Enterprise Grants Management
Gets the Right Funding to the Right Grantees Faster
AST Grants Management gets the right funding to the right grantees faster. When public sector organizations couple automation with a unified 360-view, the entire grants lifecycle is accelerated. Administrative burdens decrease, collaboration is seamless, audits are streamlined, and recipients receive funds faster
AST Grants Management, built on the flexible and extensible Salesforce Public Sector Solutions platform, manages your full grantmaking lifecycle from planning to reporting, helping you accelerate funding and invest in stronger outcomes. Bring together grantmakers and grantseekers with flexible, efficient, and collaborative grants management software.
Grantors can launch new grants fast with templates and digital toolkit that make creating new programs easy. Program Managers can use these tools to create and update funding programs using guided processes.
With simple, customizable dashboards, Grantors can get a complete, 360 degree view to identify performance insights, predict areas of funding, and visualize the program’s lasting, mission impact.
Effectively Program Manage Grants
- Administrative Phase
- Work internally to determine program budgets and create funding opportunities for potential grantees
- Pre-award Phase
- Collect grantseeker application information
- Applicants quickly understand eligibility and apply fast from a single hub with resources and a rich knowledge base.
- Digitized applications to speed up intake.
- Award Phase
- Select grantees and disburse grants
- Post Award Phase
- Collaborate with grantees,
- Collect progress reports
- Analyze results
Key Benefits of AST Grants Management
Dynamic Application Forms
Smart forms that dynamically update help ensure that the right information is captured from the start while applicants gain clear guidance on next steps and submission requirements.
At any point in the application, applicants can pause the application and save their place to return later, reference help articles or contact a representative with a click.
Often, applicants are required to submit numerous documents, specify project activities, identify needed equipment, and calculate the funds requested. By capturing accurate information in one place, review efforts are simplified, and agencies don’t need to re-key data.
Grants Portal - Manage Communications, Alerts, and Notifications
One-stop branded portal for all applicants and grantees. Applicants can see resources to find the answers they need with a rich knowledge base and configurable chat bots that help them get answers fast. At the same time, grantees can manage the whole lifecycle of the grant from awards, projects, and even reporting through this secure environment.
Customizable Workflows
Speed up coordination and automate tasks across teams, departments, and external partners with easy, no-code workflows. Enhance productivity by managing multiple approvals and audits with a no-code business rules engine that prescreens applicants and enables automatic eligibility determinations.
Accelerated Review Process
Once the grantee submits their application, reviewers are guided precisely through each step in the review process. The step-by-step instructions can be easily tailored with low code tools. Reviewers can see a single view of the grantee to evaluate the application and manage correspondence. Grants Management fosters a collaborative environment with advanced case management allowing grantors to set up automated workflows and triaging.
Manage and Monitor Awards Throughout The Entire Lifecycle
Once the grantee is selected, Grant Coordinators can easily schedule disbursements and tie them to key milestones that the awarding organization must complete before being issued funding. Coordinators have the ability to setup a disbursement schedule and automate the payment records or, create one-off disbursements as necessary. Once a record is created an approval process is kicked off to ensure agency approval and accounting policies are followed.
Out-of-the-Box Grant Reports
Increase impact with standardized reporting. Achieving compliance is crucial to maintain funding streams and continue to invest in programs that further the mission. Grantees can provide progress reports in standardized templates and they can track financials to help to ensure compliance – all in one place. With standardization and easy collaboration, there is less administrative burden for grantors and grantees. On the back end, drag and drop builders make it easy for grantors to create standard reporting templates. These no-code, digital tools help public sector organizations improve efficiency.
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