Cennovation Grant Management Services
At CENNOVATION, we invite you to partner with us on your journey to successful grants management. Let us harness our experience, expertise, and forward vision to propel your organization towards achieving its goals with integrity and impact.
Our Services
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Cennovation One-to-One Mentoring
Cennovation Grants offers an exclusive One-to-One Mentoring Service, granting you access to our seasoned Grant Fundraising Experts and their continuous support and guidance.
We engage closely with individual fundraisers or those overseeing fundraising teams to provide personalized, practical assistance aimed at enhancing fundraising success.
Diagnostic Meeting
Supporting fundraisers who lack the necessary expertise to guide their development and unlock their full potential is crucial. Having access to an external professional for consultation can be a game-changer!
Enter our Diagnostics Meeting—a dedicated one-on-one session with a Cennovation Grants Funding Expert, where you can freely discuss your organization’s challenges and requirements.
Grant Application Review
As part of our Application Review Service, our team of Get Grants Funding Experts is dedicated to enhancing the success potential of your funding application or draft.
We understand the significant time and effort fundraisers invest in crafting funding applications, regardless of their experience level. Often, applicants find themselves stuck in the cycle of rewording applications, delaying submissions due to uncertainties, or experiencing wasted time and effort with avoidable application rejections.
Grant Project Management Services
If you’re new to the world of fundraising or if your organization offers a diverse range of core services, figuring out where to begin can be challenging. Despite your hard work on applications, facing numerous rejections may leave you wondering how to enhance your fundraising success. Our Project Development Service is specifically crafted to guide you in the right direction.
Cennovation Grants Experts, known for their friendly and practical support, collaborate closely with you through a step-by-step process. Together, we tailor fundable projects to meet the unique needs of your organization and fundraising goals.
Grant Matching Report Service
Our Grants Matching Report Service is a tailored solution designed to pinpoint grant funding opportunities aligned with your organization’s specific needs. By leveraging the expertise of our Funding Experts, this service equips you with a curated list of potential funders that we believe are ideal candidates for your applications.
Drawing on our sector knowledge and grant fundraising proficiency, we deliver a detailed and actionable document to propel your grant fundraising endeavours. This ensures that you are directing your efforts toward the right opportunities, maximizing your chances of success and avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of your valuable time on less suitable applications.
Evaluation Report Service
Boosting your grant fundraising success involves a strategic approach, and one effective method is to reapply to funders who have previously endorsed your organization. These funders are already familiar with and supportive of your work, often seeking to make a lasting impact with their grants – a decision that comes easily!
Funders may have varying requirements, including providing monitoring or evaluation forms, requesting a report without specifying a format, or not requiring a report at all. Regardless of their specific request, submitting an evaluation report as your grant period concludes (typically 12 months) positions you advantageously for future grant funding, increasing the likelihood of success and potentially securing larger grants.
Further Details on Cennovation’s Services
Grants Pre-Award Phase
Strategic Planning
CGS helps you by performing strategic research to identify available grant funding opportunities from government, SOE, and private grant sources includes using a systems approach to enhance funding. We hold brainstorming sessions to assess current programs and the development of any newly anticipated programs. We understand that a detailed plan may involve an iterative approach as we balance community needs, resources, political, and socio-cultural priorities.
Needs Assessment and Grant Identification
– Inputs: Client’s goals, community needs, available resources
– Process: Research, stakeholder consultations
– Outputs: Identified grant opportunities, needs assessment report
– Deliverables: Grant prospectus, prioritized funding targets
– Outcomes: Informed decision-making, targeted grant applications
Proposal Development Assistance
– Inputs: Grant guidelines, organizational capabilities
– Process: Collaborative writing, budget development
– Outputs: Completed grant proposals, budget documents
– Deliverables: Polished grant applications
– Outcomes: Increased chances of successful grant acquisition
Grant Writing
When applying for funding, it’s important to present your vision in a favourable way to meet the needs the funding seeks to address. We can assist you in producing grant applications that conform to the scoring criteria and formatting requirements outlined in grant instructions. We also can compile the necessary documentation for compliance, perform quality and technical reviews prior to submission, and assist with submission on the applicable grant portal.
Grants Award Phase
While a grant award can greatly benefit an organization, keeping track of all the requirements and tasks that must start on day one can be overwhelming. CGS can guide you from the initial grant award phase through helping prepare the necessary tools to comply with applicable laws and regulations. We also can assist in developing a grant portfolio to include grants received, amounts, reporting deadlines, monitoring requirements, and any other applicable information.
Compliance Review and Planning
– Inputs: Grant award notification, compliance requirements
– Process: Review grant terms, establish project plan
– Outputs: Compliance checklist, project timeline
– Deliverables: Compliance plan, project schedule
– Outcomes: Preparedness for grant implementation
Activity: Program Implementation
– Inputs: Approved grant, project plan
– Process: Project execution, monitoring
– Outputs: Implemented programs, progress reports
– Deliverables: Progress updates, interim reports
– Outcomes: Achievement of project milestones, community impact
Post-Award Phase
CENNOVATION is dedicated to providing an Unmatched Client Experience by delivering comprehensive grant management solutions. We aim to optimize the impact of awarded funds, foster community growth, and empower organizations to build a stronger and more resilient future.
Transparent and Flexible Project Management
In the post-award phase, CENNOVATION ensures the success of grants management by prioritizing transparency and flexibility through a robust project management foundation. Our nimble approach integrates advanced tools like data analytics, artificial intelligence, and benchmarking services, emphasizing the significance of security and confidentiality. This strategy provides real-time access to project updates, granting stakeholders peace of mind and clarity regarding project priorities and objectives.
Financial Management and Reporting
– Inputs: Grant budget, financial transactions
– Process: Expense tracking, financial reporting
– Outputs: Financial reports, expenditure summaries
– Deliverables: Financial statements, compliance reports
– Outcomes: Transparent financial management, compliance with funding requirements
Impact Assessment and Evaluation
– Inputs: Project outcomes, evaluation criteria
– Process: Data collection, analysis
– Outputs: Evaluation reports, impact assessments
– Deliverables: Evaluation findings, impact documentation
– Outcomes: Demonstrated success, lessons learned for future projects
Stakeholder Communication
– Inputs: Project progress, stakeholder feedback
– Process: Regular communication, feedback collection
– Outputs: Newsletters, success stories
– Deliverables: Communication materials, stakeholder engagement reports
– Outcomes: Enhanced organizational reputation, sustained community support
Compliance Evaluations
CENNOVATION ensures adherence to intricate and ever-changing cost-recovery program regulations. Our grants management advisors assess fund recipient eligibility, guide through subrecipient applications, monitor participant eligibility, and keep clients informed about the latest Uniform Guidance relevant to funding sources, minimizing the risk of de-obligation.
Allowable Costs by Funding Source
Navigating various funding sources and their unique requirements, we explain funding forms, identify allowable expenditures, and assess participant eligibility for funds based on oversight agency and contract requirements.
Reporting
Reporting is always around the corner. With our end-to-end approach to grants management, you can be confident in the results you provide to your oversight agencies. Whether it be monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting requirements, having a solid reporting system in place keeps everyone informed of deadlines and promotes transparency.
Audit Preparation
CGS can help your organization comply with reporting requirements related to the funding you received. In addition, we can inspect transactions for compliance and assist you in coordinating, planning, and responding to audits.
Project Closeout
Depending on the funding source and regulatory requirements, some projects and programs require compliance and reporting even after completing a project. CGS can help you build processes that follow the applicable guidelines and processes around records retention. With help from CGS, you can have peace of mind that requests, reports, or data points are in order to help you avoid de-obligation or negative reports.
By systematically engaging in these activities throughout the three phases, CENNOVATION can ensure effective grants management, from initial identification to successful implementation and ongoing evaluation.