Obligated dollars
Federal share calculator
Enter the obligated dollars from an OpenFEMA Project Worksheet and a federal cost-share percent. The split is for planning conversations with the applicant — not a bid, not an award.
- Federal share
- $1,875,000
- Non-federal remainder
- $625,000
- Worksheet total used
- $2,500,000
This split is educational. It is not a bid, award, or confirmation that the applicant will procure the remainder locally. Typical PA cost share is 75 percent federal; some declarations use 90 or 100.
Questions
- Is the federal share the same as a contract award?
- No. An obligation reserves federal Public Assistance dollars for an applicant. The city, county, tribe, or PNP still procures the work under its own rules. This calculator only splits the obligated amount.
- Why is 75 percent the default?
- Most Public Assistance declarations use a 75 percent federal / 25 percent non-federal cost share. Some large events use 90 or 100 percent federal. Enter the share published for that disaster.
- Does RebuildAlert email this split?
- The digest emails the federal share obligated from OpenFEMA, plus project, category, county, disaster, and the applicant mailing address. It does not invent a local match figure.
More tools
Turn the signal into a watch
RebuildAlert emails newly obligated FEMA Public Assistance worksheets — project, category, federal share, and the applicant mailing address — for the counties and categories you save.