MUSIC GRANT INC
Grant Management Services
Demystifying grant writing is a creative skill that takes years to develop. It requires finesse, strategic structuring, and, in many ways, empathy. Music and its worth are profoundly personal. That’s why we can help you with every phase of the grant life cycle, from pre-award strategic planning to post-award closeout, reporting, and everything in between—helping you make a difference in your community with effective grants management solutions and forward vision.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
We help your team perform strategic research to identify available grant funding opportunities supporting your projects, services, or programs. Our team identifies funding options from federal, state, local, and private grant sources using a systems approach to enhance funding. Our team holds brainstorming sessions to assess current programs and the development of any newly anticipated programs. A comprehensive plan may involve an iterative approach as we balance community needs, resources, and political and socio-cultural priorities.
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
A grant award can significantly benefit you; keeping track of all the requirements and tasks starting on day one can be overwhelming. Our team can guide you through preparing the necessary tools to comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations from the initial grant award phase. Our team can also assist in developing a grant portfolio to include grants received, amounts, reporting deadlines, monitoring requirements, and any other applicable information.
COMPLIANCE EVALUATION
Grant regulations are strenuous and continuously changing via cost recovery programs. Our team of expert grant management advisors will help you avoid potential de-obligation in the future and solidify your federal funding. Our team will assess the eligibility of fund recipients based on guidance in the oversight agency’s contract, create and assist in the application process for sub-recipients, monitor participant’s eligibility status in compliance with the contract requirements, and guide you on the most up-to-date Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards applicable to the funder.
FUNDING ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY
We provide you with measured and time-tested advice. Our team receives an in-depth understanding of your current allocation processes and priorities to be incorporated to meet the needs of your audience. The budget constraints are a significant influence; the factors used to determine the allocation must have reasonable eligibility and allowability criteria documented appropriately. Our team will recommend changes to help comply with specialized rules and regulations, including areas for efficiencies and best practices.
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT
Grant award requirements can be complex and time-consuming. Our team will help you maintain compliance and will assist you in refining these processes to improve your operating efficiencies. We review your current strategy and duties assigned to the financial reporting process. Our team identifies potential opportunities to streamline activities and improve the utilization of resources. Our team provides you with a compiled electronic portfolio of the assessment.
ALLOWABLE COSTS BY FUNDER
Various grant funding sources' unique requirements and deadlines increase complexity when determining the highest and best use of available funding for you and your clients. Our team helps to explain the various forms of funding you have received and identify allowable expenditures. We assess whether participants receiving federal funds are eligible based on guidance stated in the oversight agency and contract requirement.
REPORTING
We provide you with an end-to-end approach to grant management; you can be confident in the results you provide to your oversight agencies. Our team will ensure your monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting requirements keep all parties informed of deadlines to ensure transparency.
PROJECT CLOSEOUT
We help you build a process that follows the applicable state, local, and federal guidelines for projects, services, and programs regulatory requirements require reporting after completion. Our team helps you with the requests, reports, or data points needed to help you avoid de-obligation or adverse reporting.
INNOVATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Grant management is essential to establish a solid management foundation emphasizing transparency and flexibility. Our team uses cutting-edge project management tools, including data analytics, artificial intelligence, and power benchmarking solutions, highlighting the importance of security and confidentiality. You have real-time access to the status of your project, service, or program, reinforcing our commitment to you.
GRANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
We help you develop, modify, or implement applicable policies and procedures for recipients and sub-recipients. Our team will create tailored checklists to help you with grant management and compliance, identify applicable compliance requirements, review your budget to identify opportunities for allocating indirect costs and matching requirements and develop procurement policies and processes to help administer allowable expenditures. Our team provides a compiled digital portfolio of the findings and recommendations.
APPLICATION STRATEGY FOR PROJECTS, SERVICES, OR PROGRAMS
We help you prepare and develop a grant application to distribute funding to grantees. We include website updates, finalizing application components, converting into an acceptable format, and compiling the various sections of the application with required substantiated documents, if applicable.
PROCUREMENT POLICY PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION
We help you review contracts and purchasing documents for cost recovery and compliance with expenditures using federal funds. Our team helps educate your management on documents to comply with procurement rules per the Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards. We also create an internal implementation checklist that complies with your procurement policy and monitors procurement purchases through data analytics.
SUB-RECIPIENT MONITORING
A grant occasionally passes through an organization; having a robust sub-recipient to monitor solutions is critical. Our team will evaluate internal controls and processes for tracking sub-recipients. We leverage data analytics and forensic monitoring procedures to help reconcile essential budget line items to the sub-recipients supporting document submission and help identify potential fraud, waste, and abuse. Our team provides you with documents to submit financial packages to the funder. We provide the required integration for outcomes reporting to Federal and State regulators. We also identify allowable or unallowable costs and control objectives to ensure that awards are expended solely for allowable activities.
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