Grant Budget & Budget Narrative
Budgets get applications rejected on arithmetic, not on merit. This builds one across the standard federal cost categories — personnel, fringe, travel, equipment, supplies, contractual, construction and other — and shows the derivation of every line, because reviewers ask for it: salary times level of effort times months, trips times mileage times rate. It handles indirect costs properly, which is where most errors live: a federally negotiated rate, a de minimis election, or a funder's own cap, applied either on the base or as a percentage of total costs, since funders phrase caps both ways and confusing the two is a classic mistake. The modified total direct cost base is computed explicitly, with equipment, construction and the portion of each subaward above the cap you set excluded by default and the whole base composition printed so nothing is silently left out. Match and in-kind are tracked against the requirement with the shortfall stated plainly. All money is held in integer cents, so the printed subtotals always equal the printed lines — a column that does not add up is a rejection.
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Unlock GG ProFrequently asked
Does it know the current de minimis rate or the equipment threshold?
Deliberately not. Both have changed and both can change again, so it asks you for them and points you at 2 CFR 200 and the funder's own rules. A tool that quietly held a stale rate would hand you a budget that is wrong in a way nobody notices until it costs money.
Will the totals match what I print?
Yes, and that is enforced by tests. Every amount is integer cents with an explicit rounding rule applied at each derived line, so subtotals always equal the sum of the lines shown. There is no floating-point drift to explain to a funder.
Does it write the budget justification?
It writes the arithmetic half — each line restated in words — and then marks where you must justify why the cost is necessary. It will not invent a rationale for spending money.