[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 20, Volume 2] [Revised as of April 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 20CFR437.22] [Page 1161-1162] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PART 437_UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--Table of Contents Subpart C_Post-Award Requirements Sec. 437.22 Allowable costs. (a) Limitation on use of funds. Grant funds may be used only for: (1) The allowable costs of the grantees, subgrantees and cost-type contractors, including allowable costs in the form of payments to fixed- price contractors; and (2) Reasonable fees or profit to cost-type contractors but not any fee or profit (or other increment above allowable costs) to the grantee or subgrantee. (b) Applicable cost principles. For each kind of organization, there is a set of Federal principles for determining allowable costs. Allowable costs will be determined in accordance with the cost [[Page 1162]] principles applicable to the organization incurring the costs. The following chart lists the kinds of organizations and the applicable cost principles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the costs of a-- Use the principles in-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) State, local or Indian tribal OMB Circular A-87. government. (2) Private nonprofit organization OMB Circular A-122. other than an (i) institution of higher education, (ii) hospital, or (iii) organization named in OMB Circular A-122 as not subject to that circular. (3) Educational institutions........... OMB Circular A-21. (4) For profit organizationother than a 48 CFR Part 31. Contract Cost hospital and an organization named in Principles and Procedures, or OMB Circular A-122 as not subject to uniform cost accounting that circular. standards that comply with cost principles acceptable to the Federal agency. ------------------------------------------------------------------------