have to maintain
Every funded project, milestone, and update in one registry, maintained automatically. Grantees submit progress directly. You get a board-ready portfolio view without chasing a single email.
Board reports that write themselves
Metrics pulled automatically from GitHub, on-chain data, and custom integrations. Impact reports aligned with the Common Impact Data Standard are always current. No quarterly scramble.
Funds move when milestones are met
Direct grants, milestone-based releases, hackathon prizes, retroactive funding. Disbursement across fiat and crypto, triggered automatically so funds move on schedule.
Organizations trust Karma
to run their funding programs
Karma isn't just software, they're a true partner. Their AI-driven evaluations cut review time dramatically. Their platform fits our needs perfectly and their team ships features at lightning speed.
Karma has been a valuable partner in helping us grow and support our developer community. Their tools made it easy to recognize contributor impact and run more transparent, data-driven programs.
Live in 48 hours.
No IT team required.
Tell us about your program
A 30-minute call. We learn your program goals, evaluation criteria, and reporting needs, then configure everything for you.
Launch in 48 hours
Intake forms, evaluation rubrics, milestone templates, and dashboards. All configured and live. No IT team required.
The platform does the work
Applications flow in, AI evaluates, milestones are tracked, reports generate automatically. You focus on funding decisions. Karma handles the operations.
We get it.
Here's the honest answer.
"We're too small for this."
That's exactly who this is for. One platform handles intake, evaluation, tracking, and reporting that used to require dedicated staff.
"We already use spreadsheets and they work fine."
Spreadsheets are tools. You still do all the work. Karma automates the work: applications get scored, milestones get tracked, reports get generated. You just make the decisions.
"We don't need AI."
You don't have to think about AI. It runs invisibly, pre-scoring applications, flagging risks, and generating reports. You just get better outcomes with less effort.
"Switching tools sounds painful."
We handle the migration and setup. Most organizations are live within a week with zero disruption to current cycles. And unlike your last tool, this one does the work for you.
Frequently asked questions
How foundations run application intake, review, milestone-based payments, and impact reporting on Karma.
What is Karma?
Karma is funding software that does the work, not just a dashboard. It automates intake, AI-powered evaluation, milestone tracking, impact reporting, and fund distribution for grants, hackathons, and RFPs.
Who is Karma for?
Any organization that funds projects: foundations, ecosystems, corporate programs, DAOs, government agencies. Whether you manage $100K or $100M, Karma scales with you. Especially useful for lean teams that need enterprise-grade programs without adding headcount.
What is Karma for foundations?
Karma is AI-powered funding software for foundations running grants, hackathons, and RFPs. AI agents handle application evaluation, milestone tracking, and impact reporting, so a lean team can run enterprise-grade programs.
What does Karma offer foundations for grantee tracking and impact reporting?
Every grantee has a project profile that holds its grants, milestones, and updates in one place. Each grant carries milestones that state what will be delivered and how an evaluator can verify it; grantees post milestone updates with proof of work, plus regular updates in between. That milestone data aggregates into real-time dashboards and board-ready impact reports that stay current as grantees post updates — no quarterly scramble.
How does AI-assisted application review work, and what does it check?
Karma scores each application against your program's rubric, producing structured scores and summaries for human reviewers. The evaluation can also read the pages an applicant links, so reviewers see context beyond the form. Bulk evaluation runs the same rubric across an entire applicant pool, which keeps scoring consistent between reviewers when a small team faces hundreds of applications. Reviewers stay in charge: the AI prepares the evaluation, people make the decisions.
Can a foundation approve milestone completion before releasing the next payment?
Yes. Milestones state up front what will be delivered and how it can be verified, and grantees submit milestone updates with proof of work for the program team to review. Payments are recorded against milestones: each disbursement carries a per-milestone breakdown of exactly what it pays, executed through a Safe multisig or recorded manually for payments made elsewhere. That gives a complete, auditable link from approved work to released funds.
How can a foundation verify what a grantee reports without doing site visits?
Grantees attach proof of work to each milestone update — links, deliverables, and evidence an evaluator can check against the milestone's own verification criteria. Profiles and updates are public, so claimed work is visible to the whole community, not just the program team. More than 50,000 milestones have been verified on Karma this way.
How is Karma different from other grant management tools?
Most tools give you forms and dashboards, but you still do all the work. Karma automates the work itself: AI agents score applications against your rubric, milestones are tracked automatically, and impact reports stay current.
How do AI agents work in Karma?
Karma's AI agents handle the time-consuming operational tasks: scoring applications, flagging risks, summarizing grantee progress, and generating impact reports. They run continuously in the background. You review the output and make the decisions.
Can we migrate from our current setup?
Yes. Whether you're using spreadsheets, another platform, or a patchwork of tools, we handle the migration completely.
Do we have to use everything?
No. Start with what you need. We can run part of your program while you keep the rest. Most foundations expand as they see results.
Do I still need a grants team?
Many foundations run their entire program with Karma and a very lean team. The platform handles the operational work so your team can focus on strategy and funding decisions.
Do we get reports for our board?
Yes, automatically. Board-ready impact reports stay current as grantees post updates. No quarterly scramble.
Can we run it under our own brand?
Yes. Many foundations use a custom-branded instance of Karma with their own domain, theme, and workflows. Your applicants see your brand. Karma is invisible.
Ready to upgrade your next grant cycle?
30-minute call. No commitment. We'll show you exactly how Karma works for foundations your size.