What it Means to be an eCivis Client!

eCivis is committed to providing a world-class grants management system and professional services. The eCivis team is made up of some of the leading grant experts in the nation. We work closely with the funding agents to ensure that information is up to date, eliminating wasted time and resources for our clients. From local communities to state organizations, clients such as Los Angeles County, Chicago, Orlando, Raleigh, and Houston rely on eCivis every day to assist them through the grants process.

Expanding Capacities to Exceed Expectations

Grants Professional Services

In 2011, eCivis added a Grants Professional Services (GPS) division to serve clients’ grant-consultation and grant-writing needs.  Dr. Beverly A. Browning (Dr. Bev) was invited to join our Management Team and create this newest department. GPS has been integrated into every area of eCivis operations.  From adding web site links to create client-requested services to rolling out Nonprofit One-Stop™, GPS is using your feedback to build a current and future tier of critically needed services.

Here’s an overview of the services developed-to-date (using your valuable feedback):

Grant Writing

Many of you told us that there are simply more grant funding opportunities that you can keep up with and, that regretfully, some of the best grants for your communities are not pursued due to lack of time.  In order to meet your ongoing and intermittent grant writing needs, Dr. Bev recruited a core group of grant professionals who represent the cream of the crop in their specialty areas.  Nearly 100 grant writers, managers, evaluators, and budget analysts have experience and high win rates with government and private sector grantmakers. Many of our grant professionals hold Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and/or Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) Institute credentials.  Using our grant writing services alleviates stress on your end and increases your organization’s chance of winning a highly competitive grant award.

Peer Review

A core group of our long-term clients provided feedback about the need for a second pair of eyes on the grant applications written in-house by their staff.  Dr. Bev developed peer review services to help you find the visible and invisible red flags in your completed grant applications. Our team members look at the grantmaker’s guidelines and compare them to what you or your staff has written.  The markup (via tracking comments) provided reflects high scrutiny of major narrative weaknesses.  When you accept our expert advice, your chances of winning a grant award increase immensely.

Training

eCivis has always worked one-on-one with our clients to provide product training use.  Our Grants Network system has training available at every level to ease client use and promote product satisfaction.  As a newcomer, Dr. Bev recognized that many of our Grants Network clients extend online access to their community partners.  She has created a one-day customized training program to strengthen your community goodwill efforts.  Dr. Bev will write specialized curriculum to fit your organization’s and community partner’s needs in the area of grant writing.  Recently, she delivered these standing room only training programs for the City’s of San Antonio (TX) and Avondale (AZ).  Audience response was overwhelming.  Look for a video of the Avondale training and community partner feedback on our web site in 2012!

About the Author

Dr. Beverly A. Browning (Dr. Bev) has been consulting in the areas of grant writing, contract bid responses, and organizational development for nearly four decades.  She has assisted clients and workshop participants throughout the United States in receiving awards of more than $350 million.  Dr. Bev the author of 39 grants-related publications, including Grant Writing For Dummies™, Grant Writing for Educators, How to Become a Grant Writing Consultant, Faith-Based Grants: Aligning Your Church to Receive Abundance,  Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals, Rule of Thumb: A Guide to Small Business Sustainability and Perfect Phrases for Fundraising (2012). Her online courses (taught to thousands of students annually on www.ed2go.com) are Advanced Proposal Writing and Becoming a Grant Writing Consultant.  Dr. Browning is a current member of the Grant Professionals Association.  She is CEO of Bev Browning & Associates (BBA, Inc.); Founder and Director of the Grant Writing Training, and most recently, the Vice President for Grants Professional Services at eCivis Inc. (www.ecivis.com).

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