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Program Type: Support Grant

Section I. Volunteer Support Expenses

A. Project Personnel Expenses

Position/Title -Qty -Annual Salary -% Time CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Project Supervisor: - 1 person(s) at 60000 each x 100%

usage

60,000 0 60,000 0

Category Totals 60,000 0 60,000 0

Table 1 Sample budget narrative Section I.A.

B. Personnel Fringe Benefits

Item -Description CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total

Amount

Member 

Support

FICA: 7.65% x total salaries 4,590 0 4,590 0

Health Insurance: 4.8% x total salaries 2,880 0 2,880 0

Retirement 0 0 0 0

Life Insurance 0 0 0 0

Workers Comp: 2.26% x total salaries 1,356 0 1,356 0

Unemployment: 1% x total salaries 600 0 600 0

Category Totals 9,426 0 9,426 0

Table 2 Sample budget narrative Section I.B.

C. Project Staff Travel

1. Local Travel

Purpose -Calculation CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

1 Project Supervisor travel to monitor project sites 1, 2,

and 3- 769 mi @ $0.65 mi

500 0 0 0

Category Totals 500 0 0 0

Table 3 Sample budget narrative Section I.C.1.

2. Long Distance Travel

Purpose -Destination -Other Travel -Trans. AmountMeals/LodgingCNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 4 Sample budget narrative Section I.C.2.
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D. Equipment

Item/Purpose -Qty -Unit Cost CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 5 Sample budget narrative Section I.D.

E. Supplies

Item-Calculation CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 6 Sample budget narrative Section I.E.

F. Contractual Service

Purpose -Calculation CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 7 Sample budget narrative Section I.F.

I. Other Volunteer Support Costs

Item CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Criminal History Checks: Check for (new staff) Project 

Supervisor 1 @ $50 - FBI, $24 - state 

74 0 0 0

Communications: 0 0 0 0

Printing: 0 0 0 0

Logistics: 0 0 0 0

Audit: 0 0 0 0

Category Totals 74 0 0 0

Table 8 Sample budget narrative Section I.I.

J. Indirect Costs

Calculation -Rate -Rate Claimed -Cost Type CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 9 Sample budget narrative Section I.J.

Section Totals 70,000 0 0 0

PERCENTAGE 100% 0.00%

Table 10 Sample budget narrative Section I totals.
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Section II. Volunteer Expenses

A. Personnel Expenses

Living Allowances

Full Time (Federal)

Description/Sites - # Mbrs -Allowance Rate CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Standard Member VISTA: - 17 x 17600 0 0 299,200 299,200

VISTA Leader: - 1 x 20002 0 0 20,002 20,002

Category Totals 0 0 319,202 319,202

Table 11 Sample budget narrative Section II.A. Full Time (Federal)

Full Time (non-Federal)

Description/Sites - # Mbrs -Allowance Rate CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 12 Sample budget narrative Section II.A. Full Time (non-Federal)

Summer Associate (Federal)

Description/Sites - # Mbrs -Allowance Rate CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 13 Sample budget narrative Section II.A. Summer Associate (Federal)

Summer Associate (non-Federal)

Description/Sites - # Mbrs -Allowance Rate CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 14 Sample budget narrative Section II.A. Summer Associate (non-Federal)

Education and End of Service Awards

Item -# Mbrs -Rate CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

End of Service Stipend - Regular: - 0 x 1800 0 0 0 0

End of Service Stipend - Leader: - 0 x 3000 0 0 0 0

End of Service Stipend - Summer Associate: - 0 x 311 0 0 0 0

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 15 Sample budget narrative Section II.A. Education and End of Service Awards
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B. Fringe Benefits

Health Insurance

Item/Description - # Mbrs -Rate CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 16 Sample budget narrative Section II.B. Health Insurance

FICA

Item/Description -Rate (%) -Stipend Amount CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

FICA: - 0 x 7.65 % 0 0 0 0

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 17 Sample budget narrative Section II.B. FICA

C. Travel

Item/Description -Calculation CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share 

Total 

Amount 

Member 

Support

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 18 Sample budget narrative Section II.C. Travel

G. Other Volunteer Expenses

Item -Description CNCS 

Share

Grantee 

Share

Total 

Amount

Member 

Support

Federal COLA Increase: 0 0 0 0

Non-Federal COLA/Costshare Increase: 0 0 0 0

Pre-Service Orientation: 0 0 0 0

Early/In-Service Training: 0 0 0 0

Category Totals 0 0 0 0

Table 19 Sample budget narrative Section II.G.

Section Totals 0 0 319,202 319,202

PERCENTAGE 0.00% 0.00%

Table 20 Sample budget narrative Section II totals.

Budget Totals 70,000 0 389,202 319,202

PERCENTAGE 21.92% 0.00%

Required Match 0.00%

Total MSYs 18.00

Cost/MSY 3,888.88

Table 21 Sample budget narrative totals.
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Source of Funds

Section Description

Section I. Volunteer Support Expenses

Section II. Volunteer Expenses

Table 22 Sample budget narrative Source of Funds