Grant Budget Spreadsheet

Write a grant budget reviewers trust. This workbook lays out the standard federal cost categories — Personnel/Salaries, Fringe Benefits, Travel, Equipment, Supplies, Contractual, Other Direct Costs and Indirect/Overhead — with an Amount Requested column and a Matching/In-Kind column, and a Total that adds itself up for every line. The Budget Narrative tab gives you a justification field for each line item, exactly where funders expect to read it next to the numbers. The Dashboard does the math grant reviewers and program officers look for: total requested, total match, total project cost, the percentage each major category represents, and — the one most applicants get wrong — indirect as a percentage of direct costs, so you can check it against your funder's cap before you submit. Perfect for nonprofits, researchers, schools, faculty PIs and program managers preparing federal, state or foundation proposals. No formulas to write, no setup — works in Excel 2016+, Google Sheets, LibreOffice and Numbers, with no plugins.