Definition
Program Income is gross income received by the grantee or subgrantee directly generated by a grant supported activity, or earned only as a result of the grant award during the grant period. ‘‘During the grant period’’ is the time between the effective date of the award and the ending date of the award reflected in the final financial report.
43 CFR 12 Administrative Requirements
12.65 Program Income
a) General. Grantees are encouraged to earn income to defray program costs. Program income includes income from fees for services performed, from the use or rental of real or personal property acquired with grant funds, from the sale of commodities or items fabricated under a grant agreement, and from payments of principal and interest on loans made with grant funds. Except as otherwise provided in regulations of the Federal agency, program income does not include interest on grant funds, rebates, credits, discounts, refunds, etc. and interest earned on any of them.
(b) Definition of program income. Program income means gross income received by the grantee or subgrantee directly generated by a grant supported activity, or earned only as a result of the grant agreement during the grant period. "During the grant period" is the time between the effective date of the award and the ending date of the award reflected in the final financial report.
(c) Cost of generating program income. If authorized by Federal regulations or the grant agreement, costs incident to the generation of program income may be deducted from gross income to determine program income.
(d) Governmental revenues. Taxes, special assessments, levies, fines, and other such revenues raised by a grantee or subgrantee are not program income unless the revenues are specifically identified in the grant agreement or Federal agency regulations as program income.
(e) Royalties. Income from royalties and license fees for copyrighted material, patents, and inventions developed by a grantee or subgrantee is program income only if the revenues are specifically identified in the grant agreement or Federal agency regulations as program income. (See S12.74.)
(f) Property. Proceeds from the sale of real property or equipment will be handled in accordance with the requirements of SS12.71 and 12.72.
(g) Use of program income. Program income shall be deducted from outlays which may be both Federal and non-Federal as described below, unless the Federal agency regulations or the grant agreement specify another alternative (or a combination of the alternatives). In specifying alternatives, the Federal agency may distinguish between income earned by the grantee and income earned by subgrantees and between the sources, kinds, or amounts of income. When Federal agencies authorize the alternatives in paragraphs (g) (2) and (3) of this section, program income in excess of any limits stipulated shall also be deducted from outlays.
(1) Deduction. Ordinarily program income shall be deducted from total allowable costs to determine the net allowable costs. Program income shall be used for current costs unless the Federal agency authorizes otherwise. Program income which the grantee did not anticipate at the time of the award shall be used to reduce the Federal agency and grantee contributions rather than to increase the funds committed to the project.
(2) Addition. When authorized, program income may be added to the funds committed to the grant agreement by the Federal agency and
the grantee. The program income shall be used for the purposes and under the conditions of the grant agreement.
(3) Cost sharing or matching. When authorized, program income may be used to meet the cost sharing or matching requirement of the grant agreement. The amount of the Federal grant award remains the same.
(h) Income after the award period. There are no Federal requirements governing the disposition of program income earned after the end of the award period (i.e., until the ending date of the final financial report, see paragraph (a) of this section), unless the terms of the agreement or the Federal agency regulations provide otherwise.
50 CFR 80 Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Subpart I—Program Income
§ 80.120 What is program income?
(a) Program income is gross income received by the grantee or subgrantee and earned only as a result of the grant during the grant period.
(b) Program income includes revenue from:
(1) Services performed under a grant;
(2) Use or rental of real or personal property acquired,
constructed, or managed with grant funds;
(3) Payments by concessioners or contractors under an arrangement with the agency or subgrantee to provide a service in support of grant objectives on real property acquired, constructed, or managed with grant funds;
(4) Sale of items produced under a grant;
(5) Royalties and license fees for copyrighted material, patents, and inventions developed as a result of a grant; or
(6) Sale of a product of mining, drilling, forestry, or agriculture during the period of a grant that supports the:
(i) Mining, drilling, forestry, or agriculture; or
(ii) Acquisition of the land on which these activities occurred.
(c) Program income does not include:
(1) Interest on grant funds, rebates, credits, discounts, or refunds;
(2) Sales receipts retained by concessioners or contractors under an arrangement with the agency to provide a service in support of grant objectives on real property acquired, constructed, or managed with grant funds;
(3) Cash received by the agency or by volunteer instructors to cover incidental costs of a class for hunter or aquatic-resource education;
(4) Cooperative farming or grazing arrangements as described at § 80.98; or
(5) Proceeds from the sale of real property.
§ 80.121 May an agency earn program income?
A State fish and wildlife agency may earn income from activities incidental to the grant purposes as long as producing income is not a primary purpose. The agency must account for income received from these activities in the project records and dispose of it according to the terms of the grant.
§ 80.122 May an agency deduct the costs of generating program income from gross income?
(a) A State fish and wildlife agency may deduct the costs of generating program income from gross income when it calculates program income as long as the agency does not:
(1) Pay these costs with:
(i) Federal or matching cash under a Federal grant, or (ii) Federal cash unrelated to a grant.
(2) Cover these costs by accepting:
(i) Matching in-kind contributions for a Federal grant, or (ii) Donations of services, personal property, or real property unrelated to a Federal grant.
(b) Examples of costs of generating program that may qualify for deduction from gross income if they are consistent with paragraph (a) of this section are:
(1) Cost of estimating the amount of commercially acceptable timber in a forest and marking it for harvest if the commercial harvest is incidental to a grant-funded habitat- management or facilities-construction project.
(2) Cost of publishing research results as a pamphlet or book for sale if the publication is incidental to a grant-funded research project.
