## Overview
	Broadband Funding Sources - Example Template Overview
Initial Proposal Requirement	Eligible Entities must identify any existing sources of funding to deploy broadband and close the digital divide. This template may be used to respond to the BEAD Initial Proposal intake question 1.1.1 for Existing Broadband Funding (Requirement 3).
Purpose	The Eligible Entity must submit an attachment identifying existing sources of funding to deploy broadband and close the digital divide, which outlines the sources of funding, a brief description of the broadband deployment and other broadband-related activities, the total funding, the funding amount expended, and the remaining funding amount available.  NTIA will review the attachment to ensure alignment with the BEAD NOFO, the NTIA BEAD Challenge Process Policy Notice, and Initial Proposal requirements.
BEAD NOFO Requirement	This template must align with Section IV.5.b.3 of the BEAD NOFO (page 31), outlining existing sources of funding to deploy broadband and close the digital divide. The template must also align with the NTIA BEAD Challenge Process Policy Notice, which  outlines the requirement to identify existing efforts funded by the federal government or an Eligible Entity within the jurisdiction of the Eligible Entity to deploy broadband and close the digital divide, including in Tribal Lands.

Existing Broadband Funding Efforts: Identify existing efforts funded by the federal government or an Eligible Entity within the jurisdiction of the Eligible Entity to deploy broadband and close the digital divide, including in Tribal Lands (BEAD NOFO, page 31).

## Broadband Funding Template
	Broadband Funding Sources - Example Template
To use this template, Eligible Entities should customize all text in gray
Source
Name of federal agency/ other source of funding.	Purpose
Indicate whether the broadband funding program was federal, state/territory, or locally funded.	Total
Total amount of funds awarded by the listed source.	Expended
Total amount of funds expended to date.	Available
Total amount of remaining funds available to date.
U.S. Department of Treasury Capital Projects Fund	Federal	14285714	0	14285714
FCC Affordability Connectivity Program Outreach	Federal	250000	5793	244207
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (NTIA/IIJA)	Federal	27103240	0	27103240
State Digital Equity Planning Grant (NTIA)	Federal	150000	22763	127237
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) / USVI OMB	Federal	10778921	5497665	5281256
Frozen High Cost Support for ILECs (FCC)	Federal	7725900	7725900	0
Connect USVI (FCC)	Federal	85000000	Enter total expenditure	Enter remaining available funds
USDA ReConnect Program	Federal	N/A	N/A	N/A
Connecting Minority Communities Program (NTIA)	Federal	2990594	0	2990594