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Adam Roth

Founder & President

In his role as AmpliFund Founder and President, Adam works closely with industry and government officials to facilitate the development of improved regulatory guidelines for managing grant funding, speaking frequently on the topic to audiences around the country. He also develops and manages key industry partners. As a result of his work, he was honored with the NGMA Impact Award/Private Sector for exceptional contributions to advancing the field of grant management.

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Configurable Purpose-Built vs. Custom-Built Grant Software: What’s the Difference?

The SaaS model for grant management will become the prevalent approach for grant administration in the coming years.

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More Than Software: People, Resources & Partners

More Than Software: People, Resources & Partners

We are committed to creating a better world by simplifying business processes and amplifying grant resources to accelerate missions globally. While we fully believe that technology—including AmpliFund software—is essential to accomplish this, we also recognize that this ambition requires more than just software.

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IIJA: Leveraging Available Funds

Competitive IIJA funding is still available. Learn how you can access these funds and maximize your impact through effective management.

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Choosing the Right Path: ERP + GMS

Some guidance from AmpliFund's founder to help you ensure your grant management needs are considered when your organization is assessing an ERP purchase.

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Five Grant Recipient Monitoring Best Practices

Increase the success and sustainability of your projects. Implement these 5 best practices to better monitor your recipients.

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Save Time and Effort by Standardizing Data Collection

Important tips for standardizing performance measurement across your grant portfolio and reducing the challenges of collecting data for reporting.

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3 Ways to Improve Your Chances of Winning Federal Infrastructure Funding

3 ways grants management software can help you improve your chances of winning federal infrastructure funding.

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Preparing to Manage Your Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding

Key actions grant organizations can take to prepare for managing competitive awards from Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding.

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*Updates* Treasury’s Guidance for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF)

2022 updates to the Treasury’s Compliance and Reporting Guidance for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF)

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How Grant Programs Can Reduce Staff Turnover with Technology

How a digital transformation with grants management software helps streamline processes, create capacity, and reduce turnover.

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SLFRF Updates: Expanded Affordable Housing Eligibility Criteria

Here we are providing an overview of the expanded affordable housing eligibility criteria outlined in the most recent Treasury SLFRF update.

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Assessing Risk in Uncertain Times: Subrecipient Monitoring

This week’s blog brings a tool to help design subrecipient risk assessments in order to ace the single audit. 

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Pre-Award Risk Assessment: Assessing Risk in Uncertain Times

This week we focus on pre-award risk assessment, providing a tool to evaluate the data your organization needs to perform a thorough review of applicants.

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New Q3 Grant Opportunities: Infrastructure Law Grant-Funded Programs

The passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act means more funding opportunities. The AmpliFund team has application info in this week’s blog!

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Efficient Solutions to Common State Grant Management Challenges

A look at improving state grant management processes, monitoring of recipient performance and outcomes based on common state grant management challenges.

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Understanding Differences Between Managing ARPA & Traditional Funding

ARPA funding, unlike traditional funding, requires a grant management strategy focus shift towards using data collection to make informed future choices.

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Congratulations on Becoming a Grants Manager! Now What?

Tips for grant managers to implement systems that allow for collection of accurate data and provide transparency, ensuring successful grant programs.

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Audit Compliance Updates: SLFRF & Provider Relief Fund

OMB released the 2021 Compliance Supplement Technical Update. We can help you understand what this means for SLFRF and Provider Relief Fund recipients.

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The OMB’s 2022 Compliance Supplement Has Been Released

The OMB 2022 Compliance Supplement was released and contains audit guidance for 235 programs and 48 grant programs from 22 Federal agencies.

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Grant managers writing on a board to centralize their grant management process with limited resources

Centralizing Your Grants Management Practice with Limited Resources

Demonstrating how centralizing grant management practices ensures outcome improvement and maintains compliance.

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CARES Act Audit Requirements for Tribal Governments

With the closeout of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act ICDBG programs, tribal nations must turn their attention to audits.

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Treasury Releases Response to Final Rule ARPA/SLFRF FAQs

An overview of the guidance from new FAQs released by the Treasury regarding ARPA/SLFRF final rule updates.

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2023 Budget Plan Could Increase State and Local Government Funding

An overview of some of the notable grant funding increases for state and local government in the 2023 Federal budget.

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Creating Public Trust with Data

How local governments can use real-time grant program performance data to build trust with the public.

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SLFRF Update: Final Rule Takes Effect April 1

An explainer about ARPA & SLFRF final rule updates to expenses related to workers, revenue loss, and what is not allowable under the guidance.

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Can You Use Your ARPA Funding for Technology Procurement?

An overview of how you can use ARPA/SLFRF funding for technology procurement to support your grant funded programs.

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A View from the Hill – Upcoming Updates to the SLFRF Final Rule

Updated guidance is incoming for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund recipients from Treasury & OMB.

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More Local Infrastructure Funding May be on the Way from Congress

The State, Local, Tribal, & Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure & Disaster Relief Flexibility Act could give counties flexibility to spend SLFRF funds.

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New Grant Opportunities – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

An overview of the new formula and competitive grant programs created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

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The Small Municipality Dilemma

Some cities, towns, and jurisdictions with

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Inside the Thinking of Federal Reporting Compliance Yesterday and Today

AmpliFund spoke to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform about how implementing FIBF data standards could reduce recipient burden.

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Performance Reporting is Paramount – OMB 2021 Compliance Supplement Update

Tips for implementing the 2021 OMB Compliance Supplement updates for Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) including increased performance reporting, outcomes, & equity.

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A View from the Hill – ARPA Guidance

Meeting debrief with several Washington D.C. officials regarding the coordinated rollout of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.

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The Treasury’s Guidance for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF)

The Treasury’s Compliance and Reporting Guidance for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF)

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The Future of Grants Management: Payment Management

Blockchain could help further streamline grant reporting practices in the future because of the ability to reconcile payments.

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The Future of Grants Management: Auditing

Blockchain presents a new, more secure level of control that auditors may appreciate, but it will not replace internal grant management practices.

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The American Rescue Plan Act: Preparing for Recovery Success

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is a response to the COVID-19 pandemic that is designed to provide economic relief directly to Americans.

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Setting Standards to Achieve Compliance

Creating processes to collect standard data is critical for maintaining compliance for grant seekers and grant makers.

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Grant Management Systemization Drives Equity for Local Government

Reaching into all aspects of our communities in our ecosystem in an intentional way is critical to the equitable distribution of resources.

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The Key Players in Grant Management Centralization

Assembling a Central Grants Office with key roles is one of the first steps leadership needs to take to centralize grant funding management.

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How Local Governments Can Address Their Most Common Audit Issue: Personnel Allocation

Personnel allocation continues to be a common finding in local government grant audits, but it can be tackled in all three stages of the grant lifecycle.

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Local Governments Need Nonprofit Partnerships for Community COVID-19 Recovery

Nonprofits are critical to local government success, especially when they are trying to recover following a global crisis. Learn more about public-private partnerships.

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Standardizing Grant Portfolio Performance Measurement

Learn how to standardize the performance measurement of your funding.

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Think Like an Auditor: How to Prepare for Grant Audits

What does Uniform Grant Guidance (UGG) mean for the future of grant auditing? Outlined below are specific requirements auditors will look for when determining compliance.

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Common State Grant Management Challenges and the Solutions

To help you improve your state’s processes and, in turn, increase your state’s grant dollars drawdown, we are sharing the five most common state grant management challenges.

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The Relationship Between Compliance and State Grant Funding

To better understand the connection between compliance and grant dollars, we are sharing three effects compliance can have on your state’s funding. 

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