What the Review Answers
The Public Funding Readiness Review determines whether your organization has the people, policies, financial systems, controls, documentation, procurement practices, and administrative capacity necessary to responsibly pursue or administer significant public funding.
The review can be used before an award is accepted or after implementation has begun. Post-award reviews may include limited diagnostic transaction testing. The review is not an audit, internal audit, attestation engagement, or legal opinion.
What We Examine
- Financial management and award accounting
- Internal controls and segregation of duties
- Procurement and contract administration
- Policies and operating procedures
- Documentation and record retention
- Financial and performance reporting
- Governance and executive accountability
- Organizational capacity and staffing
- Award-specific compliance requirements
What You Receive
- An executive readiness brief
- A documented readiness matrix
- A prioritized 90-day remediation roadmap
- An executive briefing on the most important risks and decisions
The conclusion is clear: Ready, Proceed with Conditions, or Not Ready. The score supports professional judgment rather than replacing it.
When This Service Fits
This review is particularly useful when an organization is about to receive a larger-than-usual award, has several awards spread across departments, has never managed funding of this complexity, is approaching audit or monitoring activity, or wants to know what must be fixed before adding more public-funding responsibility.