Why this isn't just another grant-management tool.
Foundation buyers ask three questions: "Don't we already have software for this?" "Can't a Big Four firm do this?" "What about Candid or Charity Navigator?" Short answer: today's tools manage your workflow, advise on diligence, or rate charities. None of them sit between you and the wire and produce court-grade evidence. We do.
Direct + adjacent competitors
| Platform | Category | Customers | Pricing | Output | Custody | Evidence grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attestyx | Charitable disbursement integrity + recovery evidence | Foundations $1M-$10B+ AUM, grantees, fiduciaries across 5 jurisdictions | 5%/3%/2% volume tiers + $500K floor; 4-SKU partials; recovery-tied SKU planned | Risk scores + court-portable evidence bundles + cross-foundation intelligence | Never custodies (architectural) | FRE 902(14) admissible |
| Quantexa | Anti-fraud / financial-crime analytics | Banks (HSBC, Standard Chartered), insurers, US DOD, HMRC | $1M-$5M+ annual contracts | Risk scores + alerts; investigators triage downstream | N/A (not in disbursement path) | Internal investigation only; not court-portable |
| Fluxx | Grant management workflow SaaS | Mid-to-large foundations (Robert Wood Johnson, Hewlett, Bezos Earth Fund) | $50K-$500K annual licenses | Submitted/approved/paid status, grant management reports | N/A | Workflow records, not legal evidence |
| SmartSimple | Grant management + foundation operations platform | Community foundations, corporate foundations, government grant-makers | $30K-$300K annual licenses | Grant decisions + reporting + foundation analytics | N/A | Workflow records |
| Foundant | Grant management for community foundations | US community foundations, $5M-$5B AUM | $15K-$150K annual licenses | Grant + scholarship lifecycle management | N/A | Workflow records |
| Candid (formerly GuideStar) | Nonprofit data + verification database | Foundations, individual donors, researchers | $0-$10K subscriptions | Organization profiles, financial data, ratings (Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum) | N/A | Reference data, not legal evidence |
| OpenSanctions | Open-source sanctions data API | Compliance teams, KYC vendors, anti-fraud platforms | $0 open-source / $5K-$50K commercial | Hit/miss/match score for screened entities | N/A | Screening result, not legal evidence |
| Charity Navigator | Charity rating service for individual donors | Individual donors browsing charities | $0 | Star ratings (1-4) + organization profiles | N/A | Public ratings, not legal evidence |
Per-platform read
Quantexa
Anti-fraud / financial-crime analytics
Strongest direct overlap on entity resolution + sanctions screening. Different sector (banks not foundations) and no FRE 902(14) evidence layer. Foundations would still need a separate evidence/clawback workflow.
Fluxx
Grant management workflow SaaS
Adjacent, not direct. Fluxx automates the workflow; we add the integrity + evidence layer underneath. Foundations using Fluxx would integrate Attestyx for pre-clearance + CREB attestation while keeping Fluxx for grant lifecycle.
SmartSimple
Grant management + foundation operations platform
Same as Fluxx: complementary not competitive on the integrity layer. SmartSimple owns the foundation-internal workflow. Attestyx owns the integrity-evidence + cross-foundation registry layer.
Foundant
Grant management for community foundations
Workflow-only. Smaller foundation segment than Fluxx. Strong fit as a pre-existing system that Attestyx integrates with for the integrity layer.
Candid (formerly GuideStar)
Nonprofit data + verification database
Adjacent: Candid is a public reference database. We integrate Candid Pro data via Form 990 ingestion. They surface what an organization claims; we verify with court-portable evidence and add cross-foundation behavioral signals.
OpenSanctions
Open-source sanctions data API
Upstream dependency, not competitor. Our sanctions-screening-cache integrates Yente / OpenSanctions data among other sources.
Charity Navigator
Charity rating service for individual donors
Different audience (donors, not foundations). Different model (post-hoc ratings, not pre-disbursement integrity). No overlap with Attestyx workflow.
Why Attestyx wins on the integrity wedge
Court-portable evidence (FRE 902(14))
Every milestone, disbursement, and pre-clearance decision generates an immutable evidence bundle anchored to CourtChain and admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 902(14). When fraud is found, foundations don't just have a flag - they have admissible evidence at no incremental cost. None of the workflow tools (Fluxx, SmartSimple, Foundant) ship this. Quantexa's output is internal investigation, not court-portable.
Custody-free architecture
Attestyx never holds, routes, or transmits charitable funds. The platform performs verification, attestation, and signaling; the foundation's banking or custody partner executes the transfer. This eliminates money-transmission licensing requirements across all five operational jurisdictions and removes fiduciary exposure for both Global Hands (the 501(c)(3) Operator) and JIL Sovereign Technologies (the Licensor) entirely. Workflow platforms have no custody position; payment platforms (Stripe, Mercury) have a different regulatory footprint.
Mandate-funded Tier 1 flywheel
JIL Sovereign Technologies allocates 10% of net profits at L1 protocol level as an annual donation to Global Hands, Inc. (US 501(c)(3); tax-deductible under IRC §170). Global Hands routes the donation through Attestyx pre-clearance to verified-clean recipients across five operational jurisdictions. Tier 2 commercial revenue feeds JIL Tech net profits, which trigger the protocol-enforced donation, which funds Tier 1 grant capital. Foundations engaging Tier 2 indirectly fund additional charitable giving through the JIL/Global Hands Mandate, with full IRS-grade transparency. No commercial competitor can replicate this without an underlying integrity fabric, a 501(c)(3) operating partner, and a protocol-level commitment.
Cross-foundation network effect
The bad-actor registry, beneficial-ownership relationships across grantees, and pattern-anomaly detection all operate cross-foundation. Each new participant makes the platform more valuable to every existing participant. Workflow platforms are explicitly siloed (one foundation's data stays in one foundation's tenant). Quantexa is single-customer. We're the only platform with a sector-wide intelligence fabric.
Two-tier service model
Tier 1 (free, Mandate-funded, routed through Global Hands as 501(c)(3) Operator) and Tier 2 (commercial, foundation's own capital). Same backbone, same Verdict Engine, same CourtChain anchoring. The platform demonstrates at scale through Global Hands' own Mandate-funded Tier 1 use and creates a trust signal no commercial competitor can replicate.
We integrate. We don't replace.
If you run Fluxx or SmartSimple for grant lifecycle, Attestyx connects via webhook for pre-clearance and CREB attestation. If you use Candid Pro for nonprofit data, we ingest 990s through the same flow. If you have an internal anti-fraud team, we feed the bad-actor registry to their tools. The integrity layer doesn't ask you to rip and replace.