This document provides an overview of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) program numbers, and provides guidance on their importance.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a government-wide collection of federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. Each program is assigned a CFDA program number consisting of a two-digit agency designation code, a period (.), followed by a three-digit program designation code. For example, 93.837 is the CFDA program number for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program Heart and Vascular Diseases (the DHHS agency code is 93; the Heart and Vascular Diseases program code is 837). For more information and a complete list of CFDA program numbers, refer to the CFDA Web site: https://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html.
The Research Foundation (RF) is required by OMB Circular A-133 to report the correct CFDA program number for all federal and federal-flow-through awards that are received by the RF. This number is critical for the following reasons:
The CFDA program number is the basis for compiling data presented in the RF's Annual A-133 Schedule of Expenditures of federal and federal flow through awards.
All awards that have an award type of "federal" or "federal flow-through" require a CFDA program number to be entered in the Grants Management module of the RF business applications. Specifically, this number must be entered in the CFDA Number field of the Award Management form flexfield. Entries for this field are made from selections available in the list of values. The list of values contains all CFDA program numbers and is maintained by the RF central office.
If the CFDA number needed is not in the list of values associated with the CFDA Number field in the Award Management form, log a ticket with central office Customer Services (customerservices@rfsuny.org) to request that RF central office add the number to the list of values.
If the CFDA program number is unknown, or if it is not included in the proposal and/or award documentation, then the agency making the award should be contacted to obtain the correct CFDA program number. If after contacting the awarding agency you still do not have a valid number, the general number for the agency may be used. The general number does not identify the specific program, but it will ensure that expenditures are reported under the correct agency in the Annual A-133 Schedule of Expenditures of federal and federal flow-through awards. The general number should only be used when all attempts to obtain the correct number have been exhausted. For a complete list of general numbers, refer to the CFDA General Federal Agency Numbers section of this document.
If an award is funded by multiple programs, the program that provides the majority of the funding should be entered in the CFDA Number field of the Award Management form. Additional program numbers should be recorded in the References alternate region of the Award Management form. Entries in this field are free-form; no list of values exist. All entries listed should be separated by a comma. For more instructions refer to the work instruction Create an Award in the Grants Management course Establishing Awards, Projects, and Task.
CFDA program numbers should be monitored on a monthly basis using the Accounts Receivable Oracle report RF Report of Incomplete/Inactive CFDA Numbers for the Current Fiscal Year. To prepare for the RF annual A-133 Audit Report, campuses must also run this report during the first week of March and again during the first week of June. See RF Report of Incomplete/Inactive CFDA Numbers for the Current Fiscal Year for specific instructions concerning monitoring activities. All inaccurate CFDA program numbers must be corrected before the corresponding month-end to correctly reflect data in A-133 Audit Report.
The table below provides a list of general federal agency numbers. In addition, it provides the date in which that program number became available for selection in the RF business applications:
General Agency Number |
Agency Name |
Date Available in the Oracle Applications |
01.000 |
African Development Foundation |
5/25/05 |
02.000 |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
5/25/05 |
03.000 |
Institute for Museum and Library Services |
5/25/05 |
04.000 |
Inter-American Foundation |
5/25/05 |
07.000 |
Office of National Drug Control Policy |
5/25/05 |
08.000 |
Peace Corps |
5/25/05 |
09.000 |
Legal Services Corporation |
5/25/05 |
10.000 |
Department of Agriculture |
4/17/03 |
11.000 |
Department of Commerce |
4/17/03 |
12.000 |
Department of Defense |
4/17/03 |
13.000 |
Central Intelligence Agency |
5/25/05 |
14.000 |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
4/17/03 |
15.000 |
Department of Interior |
4/17/03 |
16.000 |
Department of Justice |
4/17/03 |
17.000 |
Department of Labor |
4/17/03 |
18.000 |
Federal Reserve System |
5/25/05 |
19.000 |
Department of State |
4/17/03 |
20.000 |
Department of Transportation |
4/17/03 |
21.000 |
Department of Treasury |
4/17/03 |
22.000 |
US Postal Service |
5/25/05 |
23.000 |
Appalachian Regional Commission |
4/17/03 |
27.000 |
Office of Personnel Management |
4/17/03 |
29.000 |
Civil Rights Commission |
4/17/03 |
30.000 |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
4/17/03 |
32.000 |
Federal Communications Commission |
4/17/03 |
33.000 |
Federal Maritime Commission |
4/17/03 |
34.000 |
Federal Mediation Conciliation Service |
4/17/03 |
36.000 |
Federal Trade Commission |
4/17/03 |
39.000 |
General Services Administration |
4/17/03 |
40.000 |
Government Printing Office |
4/17/03 |
41.000 |
Interstate Commerce Commission |
5/25/05 |
42.000 |
Library of Congress |
4/17/03 |
43.000 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
4/17/03 |
44.000 |
National Credit Union Administration |
4/17/03 |
45.000 |
National Foundation on Arts and the Humanities |
4/17/03 |
46.000 |
National Labor Relations Board |
4/17/03 |
47.000 |
National Science Foundation |
4/17/03 |
53.000 |
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities |
5/25/05 |
57.000 |
Railroad Retirement Board |
4/17/03 |
58.000 |
Securities Exchange Commission |
4/17/03 |
59.000 |
Small Business Administration |
4/17/03 |
60.000 |
Smithsonian Institution |
5/25/05 |
61.000 |
International Trade Commission |
5/25/05 |
62.000 |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
5/25/05 |
64.000 |
Veterans Benefits Administration |
4/17/03 |
66.000 |
Environmental Protection Agency |
4/17/03 |
68.000 |
National Gallery of Art |
4/17/03 |
70.000 |
Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
4/17/03 |
77.000 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
5/25/05 |
78.000 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
4/17/03 |
81.000 |
Department of Energy |
4/17/03 |
82.000 |
United States Information Agency |
5/25/05 |
83.000 |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
5/25/05 |
84.000 |
Department of Education |
4/17/03 |
85.000 |
Scholarship and Fellowship Foundations |
5/25/05 |
86.000 |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
4/17/03 |
87.000 |
Consumer Product Safety Commission |
5/25/05 |
88.000 |
Architecture and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board |
4/17/03 |
89.000 |
National Archives and Records Administration |
4/17/03 |
90.000 |
Other Boards and Commissions |
4/17/03 |
91.000 |
United States Institute of Peace |
4/17/03 |
92.000 |
National Council on Disability |
5/25/05 |
93.000 |
Department of Health and Human Services |
4/17/03 |
94.000 |
Corporation for National & Community Service |
4/17/03 |
96.000 |
Social Security Administration |
4/17/03 |
97.000 |
Department of Homeland Security |
4/17/03 |
98.000 |
United States Agency for International Development |
4/17/03 |
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