About Groundrise
Incorporated in 2026. Legally obligated to mission and public benefit, not just shareholder return.
"To provide purpose-built case management software that helps nonprofits, government agencies, and social good organizations reach the people they serve."
Most software built for this sector was designed for other sectors first (enterprise HR, health systems, large government agencies) and adapted into social services as an afterthought. Groundrise was designed specifically for this work, from the ground up, by people who understand what happens inside these organizations every day and built with a direct channel to the residents and clients those organizations serve, not just the staff managing their cases.
Where this came from
We spent years inside a large social service nonprofit, building systems to track clients, programs, and outcomes across hundreds of communities. We tried everything: custom builds, enterprise platforms, the best tools the market had. None of them fit the way this work actually happens. Reports were rigid and answered no one's real questions. Frontline workers, executive directors, and board members all needed different information and got the same useless output. And clients (the people being served) had no way to communicate with their social service workers, upload a document, or see their own case status. We built Groundrise to fix all of it.
Why a public benefit corporation
As a public benefit corporation, Groundrise is legally obligated to pursue public benefit alongside profit. That obligation doesn't disappear when a new investor comes in or when growth pressure mounts.
Private equity-backed software companies are designed to be acquired or taken public. That creates incentives for price increases, feature cuts, and support degradation that are directly at odds with the organizations they serve. Groundrise isn't built for that exit.
Nonprofits, government agencies, and social service organizations operate under public accountability. Their software vendor should too. A public benefit corporation structure means our incentives are aligned with theirs, not against them.
Founder
Founder & CEO, Groundrise
Mike has spent over 20 years working with nonprofits and social service organizations as an operator, an advisor, and a builder. He's managed government-subsidized housing portfolios, built data systems for organizations tracking thousands of clients across hundreds of communities, and sat with the frustration of tools that almost worked but never quite did.
Groundrise is the platform he kept wishing existed, built from the inside out, by someone who understands what these organizations actually need, not what enterprise software vendors think they need.
What we believe
The people being served by social service organizations should be able to see their own records, communicate with the workers helping them, and upload documents without having to call an office and wait. That's not a feature. It's a baseline.
The people doing this work every day (case managers, housing navigators, service coordinators) are professionals. They deserve software that respects their time, works the way their workflow actually works, and doesn't require an expensive consultant to change a report.
Your client data belongs to your organization, full stop. It should never be used to train models, sold to third parties, or held hostage during a contract dispute. You can export everything you've ever put into Groundrise, at any time.
The organizations we serve don't have dedicated IT departments or six-month implementation budgets. Groundrise should be up and running in weeks, not quarters, and it should work for a coordinator who isn't technical, not just the one person on staff who is.
Work with us
We'd love to show you what we've built and learn about your organization.