Can government funds be used to pay the salary of a member of an FBOs staff?
Yes, but only to support the portion of the staff’s time that is dedicated to delivering services under the grant or contract. Those staff members can engage in religious activity that is privately funded if it is conducted at a different time, but cannot be paid for time spent planning, conducting or participating in inherently religious activities (or any other non-USAID program activities.) For example, staff that might also function as a rabbi, priest, imam or other religious leader, must be certain to separate their religious instruction or pastoral activity from the funded social service programming, and account for time spent on religious activities versus time spent on federally funded program activities. Back to Top ^ Question 24: If an FBO receives a grant, can they limit their service provision to members of their own faith? Answer: No. Beneficiaries of assistance may not be selected by reference to religion. The religious affiliation of the participant cannot be taken into
