Company
Awards management software, built in Ashburn since 2010
CommunityForce builds the platform that agencies, universities and foundations run their grants, scholarships and fellowships on, and runs a federal services practice for the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense. Founder-led, an Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, and still in the building where it started.
- 165M+
- Applications processed
- $569M+
- Awarded through the platform
- 200+
- Organizations
FedRAMP certifiedSOC 2 Type IISection 508 accessible
Who we are
Khaja Syed founded CommunityForce in 2010 and still leads it. What started in Ashburn, Virginia now runs awards programs for organizations across the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The platform takes a program from the application form to the final report, with Phoenix, the AI built into it, carrying the routine in between. The services practice modernizes systems and automates work for federal agencies. Both are built and supported by the same team.
Khaja Syed
Founder & CEO
Founded 2010
Fifteen years of running awards programs, on the same product line, for the same kinds of organizations.
Founder-led
Khaja Syed, founder and CEO, still runs the company from Ashburn, Virginia.
Economically Disadvantaged Small Business
Small enough to move quickly, with the security and compliance record federal buyers ask for.
Four countries
Programs run on the platform in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
What we work from
Three commitments that decide what gets built and how a customer is treated.
The program comes first
Awards programs change lives and advance causes. The software exists so the people running them can spend their time on the applicants, not the process.
Your success is ours
We partner with each organization to understand how it actually runs its programs, and set the platform up that way.
Invest in what removes work
We put the engineering into AI and automation that takes routine off a program office, and into the security and compliance that keep it there.
Connect to what you already run
Salesforce, PeopleSoft, Microsoft 365, financial aid and accounting systems, so the platform fits the campus or the agency rather than the other way round.
Recognition
What the company has been recognized for, and what it holds.
Inc. 5000
Ranked #646 with 725% growth, one of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
FedRAMP certified
Federal security standards for the platform, with SOC 2 Type II and Section 508 accessibility alongside.
Economically Disadvantaged Small Business
Certified, which matters to agencies with set-aside goals.
Certified people
PMP-certified program managers and DHS Certified Trusted Testers for accessibility, with cloud migration and AI analytics practices behind them.
The federal practice
Beyond the platform, CommunityForce delivers digital modernization and AI automation for federal agencies. Past performance includes the U.S. Air Force, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Government servicesU.S. Air Force
An automated financial forms solution, enhanced cloud-based learning ecosystems and streamlined operational processes.
CISA
Strategies for records and information management that improved operational efficiency and compliance.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
An enterprise electronic records management system that automates digital records for compliance and accessibility.
Contract vehicles
Established contract vehicles across multiple departments, including work within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, so an agency can engage quickly.