What are the requirements for cost-sharing in individual assistance programs?
For individual grant programs, unless cost sharing has been specifically mandated in a program or statutory requirement, which is not generally the case at USAID, its application should be flexible and case-specific. It is USAID policy that the principle of cost sharing is an important element of the USAID-Recipient relationship. USAID’s policies on whether to include cost-sharing in an assistance award are in USAID’s Acquisition and Assistance Policy (PDF 91KB) Directive on Cost-Sharing. It is USAID policy to apply these principles to all non-governmental Recipients — U.S. and non-U.S., for-profit and non-profit organizations, whether or not they are PVOs.
