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    This is Altum.

    Altum is a privately-held software company driven towards the advancement of research. Our grants management system is used by hundreds of the world’s preeminent research funders. Our team is loyal and passionate about our company and our customers. More than half of our employees have worked at Altum for more than 10 years.

    This is Altum.

    Altum is a privately-held software company driven towards the advancement of research. Our grants management system is used by hundreds of the world’s preeminent research funders. Our team is loyal and passionate about our company and our customers. More than half of our employees have worked at Altum for more than 10 years.

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    Our Leadership

    Altum’s leadership has over 50 combined years of experience at Altum. Our passion when we started the company, and will always be, to deliver the most innovative solutions for our customers.

    Steve Pinchotti

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Christine Smith

    Vice President, Product Operations

    Mike Pelaia

    Vice President, Business Development

    Vandana Vinay

    Director of Product Management

    Stefanie Chernyakov

    Director of Client Success

    Altum: A Brief History

    At our heart, we are a company that empowers people and organizations to make the world a better place. We love nothing more than making our customers and employees happy.

    1997

    A company was born.

    After leaving a successful career at American Management Systems, Ken Fang created Custom Software Service, LLC. With a passion for innovative solutions and customer service, CSS quickly became one of the fastest growing small businesses in the country.

    97-99

    The scientific coding years.

    CSS developed the first web-based scientific coding systems for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This platform was developed to adapt to the NIH’s new centralized grants management system and was used to report to congress on the amount of funding spent for a wide range of scientific categories.

    2000

    CSS renamed to Altum.

    After much consideration and growth, we decided to change the name of the company. Altum means “to nourish” and “to grow” in Latin. Altum was quickly earning a reputation for high-quality work in the grants management space which would drive our direction for years to come.

    2003

    Altum makes Fast 50 list.

    Altum earned a spot on the Deloitte and Touche Technology Fast 50 list in the Virginia Region, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area. Ranking were based on the percentage of growth from 1998-2002.

    2004

    Altum makes Fast 50 list.

    Altum earned a spot on the Deloitte and Touche Technology Fast 50 list in the Virginia Region, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area. Ranking were based on the percentage of growth from 1999-2003.

    2006

    Altum acquires Easygrants.

    Altum acquired Easygrants from the Arlington Group. Altum became one of the leaders in the enterprise grants management space with the Easygrants platform. Known for its highly configurable workflow and task management engine, Easygrants was the platform of choice for large organizations in North America and Europe.

    2007

    Altum acquires Proposal Central.

    Altum acquired Proposal Central from Research and Management Systems, one of the early pioneers in the grants management research space. Proposal Central was doing cloud before cloud was cool. Developed from the ground up to be multi-tenant and cloud-based, Proposal Central helped migrate the industry to electronic grant making.

    2009

    Ken Fang earns Minority Business Award.

    Ken Fang earned a spot on the Washington Business Journal’s Minority Business Leader Award list. This award celebrated the region’s diversity by honoring some of its most inspiring leaders. The honorees were selected based on their accomplishments, challenges and their stories.

    2010

    Altum rings Nasdaq bell.

    The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 was the pre-eminent technology awards program in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners were selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth during the period from 2006 to 2010. Altum was given the opportunity to ring the Nasdaq closing bell as part of the award celebration.

    2011

    Altum makes Inc. 5000 list.

    Altum, Inc. is proud to have made the prestigious Inc. 5000 list four years in a row from 2008-2011. The Inc. 5000 list is the list of the fastest growing privately-held companies in the United States.

    2013

    Altum earns MassMutual Citizenship Award.

    Altum, Inc. won the Mass Mutual Citizenship Award for the best partnership between a corporation and a nonprofit organization. In this case it was for Altum’s partnership with Helping Hungry Kids (HHK), a nonprofit that provides weekend backpacks of food for kids in need. 2019 celebrates Altum’s 10th year of working with HHK.

    2014

    Altum acquires PhilanTech.

    Altum, Inc. acquired the PhilanTrack grants management solution for grant makers and grant seekers from PhilanTech. This innovative platform provided an affordable cloud-based solution for nonprofits. PhilanTrack was one of the first platforms to streamline the grants management process for grant seekers.

    2016

    Altum makes Inc. 5000 list.

    Altum, Inc. is proud to have made the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for the fifth time in 2016. The Inc. 5000 list is the list of the fastest growing privately-held companies in the United States.

    2017

    Altum selected as HRA ORCID Consortium Technical Lead.

    The Health Research Alliance (HRA) announced the launch of its ORCID consortium. For technical leadership, the HRA consortium selected Altum to provide outreach and technical support in accordance with ORCID’s Collect and Connect guidelines.

    2018

    Altum makes NVTC Innovation list.

    Altum, Inc. is proud to have made the inaugural Northern Virginia Technology Tech 100 list. The NVCT Tech 100 are the companies who are driving tech innovation, implementing new solutions for their customers, and leading growth in the Greater Washington region.

    2019

    Altum receives Patent.

    Altum, Inc. was awarded a patent in 2019 for its grants administration software.

    2019

    Altum rebrands company.

    With a renewed focus and energy for the industry that we’ve come to know and love over the past two decades, Altum rebrands the company with a new mission: Create a Revolution in Research.

    2020

    Altum Open

    Altum unveiled a new and important initiative for the research community called Open.

    2021

    Altum Insights and Analytics Launch

    Altum Launches Altum Insights for Search and Discovery and Altum Analytics for grant making reporting and performance management.

    We Believe in Community

    As Altum has evolved into one of the fastest-growing grants management software companies in the country, we have kept our feet firmly planted in the community. After all, what good is success if it can’t be shared?

    Helping Hungry Kids

    Helping Hungry Kids

    Our community involvement began with Helping Hungry Kids, a local organization that provides bags of food for elementary students to take home on Fridays to supplement their inadequate weekend meals. Every week, our team gathered in a conference room, set up an assembly line, and happily packed nutritious, child-friendly foods.

    Relay for Life

    Relay for Life

    Altum regularly contributes and supports the fundraising efforts of our customers. At Relay For Life events, no one faces cancer alone. The American Cancer Society organizes more than 2,500 Relay events around the country to support and celebrate survivors and caregivers.  Altum was a proud sponsor and participant in the 2019 Relay for Life.

    Low Country Bald

    Low Country Bald

    Lowcountry Bald is raising money for childhood cancer research with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation – the largest private funder for childhood cancer research. Their head-shaving approach to fundraising is unique: volunteers (“shavees”) raise money by agreeing to have their heads shaved bald at a public event to stand in solidarity with children that lose their hair during cancer treatment.

    A Few of our Clients & Partners

    Altum is proud to work with excellent clients and a group of wonderful partners. Helping to transform organizations so that they can make an even larger positive impact on the world is a privilege and one that the Altum team enjoys immensely.

    At our heart, we are a company that empowers people and organizations to make the world a better place.

    Steve Pinchotti

    CEO, Altum

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    $28.5 Billion

    Funded on ProposalCentral

    2.1 Million

    Peer-Review Critiques

    872,500

    ProposalCentral Users

    46,250

    Research Institutions

    1.03 Million

    Research Applications

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