# How to track Conditional Grant money

Conditional Grants are used to help fund particular national government policy objectives.

Each Conditional Grant is administered by a particular national department. It is then transferred to provinces and municipalities responsible for implementing the objectives of the grants. Provincial governments and municipalities apply for grants using business plans.

Grant frameworks and allocations are updated and published every financial year.

### Which national department administers a particular grant?

To see which national department administers a grant, find the Grant Framework for that grant. These are found one-by-one on vulekamali ([municipalities](https://vulekamali.gov.za/datasets/frameworks-for-conditional-grants-to-municipalities), [provinces](https://vulekamali.gov.za/datasets/frameworks-for-conditional-grants-to-provinces)), in the [Division of Revenue Bill Annexures](https://vulekamali.gov.za/datasets/division-of-revenue-bills), and in the [government gazette](https://search.opengazettes.org.za/search?q=conditional%20grants\&offset=0\&sort=newest).

![Section of frameworks for Conditional Grants in the government gazette](/files/-LgMMWaNrpr4dgu3d2JJ)

The Transferring department field of the grant framework shows which national department administers the grant.

![Framework for the Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme Grant showing that it it is administered by the department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries](/files/-LgMMltSy56SMAtheKv7)

### How much money is allocated to a province or municipality?

The conditional grant allocations show how much money is planned to be transferred to a province or municipality for a particular grant. These plans may change, but at the beginning of the financial year, this is what was expected.

To see how much has been allocated to a municipality or a province under a particular grant, find the allocations table. These are found in the [Division of Revenue Bill Annexures](https://vulekamali.gov.za/datasets/division-of-revenue-bills), and in the [government gazette](https://search.opengazettes.org.za/search?q=conditional%20grants\&offset=0\&sort=newest).

![Section of allocations to municipalities and provinces under conditional grants in the government gazette](/files/-LgMRLGh7YCeOYhO0vw0)

Find the table with a column for the grant you are interested in.

![Allocations for specific grants to each municipality in the government gazette](/files/-LgMYGcK23m4AIdCSLj3)

The division of revenue bill annexure tables are also available in an Excel spreadsheet which makes it easier to accurately copy or work with the numbers for your own analysis.

![Allocations for specific grants in the Division of Revenue Bill annexure Excel spreadsheet](/files/-LgMZ84cTepnEbR7V4GC)

### How much has actually been transferred from the national department to the province or municipality?

How much of the allocated money has the province or municipality actually received and had available to use?

#### Provinces

This is shown in the Section 32 (of the PFMA) gazetted reports, also known as provincial in-year monitoring, or IYM. For each province, a table is shown with a summary of the grant allocations and actual transfers to date.

[Find the quarterly reports on Treasury's website](http://www.treasury.gov.za/publications/PiP/2018_19/Q3/default.aspx):

![Link to gazetted quarterly provincial in-year monitoring (Section 32) report on treasury.gov.za](/files/-LgMcNcrqOL8Ba7HQ4OM)

This contains tables per-province showing transfers from the administering National department to the province, and payments made by the province under that grant.

![Transfers from national to provincial, and total payments by the province](/files/-LgMdmUdHJvokFTt4Qwg)

#### Municipalities

This is shown in the [Section 71 (of the MFMA) in-year monitoring reports](https://mfmamirror.github.io/Media_Releases/s71/1819/2nd_1819/Pages/pdf/index.html). Find these on the [MFMA website](http://www.treasury.gov.za/publications/PiP/2018_19/Q3/default.aspx).

![In-year monitoring documents on the MFMA website](/files/-LgMgQlcgH-xFOOEhWwA)

Find the Summary per Grant Type for Conditional Grants

![Summary per grant document link](/files/-LgMgUYWzvOO2hpcA6jI)

This contains tables per-municipality showing transfers from the administering National department to the municipality, and payments made by the municipality under that grant

![Transfers from national to municipalities, and total payments by the municipality](/files/-LgMgYe9oljXY3pq3g6k)

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