Budget readiness check
A compact diagnostic for teams that have costed the programme but are not yet ready for line editing.
↗Independent grant budget review · South Africa
Every rand needs a clear reason.
Sourcegridpath reviews nonprofit grant application budgets and the narratives behind them—testing assumptions, tracing programme activities to costs, and helping reviewers see why the request is credible.
For NGOs, trusts, community organisations and grant writers preparing funder-ready applications.
The core engagement
A budget that carries the programme story
Our flagship justification review examines the figures and the written case together. It identifies unsupported unit costs, inconsistent totals, missing assumptions and narrative gaps before the application reaches a funder.
Full budget justification review
A line-by-line reading of the workbook and narrative against programme activities, funder rules and internal consistency.
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Post-award budget revision review
Checks proposed reallocations against approved activities, grant conditions and the explanation for change.
↗From draft to defensible request
Four considered passes
You receive comments that distinguish arithmetic corrections from questions of judgement, so your team knows what must change and what needs an internal decision.
一
Context
We read the call, programme plan and funder rules.
二
Trace
Activities, quantities and unit rates are followed line by line.
三
Challenge
Assumptions, allowability and value for money are tested.
四
Clarify
Findings and suggested narrative edits are returned.
“The reviewer caught that our transport narrative described six field visits while the budget priced four. The comments were direct and gave us room to choose the right correction.”— Programme manager, Gauteng youth development organisation
Read client evidenceBudget notes
Practical guidance before submission
Short field notes for people turning programme plans into quantities, rates and concise funding explanations.
Turning programme activities into defensible unit costs
Start with who, where, how often and for how long—then let those facts produce the quantity.
Explaining shared staff time without vague percentages
A percentage becomes credible when duties, time period and allocation method are visible.
Three gaps funders notice in a budget narrative
Travel logic, price evidence and programme scale are easy to overlook when the spreadsheet balances.