MTDC Calculation Table.xlsx

This file is a Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) calculation worksheet for XYZ Organization demonstrating budget computation methodology for a federal grant application. The organization's total direct costs are $830,000, comprised of personnel ($100,000), fringe benefits ($50,000), travel ($55,000), equipment ($15,000), supplies ($6,000), contractual subawards ($509,000), and other direct costs ($95,000). The calculation applies exemptions totaling $408,000, including equipment ($15,000), participant support costs ($73,000), and the portion of each subaward in excess of $50,000 ($320,000), resulting in a Modified Total Direct Costs of $422,000. Based on a 15% de minimis indirect cost rate or NICRA, the indirect cost recovery is $63,300.

This budget worksheet corresponds to the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor's funding opportunity titled "Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in Europe," offered under Assistance Listing 19.345 (International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor). The cooperative agreement seeks proposals to strengthen democratic resilience, rule of law, freedom of speech and press, and human rights defense in Europe through research, conferences, cultural engagements, and civil society support addressing national sovereignty, migration, censorship, and lawfare challenges. Applicants must adhere strictly to all Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) requirements, and applications that do not conform to specified guidelines may be deemed non-responsive.