Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance – CFDA Number
A CFDA number is a five-digit number assigned in the awarding document to most
grants and cooperative agreements funded by the Federal government. It even applies to
funds the Federal government awards to another entity and then that entity issues a subagreement to Purdue. It does not apply to Federal contracts and purchase orders or NonFederal agreements where no Federal pass-through funds have been included.
This is a required field for all Federal or pass-through Federal funding as outlined in the
new OMB Guidance 2 CFR 200. Reference sections 200.202; 200.302; 200.331;
200.510 and 200.516.
The assignment of the first two digits of the CFDA reflects the major Federal agency as
designated below: Note, these are the ones most used at Purdue. If you find one that is
designated differently, please discuss with the SPS Business Analyst.
10:
11:
12:
14:
15:
16:
17:
19:
20:
43:
45:
47:
59:
66:
77:
81:
84:
93:
97:
98:
99:000
99.001
99.002
99.003
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Defense
Housing & Urban Development
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities
National Science Foundation
Small Business Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Agency for International Development
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
United States International Trade Commission
Vietnam Education Foundation
Federal grants and cooperative agreements, including Federal pass-through on
State of Indiana agreements
Assign the appropriate CFDA #
NASA and a few other Federal programs that do not assign a CFDA #
Use the appropriate first two digits representing the major sponsor, followed by .001 .
Subagreements with Federal pass-through from a grant or cooperative agreement
Assign the CFDA # included in the subagreement from the sponsor. If no CFDA # is
given from the sponsor, use the appropriate first two digits representing the major
sponsor, followed by.000
If you can’t locate the CFDA #
Use the appropriate first two digits representing the major sponsor, followed by.FIN .
This will allow you to proceed with establishing the award. The actual CFDA # should
be assigned within 30 days.
Federal contracts and purchase orders
Use the appropriate first two digits representing the major sponsor, followed by.000
All State grants that are Non-Federal
Enter ‘NF’ indicating ‘Not Federal’, followed by.000
Non-Federal Agreements
A CFDA is not required, but if entered, use ‘NF’ indicating ‘Not Federal’, followed
by.000