FAQ-Matching
What
are the requirements for matching funds?
- Fire departments in areas serving populations
over 50,000 must agree to match the Federal grant funds with
an amount of non-Federal funds equal to 20 percent of the total
project cost.
- Fire departments serving areas with a population
between 20,001 and 50,000 (inclusive) will have to match the
Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal funds equal
to 10 percent of the total project cost.
- Fire departments service areas with a population
of 20,000 or less must match the Federal grant funds with an
amount of non-Federal funds equal to 5 percent of the total
project cost.
- All cost-share contributions must be cash.
No "in-kind" contributions will be considered for the statutorily
required cost-share. No waivers of this requirement will be
granted except for fire departments of Insular Areas as provided
for in 48 U.S.C. 1469a.
