Project Details
[Return to Previous Page]CiviLink Grant Administration Platform
Company: CiviLink LLC
Major(s):
Primary: CMPSC
Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO
Intellectual Property: YES
Many potential grant applicants/recipients do not use project management software to manage applications, in part due to the time it takes to input the tasks to a project management solution. This causes missed deadlines, reports, lost or redundant record keeping, etc. Tracking costs and valuing in-kind contributions for match are often missed. Communication can be hampered when grant writers are separate from the receiving agency or other relevant departments, such as fiscal. CiviLink is a software company based in Warren County, Pennsylvania developing a suite of related cloud-based software solutions for local government. CiviLink currently has three stand-alone products - CiviDocs (document management), CiviPro (process management), and CiviLive (survey management). The company would like to develop a fourth product - CiviGrant (a grants management portal). CiviGrant would be subscription-based and initially built specifically for rural Pennsylvania local government clients. Users would gain access to a portal preloaded with grant application and grant administration tasks. Those tasks can be assigned to roles within the organization with automated task reminders. A dashboard could give management and stakeholders an overview of where an organization stands with grant applications and status. Such systems exist, but none are preloaded with templates specific to Pennsylvania grants. Hence, the first and most important deliverable is to research, analyze, license and customize/brand an existing grant or project management tool on the market (if not open source). If that objective is met, the project scope could extend to additional objectives: Second, CiviGrants should be tied to CiviLink's existing Azure login system, used for login to all its existing platforms. Third, the system could have an API that automatically add transfers documents (authorizing resolutions, agreements, etc.) from CiviGrant to the CiviDocs database. Fourth, the system could connect to CiviPro to access its role-based user database.
