Grant management software

Grant management software built for local government

Most grant management systems track paperwork on awards you've already won. Avila is the platform cities, counties, and special districts use to run the entire lifecycle — finding the right funding, building the application, and managing every post-award obligation — with AI doing the heavy lifting at each step.

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What's inside

Everything your team gets, stage by stage

This is the complete feature set — from finding the right grant to closing out the award. No modules to bolt on, no separate tracking spreadsheets.

1 · Discovery

Find the right funding

Search everything, and let AI watch for what fits each of your projects.

Grant Search

Search federal, foundation, and all-50-state funding opportunities — with AI search, rich filters, and historical award sizes on every grant.

AI Grant Researcher

Tell Avila what your organization wants to fund — or upload a strategic plan — and it continuously matches new opportunities to each of your projects.

Federal Grant Map

A free, public map of federal grant dollars to local governments in every U.S. county — benchmark your community against its peers.

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2 · Application

Build a winning application

From NOFO to submitted package — narrative, budget, forms, and team checklist.

Application Pipeline

Every application in flight, in one list — status, requested and awarded amounts, from first draft to decision.

NOFO Summary & Ask AI

An AI digest of the full funding notice — eligibility, budget rules, review criteria, required forms — plus a chat that answers questions straight from the NOFO.

Proposal & Research Builder

Avila extracts the NOFO's narrative questions, drafts sourced answers from your documents, and assembles a complete, export-ready proposal narrative.

Logic Model Builder

An AI-generated program logic model — Inputs → Activities → Outputs → Outcomes — fully editable and exportable to Word.

Timeline Builder

An AI-drafted implementation timeline on an editable Gantt chart — activities, milestones, and responsible parties, refined in plain English.

Budget Builder

A multi-year, SF-424A-aligned budget with cost-share tracking, NOFO-aware limits, AI generation, and a drafted budget justification narrative.

Federal Forms & Documents

SF-424 family and SF-LLL forms auto-filled from your organization profile and budget, plus AI-drafted attachments — download the official federal PDFs.

Submission Checklist & Team

The NOFO's deadlines and required steps as an assignable team checklist, with automated compliance and formatting checks before you submit.

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3 · Post-award

Manage the award, stay compliant

Grant tracking, compliance, and reporting for every active award — from award letter to closeout.

Award Setup

Upload the award letter and AI extracts the full award record — budget, reporting schedule, compliance rules, and closeout terms — for your review.

Financial Tracking

Budget vs. actual for every award — expense ledger with GL import and invoice extraction, indirect costs, match, and program income in one place.

Automated Cost Compliance

Every expense screened against 2 CFR 200 and your funder's own agency rules — flagged for review before it becomes an audit finding.

Personnel & Effort Certification

Grant-funded staff tracking with payroll upload and no-login effort certification signatures, per 2 CFR 200.430.

Reimbursements & Drawdowns

The payment request pipeline from package assembly to cash received — including SF-270 generation.

Funder Reporting

SF-425, SF-PPR, and custom reports auto-filled from your tracked financials, with AI-drafted performance narratives — export DOCX or the official federal PDF.

Compliance Management

A living deadline calendar plus structured workflows for modifications, prior approvals, and audit findings — with a full activity trail.

Grant Documents & Q&A

A document library for each award, with AI question-answering across everything in it.

Equipment & Inventory

The 2 CFR 200.313 equipment register — inventory, maintenance, and disposition from acquisition to closeout.

Subrecipient Management

The full pass-through compliance chain — SAM.gov and exclusion checks, risk assessments, sub-award agreements, monitoring, and single-audit verification.

Closeout

A structured closeout board with financial reconciliation, equipment disposition, and record retention.

Portfolio Intelligence

Roll-ups across every award — portfolio financials, risk, deadlines, team capacity, and single-audit prep with SEFA generation.

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Across the lifecycle

Visibility for leadership

Analytics

Grant performance across the organization — success rate, application funnel, total and average award value, with cross-department comparison.

Email Reports & Digests

A weekly digest of new matches, deadlines, and action items — plus a monthly executive sponsor report for org-wide visibility.

Why Avila

A grant management system that starts before the award

Most grant management platforms were built for foundations or nonprofits, and most only start working after you've won. Avila is different on both counts.

Built for local government

Designed for cities, counties, and special districts — federal forms, 2 CFR 200, pass-through funding, and single-audit prep are native, not add-ons.

The whole lifecycle

Discovery, application, and post-award in one system — so the data flows forward: matched projects become applications, and won applications become tracked awards.

AI at every step

AI matching, NOFO digests, drafted narratives and budgets, auto-filled federal forms, screened expenses, and drafted reports — your team reviews and approves.

FAQ

Grant management software questions

What is grant management software?

Grant management software is a system for running the grant lifecycle — finding opportunities, preparing applications, and managing awarded funds through tracking, compliance, reporting, and closeout. Traditional tools cover only the post-award piece; Avila covers the entire lifecycle in one platform.

How is Avila different from nonprofit grant management tools?

Most grant management platforms are built for foundations and nonprofits. Avila is built for local government: SF-424 family forms, 2 CFR 200 cost compliance, effort certification, subrecipient monitoring, equipment registers, and single-audit prep with SEFA generation are core features, not workarounds.

Does Avila replace our grant tracking spreadsheets?

Yes — that's the point. The application pipeline, award financials, deadline calendar, and portfolio roll-ups replace the spreadsheets that usually hold a grant program together, and every number stays connected to its source documents.

Can we start with just one part of the lifecycle?

Avila is designed end to end, but each stage delivers value on its own — discovery, AI grant writing, or post-award management for awards you already hold. Talk to us about where to start.

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