Euna Solutions and CLA have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at helping state and local governments and nonprofit organizations manage grants compliance across the full funding lifecycle.

The partnership combines Euna Grants, Euna's cloud-based grants management platform, with CLA's federal grants compliance, advisory and Single Audit capabilities.

The companies say the collaboration will help grant recipients strengthen internal controls, monitor subrecipients, maintain documentation, meet reporting obligations and improve audit readiness.

The need for that combination stems from a persistent problem in public-sector financial management: grant administration often spans multiple teams, spreadsheets, documents and systems, while federal funding comes with detailed requirements that must be tracked throughout the lifecycle of an award.

Winning an award, in other words, does not eliminate the administrative burden. It can introduce another layer of financial controls, reporting and oversight.

"Winning a grant is only the beginning," Adam Roth, VP of Partnerships and Government Relations at Euna Solutions, said in the announcement.

Euna Grants is designed to centralize processes including grant applications, awards, reporting, subrecipient monitoring, performance tracking and closeout. According to the company, customers using the platform have achieved a 70% reduction in administrative tasks and a 60% reduction in time spent on reporting after implementation.

Those figures are company-reported results rather than independent benchmarks, but they illustrate the problem the partnership is targeting: grants administration can consume significant amounts of staff time when workflows are handled manually or across disconnected systems.

CLA brings a different capability to the relationship. The professional services firm advises public-sector and nonprofit organizations on federal grants compliance, risk assessments, corrective action planning, financial management and audit readiness.

Its services include support around 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Guidance, the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), subrecipient monitoring and corrective action planning.

The combination creates a technology-plus-advisory model. Rather than treating compliance as a process that occurs primarily before or during an audit, the partnership is intended to embed compliance practices into everyday grant administration.

Why Grants Compliance Is Becoming a Technology Problem

Federal grants management has become increasingly demanding for organizations responsible for distributing or administering public funds.

For state and local governments, a single funding program can involve multiple requirements, reporting deadlines, subrecipients and documentation standards. Organizations may also need to demonstrate that internal controls are operating effectively and that expenditures are properly supported.

The Single Audit framework adds another layer for organizations that meet the applicable federal expenditure threshold. Under the federal Uniform Guidance, organizations that expend $1 million or more in federal awards during a fiscal year generally fall under Single Audit requirements.

Subrecipient monitoring is particularly important. A prime recipient can remain responsible for ensuring that funds passed to subrecipients are properly monitored, creating a need for consistent documentation and oversight across organizational boundaries.

Technology can help automate reminders, centralize records and create audit trails, but software alone does not determine whether an agency's controls are appropriate. That is where CLA's advisory role becomes relevant.

Christian Fuellgraf, Principal, CAAS at CLA and a former state government financial leader, said the collaboration is intended to combine compliance expertise with grant management technology so organizations can strengthen accountability while managing additional funding.

Moving Grants Management From Documents to Data

The partnership also reflects a broader transition taking place across public-sector technology.

Government agencies have increasingly adopted cloud-based software for financial management, procurement, budgeting and citizen services. Grants management is another area where organizations are attempting to replace fragmented processes with centralized digital workflows.

A modern grants platform can create a structured record of an award from application through closeout. That can make it easier to identify missing documentation, monitor deadlines and maintain visibility into subrecipient activity.

For compliance teams, structured data can also make reporting and audit preparation less dependent on manually assembling information from different departments.

The strategic value is therefore not simply automation. It is the ability to make grants data more accessible and consistent throughout the lifecycle of public funding.

Market Landscape

The grants management software market sits at the intersection of government technology, financial management software and compliance technology.

Euna Solutions competes in a broader public-sector software market that includes platforms for budgeting, procurement, payments and grants administration. Its collaboration with CLA adds professional-services expertise to the technology proposition.

The competitive landscape also includes established enterprise vendors and specialist government technology providers. Companies such as Microsoft, Salesforce and other enterprise software providers increasingly offer cloud platforms that can be configured for government workflows, although purpose-built grants platforms can provide more specialized functionality around award management and compliance.

For public agencies, the differentiator is likely to be less about whether a platform is cloud-based and more about how effectively it handles the specific requirements of federal funding.

The combination of software and advisory services could appeal particularly to agencies that are new to large-scale federal funding, organizations preparing for a Single Audit, or agencies working through control weaknesses and corrective-action plans.

Strategic Outlook

The Euna-CLA collaboration points toward a broader evolution in government grants technology: compliance is increasingly being treated as an operational workflow rather than a periodic audit exercise.

That shift matters as agencies attempt to manage more complex funding programs without proportionally expanding administrative teams. Automating routine tasks can free staff for higher-value activities, while centralized records can make it easier to identify gaps before they become audit problems.

The partnership will also extend beyond software deployment. Euna and CLA plan to co-present at Government Academy Roundtable events across the United States during 2026, focusing on internal controls, administrative efficiency and federal review preparation.

If public agencies increasingly adopt this combined technology-and-advisory model, grants management could become another area where compliance requirements are embedded directly into enterprise workflows rather than managed through disconnected spreadsheets, email and manual reviews.

Top Insights

• Euna Grants and CLA combine software with federal compliance expertise, helping public agencies manage documentation, reporting, subrecipient oversight and audit preparation.
• The partnership targets persistent grants-management weaknesses involving internal controls and subrecipient monitoring that can contribute to questioned costs and audit findings.
• Euna's reported reductions in administrative work and reporting time highlight the potential value of centralizing grant workflows within purpose-built cloud software.
• CLA adds expertise in 2 CFR Part 200, Single Audits, SEFA preparation and corrective-action planning, complementing Euna's technology capabilities.
• The collaboration reflects a wider government technology shift toward embedding compliance requirements directly into digital workflows instead of treating audits as isolated events.

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