Federal Financial Reports, match and cost share documentation, drawdowns, allowable costs, and reconciling what you reported to what your books say.
Financial Reporting/August 6, 2026
When a grant is ending, people are often tired + moving fast as they race to get the next program year off the ground. That's exactly when weak approvals, missing records, and rushed final reports can turn into findings.
Financial Reporting/August 6, 2026
Most questioned costs don't start with fraud. They start with hurry, assumptions, and a missing piece of paper. A practical review starts with four questions: is the cost necessary, reasonable, allocable, and documented well enough to prove it. Then you confirm the rest of the allowability rules and your award terms.
Financial Reporting/August 6, 2026
Match problems usually start months before review. The fix is a repeatable routine: confirm the award allows the contribution to count, document value with support that stands on its own, and reconcile reported match before it becomes a questioned cost.
Financial Reporting/August 5, 2026
Program income shows up as a training fee, a host-site payment, a sale of materials. Classifying it is only step one — your FY2026 AmeriCorps award terms, not the federal default, tell you what to do next.
Financial Reporting/July 29, 2026
The SF-425 is short, but it exposes any gap between your reported expenditures, your books, and your cash draws. Here's how to close that gap first.
Financial Reporting/July 27, 2026
Match failures rarely come from missing dollars alone. They come from records that can't carry the weight months later.