Total Budget

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Using the instructions, complete the budget form (PDF form). While all items should be justified by the narrative, further explanation may be included in brief budget notes.

For any outsourced work, third-party contractor costs should be included in the budget category "Services." Attach a complete itemization of these costs to the budget form. If there is more than one contractor, each one must be listed on the budget form and the costs itemized separately.

To the maximum extent practical, all procurement contracts must be made through an open and free competition. They are to be awarded to the bidder/offeror whose bid/offer is most advantageous, considering price, quality and other factors. Applicants must justify procurement contracts in excess of $100,000 that are not awarded by competitive bids or offers.

Permanent equipment may be purchased for a project if an analysis demonstrates that it is the most economical and practical alternative to leasing. Permanent equipment is defined as nonexpendable personal property costing $5,000 or more and having a useful life of more than one year.

Consistent with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-c and Public Law 105-277), grantees and subrecipients who purchase equipment and products with grant funds should purchase only American-made equipment and products.

Overview

Most of the budget will be people time; equipment will be mostly the proposed touch-screen kiosks. Proposed requested amount = $330,200. This grant is usually in amounts between $50,000 and $350,000 and is under 80% of total budget; our request would be 65%. Virtual Historic Savannah received over $200,000 from the NEH. Our product will be better and far easier to use.

Budget

• Historians: 2500 hrs @ $30/hr = $75,000; $5/hr ($12.5K) contingent on Supp. Grants
• Technologists: Software engineers, 2015 hrs @$40/hr = $80,600; Data tech 850 hrs @15/hr = $12,750
• Grant Admin. $30,000/ two years, of which $5K contingent on Supp. Grants and $5K is in-kind
• Project Dir. $68,000/ two years, of which $20K is in-kind contrib. and $10K is contingent on Supp. Grants
• Butte CPR Administration: $8,000 ($3K contingent on Supp. Grants)

• Collaborators (total, $166.5K, or 33% of total budget):

Archives: $38,500, of which $12.5K is contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind

BSB HPO: $12,000 ($5K contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind)

BSB GIS Dept. $10,000 ($3K contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind)

BSB HPC: $7,000 ($2K contingent on Supp. Grants)

Tech PTC Dept. $21,000 ($8K in-kind, $3K contingent on Supp. Grants)

Mai Wah: $9,000 ($3K contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind)

COT: $11,000 ($3K contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind)

Butte Library: $9,000 ($3K contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind)

Tech Library: $9,000 ($3K contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind)

Montana Hist. Soc.: $15,000 ($3K contingent on Supp. Grants, $3K in-kind)

MSU School of Architecture: (3-D): 2000 hrs @ $10/hr = $20,000, + $5,000 prof.

• Kiosks: $39,000 ($9K contingent on Supp. Grants)
• Digital photo reproduction fees: 3,000 images @ $10 each - $30,000
• Misc. fees (web hosting, domain names, server lease, etc.): $7,100
• VAF Guidebook: $5,000

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Total Budget: $509,200 • Total NEH Grant request: $330,200

$94K contingent on Supp. Grants, $85K in-kind contributions, $330,200 from NEH grant (65% of total budget)

Supplementary grants to apply for ($94K):

NPS NCPTT (Dec. 2007): $20K

NEH Interp. America’s Hist. Places (Sept. 2007): $30K

BSB Economic (Oct. 2007)/other local: $9K (=3 kiosks)

CPR cash (fund-raising campaign/donations): $5K

National Trust grants (Feb. 2008): $8K

Butte-Arco Redevelopment Trust: $10K

Montana Cultural Trust (FY 2009): $12K

In-Kind ($85K):

Project director in-kind time = $20K

Grant Administrator in-kind time = $5K

Macgregor students and other volunteers, 500 hrs @ $16/hr = $8K

In-kind from collaborators: $3K (150 hrs @$20/hr) each = $24,000

In-kind time from RTI (Mary McCormick, Architectural Historian) = $20K

CPR Volunteers, in-kind: $8K