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Transform the impact of your research organization

Optimize funding, boost efficiency, cut complexity & streamline finance

At Unit4, we understand your world and unique challenges – research funding is complex and competitive; you need innovative solutions and robust finance compliance to increase grant success and optimize program funding. That's why we've developed a purpose-built platform for finance, HR, procurement and projects that helps you elevate your success.

Supporting every part of your research mission

Applying pragmatic AI and intuitive automation, we empower your teams to focus on what matters most: achieving meaningful, positive breakthroughs and change.


    Video: Deliver on-time, on-budget and with an eye to social impact


    Managing many moving parts?
    Watch our demo video to understand how the right software can help your organization stay on course.

    • Accurately measure and report on the use of funds.
    • Dashboarding and performance analysis to track research project progress.
    • Monitor expenditure and income from grants to ensure compliance.
    • Post-project pulse surveys (beneficiaries, donors and employees).
    • Secure repayment of grants.

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    Video: Improve trust, compliance 
    and accountability


    Aiming for greater transparency?
    Watch our demo video to discover better ways to track independent research operations with greater transparency, to create lasting impact.

    • See all parts of your research organization within a structured view.
    • Make better decisions while remaining compliant.
    • Monitor expenditure from donor to deployment.
    • Ensure your financial activity is compliant.
    • Improve donor relations efficacy.

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    Video: Build an agile strategy to deliver greater mission impact


    Struggling to adapt for uncertainty?
    Watch our demo video to learn how to make confident decisions more quickly, to keep your independent research organization nimble through volatile times.

    • A single source of truth for all your data.
    • Pre-built content, specific for research organizations.
    • Take financial planning and analysis to the next level.
    • Model strategies to visualize impact of decisions.
    • Optimize funding and research sources.

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    Video: Plan impactful programs 
    easily and accurately


    Disconnected goals and priorities?
    Watch our demo video to see a more user-friendly, straightforward way to plan and manage the programs linked to your research activity.

    • Focus more on increasing accountability and building trust.
    • A solid foundation for your nonprofit’s financial planning.
    • Comprehensive people, grant and budget planning.
    • Align resources and remain adaptable to changing scenarios.
    • Enhance mission impact assessment.

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    Video: Maximize available funding


    Juggling complex funding requirements?
    Watch our demo video to explore how Unit4's software can help you monitor funding allocation more simply and effectively.

    • Navigate limited research funding and restrictive grant conditions.
    • Track and report on different funding sources and regulatory demands.
    • Run what-if scenarios to get you ahead of demand and funding fluctuations.
    • A deeper insight into your nonprofit's financials.
    • Reliable reporting, deeper insights, and improved transparency.

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    Video: Retain and grow a 
    digitally empowered workforce


    Making the most of your talent?
    Watch our demo video to find out how your organization can better engage with its talented people and help them achieve their best.

    • Reduce employee turnover and increase job satisfaction.
    • Empower and equip your researchers with the right digital tools.
    • Identify any gaps in competencies and support decisions for new roles.
    • Assign the right people to the right projects for greater mission impact.
    • Integrate HR data effectively.

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    Trusted worldwide by nonprofit organizations like yours

    Why Unit4?

    Our nonprofit solutions don’t just improve efficiency; they enable transformation. 
    Powered by advanced tools like ERP, FP&A, and AI-driven HR systems, we offer you:

    Smarter resilience

    to manage the ongoing uncertainties and challenges of today's volatile conditions.

    A dedicated team

    that works alongside yours to simplify complex processes and enable faster adoption.

    Proven results

    with global research organizations actively delivering impactful programs.

    Purpose built for research-based organizations

    Discover how Unit4's integrated solutions for independent research organizations deliver simplicity, security, and significant results. Our tools are designed to centralize data, analyze real-time trends and standardize processes, so your organization can streamline grant, fund & project management and adapt to shifting demands – such as evolving donor expectations – while making rapid progress and a lasting impact.

    Key capabilities

    Donor management

    Strengthen and manage donor relationships, with increased spending efficiency, optimized internal processes and timely funding reporting.

    Click here to visit our page and learn more about Unit4's donor management software for nonprofit organizations

    Grant management

    Get the information you need and automate workflows, for better transparency and tracking against project and mission-impact reporting.

    Click here to read more about Unit4's grant management software for nonprofit organizations

    Fund management

    A comprehensive platform to optimize finance operations and enhance opportunity funding, including capabilities to deliver more submissions.

    Click to read our datasheet about fund management software for nonprofit organizations

    Organizational & operational planning

    Our integrated ERP, HCM, S2P and FP&A software solutions help you navigate uncertainty with agility and focus more on what matters.

    Click to read our datasheet about organizational & operational planning software for nonprofit organizations

    Key models

    The Unit4 ERP 
    Nonprofit Model

    Find out how Unit4’s solutions for nonprofit or charity finance and HR help organizations get up and running twice as quickly – to maximize resources, reduce costs, and increase accountability to deliver more impact.

    Click to download our overview of the Unit4 industry model for the Nonprofit sector
    The Unit4 FP&A 
    Nonprofit Model

    Explore how Unit4 helps nonprofits deliver on their mission by maximizing available funding, building greater trust, and supporting making decisions with precision.

    Click to download our overview of the Unit4 FP&A model for the Nonprofit sector
    The Nonprofit Common Data Model

    The Nonprofit Common Data Model Integration – for Unit4’s ERP, FP&A, HCM, and Source-to-Contract solutions – empowers nonprofit organizations to harness the benefits of standardized data structures across their core functional areas. Discover how eliminating data silos and promoting data consistency, can improve efficiency, accuracy and informed decision-making to help nonprofits drive their mission and maximize their impact.

    Get the most from your Unit4 solutions

    Unit4 Success4U

    Your investment in our solutions is more than a transaction; it’s a partnership. 

    Discover how we deliver on that promise, through our Success4U SaaS methodology – a personalized and industry-informed partnership that helps turn your goals into meaningful results. Using our proven methodology, we simplify your SaaS journey through proactive, value-driven services that deliver measurable impact.

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    Customer success stories

    Our solutions partner with organizations committed to progress, such as global nonprofits and independent institutes that rely on precise financial, grant, and impact management
    Learn more about how leading organizations use our solutions to drive positive change.

    EGPAF

    Customer Interview: 
    Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation


    A fragmented data system was diverting resources from the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's (EGPAF) core mission. By implementing Unit4 ERPx, they unified their global operations across 12 countries into a single source of truth.

    CGIAR

    Customer Interview: 
    CGIAR


    Improving grant funding and spend management, so this nonprofit’s teams can spend more time supporting global agriculture.

    Global Green Growth Institute

    Creating a single, connected finance system for nonprofit across more than 30 countries
     

    We have the flexibility to track project financial performance in terms of impact and outcomes as well as down to the output level. Unit4 has been transformational.

    Rainelda Ampil
    ERP Team Lead, GGGI

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    Nuclear Waste Management Organization

    The NWMO builds for the future with Unit4  

    Unit4 is absolutely essential to the NWMO’s future growth. It enables our organization to standardize operational processes, boost people satisfaction, and forecast future change. I don’t know where we would be without Unit4.

    Jennifer Noronha
    Strategic Initiative Director, NWMO

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    National Oceanography Centre

    Adaptive and agile ERP is backbone for ocean science
     

    The NOC is on an exciting voyage with Unit4 to create an ERP platform for the future. As the platform is rolled out, more resources will be free to focus on oceanographic research and we will have timely, complete financial insights.

    Sean Barrett
    ERP Manager, National Oceanography Centre

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    More customer stories

    Trusted worldwide 
    by nonprofit organizations


    See how our products and services help organizations like yours transform both how they do business and how their people feel about work.

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    Image representing nonprofit transformationNonprofits must adapt – are you ready?

    Read our independent analyst research to discover how nonprofits are coping with challenging times and re-evaluating strategies for long-term survival and growth.
    Download: "From Transition to Transformation"

     
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