Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Grant amount ($)
- 1000
- Required matching percentage (%)
- 20
- Percentage base: total-cost or award
- total-cost
- Eligible cash match available ($)
- 150
- Entered in-kind match amount ($)
- 50
- In-kind explicitly eligible: yes or no
- yes
- Required match under selected base ($)
- $250.00
- Grant plus required match ($)
- $1,250.00
- Supplied eligible match available ($)
- $200.00
- Additional eligible match needed ($)
- $50.00
Try another scenario
- Grant amount ($)
- 1000
- Required matching percentage (%)
- 20
- Percentage base: total-cost or award
- award
- Eligible cash match available ($)
- 150
- Entered in-kind match amount ($)
- 50
- In-kind explicitly eligible: yes or no
- yes
- Required match under selected base ($)
- $200.00
- Grant plus required match ($)
- $1,200.00
- Supplied eligible match available ($)
- $200.00
- Additional eligible match needed ($)
- $0.00
Calculation method
Calculation method
Required match under selected base ($)
Total-cost base: grant×share/(1−share). Award base: grant×share. Round required match to US cents.
Grant plus required match ($)
Grant+cent-rounded required match.
Supplied eligible match available ($)
Eligible cash+in-kind only when its supplied eligibility flag is yes.
Additional eligible match needed ($)
max(0,required−available).
Symbols and units
- a
- Grant amount ($)
- b
- Required matching percentage (%)
- c
- Percentage base: total-cost or award
- d
- Eligible cash match available ($)
- e
- Entered in-kind match amount ($)
- f
- In-kind explicitly eligible: yes or no
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- Distinguishes percentage of total project cost from percentage of the award. Grant definitions and eligible cash/in-kind treatment must be confirmed externally.
Are these inputs private?
These calculations run in your browser. A shared link contains the values you choose to share. Only questions submitted to the separate AI finder are sent to OpenAI.
Further reading
Charity Commission: funds and reserves background; no universal reserve target ↗
Background reading; this does not imply endorsement or independent review of SumFizz.