--- title: Ascend Software Enhances Grant Tracking Capabilities for Healthcare and Nonprofit Finance Teams description: Ascend Software expands its AP automation to fully support Workday grant sync, helping nonprofits and healthcare organizations streamline expense tracking and ensure grant compliance. image: https://test.ascendsoftware.com/hubfs/Ascend%20Software/Imported_Blog_Media/pexels-pixabay-40568.jpg --- grants # Ascend Software Enhances Grant Tracking Capabilities for Healthcare and Nonprofit Finance Teams Ascend Software expands its AP automation to fully support Workday grant sync, helping nonprofits and healthcare organizations streamline expense tracking and ensure grant compliance. [ Alison Baran ](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/author/alison-baran) Apr 14, 2025 --- Ascend Software has rolled out a powerful enhancement to its AP automation platform—designed specifically to help nonprofit and healthcare organizations gain full control over their grant-funded expenses. With expanded integration capabilities now supporting a broader set of grant data from Workday, finance teams can ensure that all grant funding—regardless of classification—is accurately captured, tracked, and reported. ## **Solving a Common Data Gap in Grant Management** Historically, many organizations—particularly those using Workday—struggled with incomplete grant data during synchronization. Workday’s native Get_Grants API only returned a subset of grant records, often omitting “basic” grants or those with different configurations. This limitation created reporting gaps, missed expense allocations, and additional manual work to reconcile records. Ascend’s latest update resolves this by leveraging Workday’s more inclusive Get_References API, ensuring full visibility across the entire grant landscape—including basic, restricted, federal, state, and private grants. For clients like St. Charles Health System, this improvement increased visibility from just 6 grants to all 198—unlocking immediate value.   ## **End-to-End Automation for Grant-Funded Expenses** This upgrade pairs seamlessly with Ascend’s existing grant automation features, giving organizations the ability to: - **Define smart allocation rules** based on project codes, departments, or funding sources - **Automatically assign expenses** to the correct grant in real time - **Track grant utilization** across the lifecycle of the fund - **Generate audit-ready records** with accurate worktags and grant identifiers - **Ensure compliance** with grant conditions and funding restrictions Whether finance teams are processing invoices, handling reimbursements, or planning budgets, this unified automation ensures that grant funding is not only tracked—but also optimized. ## **Compliance and Transparency, Built In** Grants often come with strict requirements for reporting, expense categorization, and utilization timelines. Ascend’s enhanced grant sync reduces risk and improves transparency by: - **Eliminating manual data reconciliation** - **Automatically capturing missing grant records** - **Providing real-time visibility** into spending trends - **Supporting smoother audits and compliance reviews** These capabilities are especially critical for nonprofit and healthcare organizations, where funding diversity and compliance complexity are high. ## **Empowering Impact-Driven Organizations** With this release, Ascend continues its mission to reduce the administrative burden on finance teams and maximize the impact of every dollar. Whether you're managing funding from the federal government, state programs, or private donors, Ascend’s platform ensures that nothing slips through the cracks—so you can focus on delivering on your mission.   [grants](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/grants) [Automation](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/automation) [healthcare](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/healthcare) [Gen AI](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/gen-ai) [Accounts Payable](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/accounts-payable) [Workday](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/workday) [ERP](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/erp) [Worktags](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/worktags) [Invoice / OCR](https://test.ascendsoftware.com/blog/tag/invoice-ocr) ## Similar posts Automation ### [How Far Will Workday Take GenAI and LLMs? 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