Single Audit Checker

How to read the result

A nonprofit that expends $1,000,000 or more in federal awards during a fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2024 must have a Single Audit (2 CFR 200.501). For fiscal years that began earlier, the threshold was $750,000. The test counts federal awards expended, including money received as a subrecipient through a state, county, or another organization.

USAspending.gov reports something different: obligations, the amounts federal agencies committed on direct awards. A three-year grant can be obligated in one year and spent over three, and pass-through subawards are reported separately and are often incomplete. That is why every verdict this tool gives is labeled Inferred rather than verified.

• Likely at or above the threshold: direct obligations in one of the last two complete federal fiscal years met the threshold for that year.
• Near the threshold: direct obligations reached $500,000 or more but stayed under the threshold.
• Below the threshold on direct awards shown: direct obligations stayed under $500,000. Pass-through funding could still change the answer.

To confirm whether an organization actually filed Single Audits, and to read any findings, search it on the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. For the rules behind the threshold, read The $1 Million Single Audit Threshold: What Nonprofit Finance Firms Should Know, and for what an audit report can tell you, see How to Read a Single Audit Report to Spot Finance Gaps.

Looking for organizations that just won new federal money? The New Federal Awards Watch lists recent large awards to community nonprofits, each linked back to this checker.

Data comes from the public USAspending.gov API at the moment you search and may be revised by agencies after publication. This tool is general information for finance professionals, not legal, audit, or tax advice.