United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

How it makes and monitors grants (Schedule I, Part IV)

Procedures for monitoring the use of grant funds the united states olympic and paralympic committee grant funds are awarded to individual sports through each national governing body (ngb) and are agreed upon and administered through a master agreement. the approved projects for elite athlete training are outlined and agreed upon in the annual funding schedules, and ngb's receive payments from the committee on a quarterly basis. ngb's are required to provide a mid-year report outlining the amount of dollars spent on each of the committee-approved training projects. at the end of the year, ngb's are required to provide a final report on each of the committee-approved projects. the ngb's are then periodically audited by the committee compliance division. the athlete performance grants program is also agreed upon and administered through the master agreement, including the payment schedule for athletes. typically, athletes are paid monthly or quarterly, although some payments may be made annually, semi-annually or directly after qualifying competitions. the ngb submits the athlete designation list and an athlete support designee form signed by the athlete to the committee. the committee then confirms that the athlete does not have any outstanding anti-doping or safesport requirements that could impact eligibility and also verfies the athlete qualifying performance/standard has been met. once compliance is confirmed, the athlete will then be paid. there is no reporting requirement