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Same week.Two records.

A well-built Airtable base can do a lot of this. Someone designs it, keeps it linked as programs change, and staff key the work into forms. MissionAligned starts with the shape and fills it from the work.

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One week, kept two ways

Six moments.Kept twice.

One week at a community development corporation, in a base someone built well: six tables, four forms, linked records, an automation. On the left, where each moment lands. On the right, the same moment in the record.

In a well-built base

MonWinsSofia submits the Wins form from her phone: photo attached, linked to Business corridor. Grants stays empty; the form has no grant field, so someone links it laterForm → Wins table · Sofia
TueSite visitsHassan logs the visit in the mobile app, linked to the program. The two occupied storefronts sit in a long-text note, so no rollup can count themMobile app → Site visits · Hassan
WedEventsThe workshop sign-in form writes 14 attendees to Events and the grant lookup works, because someone built the form, the link and the automation last springForm + automation → Events · Sofia
ThuExpensesReceipt uploaded, category picked, grant linked. The $4,212 is typed from the receipt; the base does not read attachmentsExpenses table · Tomas
ThuStoriesThe quote arrives through the follow-up form with the consent box ticked. Reusing it means someone remembers to filter Stories by consent before the reportForm → Stories · Hassan
FriGrantsAward PDF attached to the Kresge record. Amount, due date and reporting terms typed in by hand; the requirements checklist is a second table Tomas maintainsGrants table · Tomas

In the record

The same six events as rows of the record. Highlighted cells were captured from the work; the unhighlighted row was added by staff.
Source	What	Program	Grants
InstagramMon	“New awning is up!” Rosa’s Bakery	Business corridor	ACF-OCS CED, City CDBG
AirtableTue	Two vacant storefronts occupied since spring	Business corridor	Corridor fund
QR formWed	14 merchants at the façade workshop	Business corridor	City CDBG
ReceiptThu	Paint and signage, $4,212	Business corridor	ACF-OCS CED
Follow-up formThu	“Still open a year after the grant.” Quote consent on file	Small-business lending	Kresge
Award letterFri	Kresge award, $150,000, report due Jan 31, 2027 (added by staff)	Small-business lending	Kresge

At report time

The week,on the sheet.

Each grant shows the evidence available for it, with the source under the value, and how many of the funder’s questions already have a draft answer. The draft exists months before the deadline, so due day is a review, not a scramble.

Grant sheet. Highlighted cells were filled in from the work; the source is shown under each value.
Grant	Program	Funder	Amount	Reporting period	Due	Evidence available	Report progress
ACF-OCS CED	Business Corridor	Office of Community Services	$400,000award letter p.2	Oct 2025 – Sep 2026	Oct 30, 2026	12 storefronts reopenedInstagram	7 of 9 answers ready
City CDBG	Business Corridor	City of Linden	$85,000budget import	Jul 2025 – Jun 2026	Nov 15, 2026	47 clinic sign-insQR form	3 of 12 ready
Kresge	Small-business lending	Kresge Foundation	$150,000	Jan – Dec 2026	Jan 31, 2027	9 site visits	Checklist built · 0 of 8
Local bank CRA	Lending clinic	First Linden Bank	$25,000	Jan – Dec 2025	Oct 12, 2026	$4,180 awning receipt	Filed
Corridor fund	Business Corridor	Linden Community Fdn.	$40,000	Apr 2026 – Mar 2027	Nov 30, 2026	31 of 38 storefronts open	5 of 6 ready
Main Street	Façade grants	State Dept. of Commerce	$60,000	Jul 2026 – Jun 2027	Dec 15, 2026	6 before/after photos	2 of 10 ready

Airtable can do this

Build the base,or start here.

Airtable is a good tool. Getting grant reporting out of it means someone designs the tables, forms, links and automations, and keeps them current as programs and grants change. MissionAligned starts with that shape and grows with the programs and grants you add.

In Airtable someone designs the base and maintains it as the organization grows. Here your programs and grants give the record its shape, and it grows with them.
In Airtable staff key the work into forms, and amounts and grant terms are typed from PDFs. Here posts, receipts, emails and award letters are read and filed as they arrive.
Airtable AI and outside AI see fields. Here every value keeps its source and a review state, and the draft exists months before the deadline; use our AI or bring your own.

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