For Districts & Administrators

Your same systems.
The one job they were never built for.
And it's the most important one.

Your ERP and portals record spend. They don’t run eligibility + stacking + allowability + audit-ready proof as one flow — that’s the layer ThinkKits adds.

Principal · District · Enterprise — see pricing below. Built to sit above SIS/ERP, not swap them.

FERPA CompliantStudent data never stored
SOC 2 ReadinessEnterprise-grade security
Daily Updates105K schools scored every 24 hours
Verified SourcesNCES, Census, ED.gov direct feeds
SDPC AlignedStudent Data Privacy Consortium member
The Real Problem

Payroll, HR, and purchasing tools run the district. They don’t, together, answer whether federal and state dollars are claimed, stacked, spent, and shown the way review expects. That job — funding intelligence end to end — is what pays for programs and what Single Audit and SEFA test. ThinkKits adds that layer on top of what you own; it doesn’t replace it.

When this job is missing, every other system pays the price.

You can have clean books in one tool and a gap in another — and still get Est. leakage, Est. questioned costs, or a long night before the packet ships. The one flow that ties money to proof isn’t optional; it’s the piece your stack was never sold to deliver as one product. ThinkKits complements that stack.

15% of audited districts receive findings. Federal Audit Clearinghouse data, FY2023-2024. That's not a policy paper statistic -- that's 1 in 7 districts getting flagged, questioned costs assigned, and corrective action plans mandated. Industry estimates often cite roughly $15K\u2013$50K per year for third-party compliance consulting support (varies widely by district size; not measured from your district's books). Districts still get findings. Because consultants work from the same spreadsheets you do.

SEFA errors are the number one finding category in the country

The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is a single document. Get one catalog code wrong, misclassify one program, or misstate one amount -- and the auditor projects that error rate across your entire portfolio. Three bad entries in a $2 million Title I program become $240,000 in questioned costs. That document should generate itself from your own expenditure data. Instead, coordinators build it manually in Excel every year.

The 13-step audit lifecycle runs year-round. Most districts prepare for two weeks.

Threshold check. SEFA. Program classification. Risk assessment. Internal controls. Twelve compliance test areas. Findings. Corrective action plans. Prior finding follow-up. Federal reporting. Resolution. This isn't an event -- it's a continuous cycle. But most districts treat it like tax season: cram for two weeks, pray nothing surfaces. Title I coordinators stitch together 5 to 7 systems. Business managers categorize 200+ transactions per quarter by hand. Procurement documentation lives in email threads and filing cabinets.

Supplement-not-supplant is the single hardest test to pass

Can you prove that every Title I dollar added to -- and did not replace -- local spending? The burden of proof sits on your district. Most can't produce that documentation on demand. When the auditor asks, you reconstruct it from memory and bank statements. That reconstruction is where findings come from.

Every purchase that runs through the funding engine builds your audit file automatically

When an educator qualifies a purchase, five compliance outputs generate in the background: the audit trail, the allowability record, the supplement-not-supplant justification, the equipment flag for items over $5,000, and the expenditure data feeding your SF-425. Nobody thinks about compliance. They qualify a purchase. The documentation writes itself. Six of twelve compliance test areas are eliminated before the auditor walks in. Activities allowed, allowable costs, eligibility, matching, period of performance, procurement -- the system prevents non-compliant decisions from happening.

The system catches what your consultant can't

Peer analysis runs constantly. Districts with your funding profile had a 26% finding rate on procurement -- if your procurement documentation is thin, you'll know before the auditor does. Category thresholds, period warnings, Maintenance of Effort flags, and regulatory changes surface proactively. You fix problems in real time instead of discovering them under questioning.

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District Overview
Your district
Total Allocation
$42.1M
Utilized
$38.7M
Recovery Gap
$3.4M
3 deadlines this month
Allocation by Program
Title I
$18.2M
IDEA
$12.4M
Title II-A
$5.8M
Perkins
$2.3M
Top Recovery Opportunities
What You Get

Run your district with data, not guesswork

Every allocation, every deadline, every compliance requirement — one dashboard.

  • 18K districts with fiscal profiles
  • Automated SEFA generation — saves ~40 hrs/quarter
  • Compliance deadlines with 30/60/90 day alerts
  • Peer benchmarking against similar districts
How It Works

Three steps to unclaimed funding

01
Step 01

Enter your school

Type your school name. We pull your NCES profile, demographics, and funding history automatically.

02
Step 02

See your matches

Our engine scores you against 500+ federal and state programs. Green = eligible. Gold = unclaimed.

03
Step 03

Generate & submit

One click creates a submission-ready package with budget narratives, compliance language, and citations.

The Audit Reality Nobody Talks About

Federal Single Audit triggers at $1M in federal spending. State audits have no threshold. 15% of audited districts receive findings. One bad sample projects across your entire program.

1 in 7
Districts get flagged
$240K
Projected from 3 bad receipts in a $2M program
5-7
Systems stitched together in Excel
0
Purpose-built Title I compliance tools on the market

12 Compliance Areas. 6 Eliminated. 6 Covered.

Auditors test up to 12 areas per major program. Our engine blocks non-compliant decisions before they happen.

Eliminated
Activities Allowed
Engine only recommends allowable activities
Allowable Costs
Cost reasonableness documented at purchase
Eligibility
Built-in data verifies before recommendation
Matching/Cost Sharing
Required match calculated upfront
Period of Performance
System blocks purchases outside grant dates
Procurement
Compliant procurement path recommended by $ amount
Covered
Cash Management
Tracks draw date vs spend date, alerts if gap exceeds 3 days
Equipment
Auto-flags >$5K, creates asset registry, annual inventory check
Program Income
Quarterly $0 confirm (2 clicks). Flags activities that could generate income
Reporting
Auto-fills SF-425, generates narratives, 90/60/30-day deadline alerts
Supplement Not Supplant
Supplemental nature documented at moment of purchase
Subrecipient Monitoring
Vendor vs sub classification, risk assessment, monitoring schedule

The scale of the gap — and the opportunity

Built from public NCES, DOE, and USASpending data. Estimated where noted.

1 in 7
Districts get audit findings
Est. · Federal Single Audit data
$303M
Title I obligation gap
Est. · FY2022 (USASpending)
105,000+
Schools indexed
Est. · All 50 states + DC
Nationwide
Title I-eligible schools
Est. · Qualifying for federal aid
13
Audit lifecycle steps tracked
Est. · Guided workflow with alerts
$240K
Est. projected from 3 bad receipts
Est. · In a $2M program

We Find Problems Before Your Auditor Does

You don't search for these alerts. They find you.

Gap AlertYour Data
$25K of your Title I allocation is unaccounted for. Here is where similar districts typically allocate it.
Threshold WarningYour Data
Your supplies spending is 40% of Title I. Federal guidance typically caps this at 15%. The auditor will ask why.
Peer AnalysisNational Data
Districts with your funding profile had a 26% finding rate on procurement. Your procurement documentation is incomplete.
Trend AlertNational Data
Procurement findings are spiking in Pennsylvania this year. New state guidance changed micro-purchase thresholds.
MOE DetectionNational Data
Your local special education spending dropped 8% year-over-year. This is a Maintenance of Effort red flag.
Regulatory ChangeRegulatory
New PA guidance effective March 2026: Title IV-A technology purchases now require a needs assessment on file.
The Difference

Before & After ThinkKits

Without ThinkKits
Manual grant searches across 50 state portals
Compliance deadlines tracked in spreadsheets
Substantial unclaimed funding per school
Weeks to write a single grant narrative
No visibility into stacking opportunities
Hours spent on eligibility verification
With ThinkKits
One dashboard, every federal & state program
Automated compliance alerts30/60/90 days
Funding recovered per school — recovered
AI grant writer — narrative inminutes
Stacking engine finds compound opportunities
Instant eligibility scoring for500+ programs

What You Get

A sample district report: every school, funding eligibility by program, and where the gaps are. Your district. Your data. Your timeline.

Sample Output
DistrictJefferson County Schools
SchoolTitle IIDEA BUnclaimed
Lincoln ElementaryEligibleEligibleEst. $48,700
Washington MiddleEligibleEst. $22,100
Jefferson HighEligible
Adams ElementaryEligibleEligibleEst. $61,300
District TotalEst. $132,100

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Principal covers a single school; District adds district-grain compliance and allocation; Enterprise negotiates for 16+ schools. DRAFT — pending Mj sign-off.

Principal
$249/mo per school

The full educator suite at school scope. The only way a standalone school buys.

  • Full educator suite (school scope)
  • Unlimited searches
  • Justification builder
  • Grant writing AI
Best for Districts
District
$499/mo + $142/mo per school

District-grain compliance, allocation, and funding intelligence. Billed annually. Partial enrollment allowed.

  • District-level platform
  • Per-building workspace
  • Fund code mapping
  • Audit lifecycle
  • Compliance monitoring across all buildings
Enterprise
Contact sales

16+ schools, negotiated at $3–5/student (Est.). Everything in District plus a dedicated advisor and custom integrations.

  • Everything in District
  • Volume pricing ($3–5/student, Est.)
  • Dedicated advisor
  • Custom integrations

Common Questions

12 of 13 audit lifecycle steps handled automatically. Purchase qualification creates compliance documentation. SEFA auto-generates. SF-425 auto-fills. Alerts catch issues before auditors do. Your consultant handles the CPA audit. We handle the rest.

The system drafts a corrective action plan based on the finding type and your platform data, tracks resolution across audit cycles, and provides verification evidence. If costs are questioned, appeal packages cite 2 CFR 200 with evidence from your qualification records.

The #1 audit failure in education. Our engine documents the supplemental nature of every purchase at the moment it happens -- not months later when the auditor asks. The justification IS the SNS documentation.

The District tier gives every enrolled building its own workspace with role-based access: teacher, principal, business manager, compliance officer. Role separation IS an internal control. The platform enforces segregation of duties by design.

10 minutes. Search your school, see 5 years of public funding data, claim with .edu email, connect your ERP via CSV upload. Fund code mapping is one-time. Monthly syncs after that take 5 minutes.

What an Audit-Ready Day Looks Like

A business manager. A normal Tuesday. Zero compliance anxiety.

8:00 AMMorning Dashboard Check

2 new alerts waiting.

Title I spending at 87% of cap — 31 days left in quarter. 3 pending POs could push you over.
New PA guidance effective March 2026: Title IV-A technology purchases now require a needs assessment on file.
9:30 AMPurchase Qualification

Process a $8,500 PO for math manipulative kits (24 classrooms).

All 6 compliance areas passed. Audit trail auto-generated. PO approved.
11:00 AMQuarterly SEFA Report

Superintendent needs the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards for the board meeting.

One click. Auto-populated from purchase and allocation data. Ready in 12 seconds.
2:00 PMSuperintendent Check-In

"Are we audit-ready if they show up tomorrow?"

12/12 compliance areas covered — $0 finding risk — Next audit window: Q4 2026

A Real Compliance Check

What happens when a purchase goes through the engine. Every check runs in under 2 seconds.

Purchase Under Review
Math manipulative kits — 24 classrooms
$8,500Program: Title I-APO-2026-0847
PASS
Compliance Check Results
Activities Allowed
Instructional materials — explicitly allowable under Title I-A
Allowable Costs
Unit cost $354/classroom — within district benchmark range
Eligibility
School NCES ID 481234001 — Title I-A eligible, 72% FRL
SNS Documentation
Supplement not supplant: local budget shows no comparable purchase
Procurement
$8,500 — below $10K micro-purchase threshold, single-source allowed
Period of Performance
PO date within grant period Oct 1 2025 – Sep 30 2026
Auto-Generated Audit Trail
PO Number
PO-2026-0847
Vendor
ThinkKits LLC
Approval Chain
Principal → Business Mgr
Funding Source
Title I-A (FY2026)
Compliance Citations
2 CFR 200.405, ESEA §1114
Timestamp
Mar 26 2026, 9:34 AM

See funding and proof in one flow — not two projects.

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