What does each budget attribute mean?
When managing simple budgets in the Grant Manager Portal, you'll notice attributes like Allocated, Unavailable, etc. Definitions for each are provided below.
Note: This resource is for simple budgets (i.e., budgets without funding sources). For more information about attributes associated with simple budgets, see What does each budget attribute mean for budgets with funding sources?.
Allocated, Total allocated, or Total budget | An amount of money set aside to be used in a budget or funding source. These terms may be used interchangeably. |
Available for payments or Remaining | The total cash amount that can be used for payments. The amount shown is the total spent (Payments), total reserved (Reserved for payment), and total unavailable (Unavailable) subtracted from the Total allocated. These terms may be used interchangeably. |
Payments | The number or total cash amount of payments created using this budget. |
Reserved for payment | The amount that is automatically reserved from applications using budget reservation. Funds are reserved when the application is submitted and remain reserved until awards and payments are created. |
Unavailable | The amount in a budget that cannot be used for payments. |