eCivis Introduces Grants Tracking and Reporting System

eCivis Grants Tracking and Reporting^SM is the latest addition to the growing eCivis Grants Network^® community dedicated to grant-active organizations.

PASADENA, California. – April 7, 2008 – eCivis, the leader in improving grants performance, today announced the addition of eCivis Grants Tracking and Reporting^SM to its growing eCivis Grants Network^® community dedicated to grant-active organizations. eCivis Grants Tracking and Reporting is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that is designed to move grant-active organizations into the 21^st century with a system that provides intelligence at every stage of the grants management lifecycle. eCivis Grants Tracking & Reporting is fully integrated with eCivis Grants Research, so once a grant is identified, it can easily be linked to a project, applied for, awarded, and managed in the post award stage without re-entering information.

“The Tracking and Reporting system has given us a virtual centralized grants office,” said Bobby Jenkins, Assistant Finance Director for Boynton Beach, Florida. “Audits, internal processes, reporting, interdepartmental coordination and communication, as well as team and management visibility into what’s happening with our grants are all so much easier with eCivis in place.”

“Staff has commented that, even with more grants, the workload is more manageable. We didn’t really even have to change our processes much, the eCivis system just made them work more efficiently,” added Debbie Majors, Grants Manager for Boynton Beach. “eCivis Grants Network provides the management team with a full picture of grant awards at a click of a button. There is no need to get 10 people involved to obtain grant status information.”

eCivis Grants Tracking & Reporting maximizes visibility into and coordination of the grants process. It mitigates turnover issues, increases win rates, makes audits simpler, and provides clear grant metrics that improve performance. Grants professionals save time and frustration by automatically performing and centralizing many of the administrative functions currently done by hand, on paper, and through multiple systems. Department heads and managers reduce the amount of time spent complying with reporting requirements of awarded grants, and elected/appointed officials and senior management are finally able to account for every grant dollar and determine whether grant applications are in line with organizational priorities.

“We are very excited about providing this revolutionary new capability for grant-active organizations,” said Omie Ismail, eCivis CEO. “Grants are a $700 billion-a-year business that is increasingly coming under greater scrutiny, requiring increased levels of accountability and transparency. Typically, grants make up 5% to 20% of the overall budget for many midsize-to-large public sector entities, yet few have systems in place to adequately account for and comply with the myriad of different programs. Grant awards are very different; they come from many different sources, have complex requirements and are structured differently. Traditional systems simply don’t track critical grants information, or support their effective management. Now there is a system that does.”

About eCivis
Over 400 states, cities, counties, and educational institutions, and over 3,000 nonprofit organizations across the nation rely on eCivis to improve their grants performance. Through best of breed content and technology, eCivis provides the best grants information anywhere. Grants Network is a growing community of grants-active organizations, connected by an easy-to-use technological interface. Driven by the needs of our customers, eCivis continues to invest in extensive research resources and 21^st century technology to provide a one-stop-shop for all of your grants needs.