2012 — The Essential NGO Guide to Managing Your USAID Award is designed to assist nongovernmental organizations (NGOS) to more effectively administer resources from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The guide aims to help USAID awardees (also referred to as grantees or recipients) clarify specific requirements, regulations, and compliance issues mandated by their agreements. The guide minimizes the use of legal terminology and jargon and introduces simple definitions of commonly used terms.