Meeting the Match

Participating institutions are required to meet or exceed a 1:1 match of allocated funds through the CAP program. This match can be reached through any combination of:

     a) Cash expenses
     b) The value of travel costs donated by the museum 
     c) The value of staff, volunteer, and board time, plus indirect costs, committed to the CAP project

The following examples illustrate how museums might show the required match. If you anticipate challenges in meeting the match, contact CAP staff at 202.750.3346 or cap@culturalheritage.org.

Example 1

Museum A receives an allocation of $3600 for a Collections Assessor and $3600 for a Building Assessor.  The museum exceeds its required match of $7200 with the following contributions to the project:
     

Paying for collections assessor travel and hotel	$ 500
Paying for building assessor travel and hotel	$ 700
Board member time contributed (22 hours total x $25/hour)	$ 550 value
Collections manager's time contributed (100 hours x $40/hour)	$4000 value
Executive director's time contributed (20 hours x $60/hour)	$1200 value
Housekeeping staff time contributed (4 hours x $20/hour)	$ 80 value
Security staff time contributed (6 hours x $25/hour)	$ 150 value
Subtotal	$ 7180
Indirect costs (10%)	$   718
Total	$ 7898

Example 2

Museum B receives an allocation of $3800 for a Collections Assessor and $3800 for a Building Assessor.  The museum exceeds its required match of $7600 with the following contributions to the project:

Paying for collections assessor travel	$  100
Paying for building assessor travel	$  100
Meals provided for assessors	$  100
Value of volunteer time contributed (5 volunteers x 35 hours each x $25/hour)	$ 4375
Value of board time contributed (12 x 5 hours each x $25/hour)	$1500
Subtotal	$ 6175
Indirect costs (10%)	$ 618
Donation of  2 nights' lodging for assessors by local B&B	$ 800 value
Value of board member's airport pick up (60 miles, $.545/mile)	$  33
Total	$ 7626