A New Way to Support CBOs - Part 2

Trendsetters
Robert Ruano, Grants Administration Officer for the City of Miami, FL, summarizes the concept of service-based support for community-based organizations (CBOs):

“Giving [eCivis] grant research tools to nonprofits was a way for us to assist those organizations that help low-income communities get the services they need. We didn’t want to help them just once; we wanted to create a way for them to build capacity to help themselves.”

By offering service-based support, Miami is giving local CBOs assistance they can continuously benefit from. Instead of relying on short-term financial subsidies, Miami extends services to their nonprofits, allowing them to solve grants performance problems and increase their self-sufficiency. This investment in training, tools, and collaboration has paid dividends to communities, as seen in the examples below.

Case Studies
The following Case Studies describe successes with A New Way to Support CBOs.

• Miami, FL Case Study – Community Program Funding Increases by 440% in Two Years
• Santa Clara, CA Case Study -Revolutionary Approach to Nonprofit Grant Support Secures Millions
• Tulsa, OK Case Study - Nonprofits Win More Than $2 Million in Grants

With the successes of the 50+ clients providing services to their CBOs, eCivis predicts that this local government/CBO relationship model will become the norm in the industry. After considering the case studies above, you might ask yourself, “Why couldn’t our government do something similar to enhance the grants performance of our CBOs?”

To answer this question, we encourage you to review the material in this series and share these case studies with others in your organization.

Next Steps
Stay tuned for Part 3 of A New Way to Support CBOs, which will focus on answering the question, “What exactly is service-based support?”

Your affiliation with eCivis puts you on the fast track to setting up a similar program for your agency. If you would like to learn how other governments are easily and affordably implementing service support programs for CBOs, please Contact Us.

About eCivis:
Headquartered in Pasadena, Calif., eCivis is the leader in improving city and county grant performance nationwide. Through the highest quality research, training, and web-based systems, eCivis has helped over 500 local governments improve their grants performance.

If you are interested in improving your grants performance, implement these solutions where needed and you will notice a dramatic difference.