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Grant Fund Accounting and Donor Financial Compliance

Winning a grant is only the start; keeping it depends on spending exactly as the funder specified and proving it with clean records. This course goes deep on the financial discipline behind donor and government grants, from eligible cost rules and burn rate monitoring to reconciliations and closeout. Delegates working in African development, education and health programmes learn to avoid disallowed costs, clawbacks and reputational damage.

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What you will be able to do

  • Interpret grant agreements to identify eligible and ineligible costs.
  • Set up ledger structures and codes that ring fence grant funds.
  • Monitor burn rate and variances against the approved grant budget.
  • Prepare accurate financial reports and reconciliations for each funder.
  • Assemble supporting documentation that withstands a donor audit.
  • Manage grant closeout, final reporting and unspent fund returns.

Course outline

  1. 01Grant agreements and eligible cost rules
  2. 02Setting up grant codes and fund tracking
  3. 03Budget monitoring and burn rate analysis
  4. 04Managing co funding and matching requirements
  5. 05Donor financial reporting formats
  6. 06Documentation and audit trail requirements
  7. 07Handling disallowed costs and clawbacks
  8. 08Grant closeout and final reconciliation

Who should attend

Grant accountants, finance officers, programme finance staff and monitoring officers managing donor funded or government grant projects.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
5 to 7 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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