How-To Guides

Ohio Attorney General charitable registration and annual financial report requirements. Form CFR-1, deadlines, and fee schedule.

Program income under 2 CFR 200.307: three treatment methods (additive, deductive, matching), reporting on FFR, and post-award period rules.

Step-by-step Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) preparation for single audits. What goes in each column, pass-through rules, and cluster identification.

Completing the Federal Audit Clearinghouse SF-SAC for single audits. Dual-signature requirements, the 30-day filing window, and common submission errors.

Time and effort certification under 2 CFR 200.430: who signs, frequency, after-the-fact rule, and acceptable documentation.

Virginia's OCRP registration process, fees, audit thresholds, and renewal deadlines for nonprofits soliciting in the Commonwealth.

A practical compliance guide for affordable housing nonprofits receiving HUD Community Planning & Development grants — CDBG, HOME, ESG, and CoC reporting through IDIS, the CFR sections that govern each program, and the findings that show up in HUD monitoring and OIG audits.

How after-school programs comply with 21st CCLC grant requirements: Title IV Part B authority, SEA subaward rules, GPRA performance measures, the Annual Performance Report, and program quality assessment.

A practical compliance guide for FQHCs and look-alikes receiving HRSA Section 330 grants — Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting, sliding fee discount program rules, FTCA deeming, Health Center Program Compliance Manual requirements, and what Operational Site Visits look for.

How California nonprofits file the RRF-1 annual charitable renewal with the California AG Registry of Charities and Fundraisers: thresholds, fees, due dates, and common rejection reasons.

How prime federal recipients report subawards of $25,000 or more through the SAM.gov FFATA Subaward Reporting System, including timing, FAIN linkage, and executive compensation reporting.

A practical compliance guide for food banks receiving USDA TEFAP funds — FNS-667 reporting, state distributing agency requirements, commodity inventory reconciliation, income eligibility documentation, and the audit findings that show up most often in single audits.