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tags: Budget statement
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# RWF-001: April 2022 Budget Statement
**Status:** Reviewed
Link to RWF-001 MIP Budget*: https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-sp61-modify-core-unit-budget-real-world-finance-rwf-001/13152
Link to RWF-001 MIP MKR Compensation (RWF-001): https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-sp38-real-world-finance-core-unit-mkr-compensation-rwf-001/10447
Link to new RWF-001 Multisig ledger [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19tIncBWQdRQSHPF_271R1LrFMmj6dQe8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114529981085695499641&rtpof=true&sd=true)
*MIP budget approved in March.
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## 1. Actuals -- April 2022
| Budget Category | Forecast | Actuals | Difference | Payments | Reason(s) |
| ----------------------- | ----------:| ----------:| ----------:| ----------:| ---------------------------------- |
| | | | | 173,075.66 | |
| Compensation\* | 168,450.00 | 108,590.00 | 59,860.00 | \- | Grantees onboarding in progress |
| Professional Services\* | 400,000.00 | 54,878.00 | 345,122.00 | \- | Variable legal costs postponed |
| Real-world structures | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | \- | \- |
| Payment fees | 24,554.55 | 8,335.22 | 16,219.33 | \- | AccountAble fees in different tier |
| Gas Fees | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | \- | |
| Software Costs | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,000.00 | \- | Budget not deployed to data infra |
| Travel Costs\* | 0.00 | 988.77 | \-988.77 | \- | Unplanned travel costs |
| Due Diligence Costs\* | 10,000.00 | 389.87 | | | DD visits actuals below forecast |
| Contingency Buffer | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | \- | \- |
| **Total** | **608,004.55** | **173,181.86** | **425,212.56** | **173,075.66** | |
Notes:
*Contractor fees: Grantees going through onboarding for May cycle.
*Professional services: Only SocGen costs were incurred. Expectation that HVB costs will be incurred in May after legal review and documentation drafting.
*Travel costs: Permissionless and Bitcoin conference participation for 1 team member.
*Due Diligence Costs: DD costs are directly related to applications going through due diligence requiring e.g. physical visit to counterparty premisses.
*Payments and actuals difference: There is a required minimum balance of 2.5K DAI at the account processor. Current balance: **4,515.10 DAI**.
## 2. Budget Forecast -- April 2022
### Overview
| May 2022 | June 2022 | July 2022 | 3-Months | Mthly Budget Cap | Qtly Budget Cap | Annual Budget Cap + Buffer |
| ----------:| ----------:| ----------:| ------------:| ----------------:| ---------------:| --------------------------:|
| 658,876.55 | 673,981.05 | 673,981.05 | 2,006,838.65 | 685,000.00 | 2,055,000.00 | 8,220,000.00 |
*Based on budget approved at March month end.
### Breakdown
| Forecast | May 2022 | June 2022 | July 2022 | 3-Months | MIP Budget Forecast/ CAP\*\* |
| ----------------------- | ----------:| ----------:| ----------:| ------------:| ----------------------------:|
| Compensation\* | 183,450.00 | 183,450.00 | 183,450.00 | 550,350.00 | $465,000 |
| Professional Services\* | 430,000.00 | 450,000.00 | 450,000.00 | 1,330,000.00 | $1,500,000 |
| Real-world structures | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | $12,000 |
| Payment fees\* | 26,426.55 | 27,031.05 | 27,031.05 | 80,488.65 | $25,500 |
| Gas Fees | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000.00 | $1,500 |
| Software Costs | 5,000.00 | 5,000.00 | 5,000.00 | 15,000.00 | $15,000 |
| Travel Costs | 3,000.00 | 2,000.00 | 2,000.00 | 7,000.00 | $6,000 |
| Due Diligence Costs | 10,000.00 | 6,500.00 | 6,500.00 | 23,000.00 | 0 |
| **Total** | **658,876.55** | **673,981.05** | **673,981.05** | **2,006,838.65** | **2,025,000.00** |
| **(+) Contingency Buffer** | \- | \- | \- | \- | 30,000 |
| **Total Budget Cap\*\*** | \- | \- | \- | \- | **2,055,000.00** |
Notes:
*Compensation: Forecast increase reflects additional FTEs in the team from May.
*Professional services: Legal services for lender review of borrower structures/contracts are budgetted according to complexity of review and engagement with high-quality external lawfirms.
*Professional services forecast has been updated to reflect 250K/transaction cost of legal review. Forecasted rump up will be 1.5x transactions in May followed by a staged increase in subsequent months. Actuals are only incurred if services used.
*Payment fees are variable costs. It increases linearly with expenses increase, legal primarily.
*DD costs: Includes previously unforecasted physical visits to borrower facilities as part of DD. Contigency buffer is used to cover such costs.
**MIP budget approved. From March new budget under MIP40 is reported. Professional services (legal) account for highest share of budget.
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## 3. MKR Vesting Overview
This overview is based on the approval of [MIP40c3-SP#38](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-sp38-real-world-finance-core-unit-mkr-compensation-rwf-001/10447), RWF-001 current MKR Incentive Proposal.
| Vesting Date | MKR Amount | Last Month | Change | Reason(s)\* | Budget Cap on 7 FTE |
| ------------ | ----------:| ----------:| --------:| ----------- | -------------------:|
| April 2022 | 236 MKR | 243 MKR | \-7 MKR | FTE changes | |
| July 2022 | 198 MKR | 205 MKR | \-7 MKR | FTE changes | |
| October 2022 | 154 MKR | 161 MKR | \-7 MKR | FTE changes | |
| January 2023 | 194 MKR | 201 MKR | \-7 MKR | FTE changes | |
| April 2023 | 114 MKR | 114 MKR | 0 MKR | N/A | |
| July 2023 | 114 MKR | 114 MKR | 0 MKR | N/A | |
| October 2023 | 114 MKR | 114 MKR | 0 MKR | N/A | |
| January 2024 | 114 MKR | 114 MKR | 0 MKR | N/A | |
| April 2024 | 114 MKR | 114 MKR | 0 MKR | N/A | |
| **Total** | **1,352 MKR** | **1,379 MKR** | **\-27 MKR** | | **1,680 MKR** |
The _Change_ column indicates any changes in the MKR vesting amounts compared to last month, with the _Reason(s)_ column indicating why the amounts changed. Reasons may include: New hires, FTE changes, Promotions, or Terminations.
*Reasons: forecasted FTEs (grantees) not yet onboarded reflected in vesting changes.
*Budget cap is estimated on 7 FTE at 80 MKR/FTE. Current estimate FTE calculation is based on 5.7 FTE.
### FTE
| Team members | Headcount | FTE(Full-Time Equivalent) |
| -------------------- | ---------:| -------------------------:|
| Facilitator | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Consultants\* | 2 | 1.7 |
| Consultants | 1 | 1 |
| Grantees\* | 1 | 0.5 |
| **Total** | **5** | **4.2** |
*Senior consultants at 80% and 84% FTE equivalent, respectively, in April.
*Grantee onboarded for first assignment. FTE is the max usable FTE per month.
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## 4. Transfers
### DAI Transfers -- April 2022
| Wallet | 3-month Estimate | Current Balance | Transfer | Multi-sig Address |
| ------ | ---------------- | --------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| RWF CU | 2,006,838.65 | 1,819,736.49 | 187,102.16 | [0xD1505ee500791490DE8642353BA6A5b92e3550F7](https://gnosis-safe.io/app/eth:0xD1505ee500791490DE8642353BA6A5b92e3550F7/transactions/history) |
To see multisig transactions: [RWF-001 Multisig](https://etherscan.io/address/0xD1505ee500791490DE8642353BA6A5b92e3550F7#tokentxns) and
[Auditor Wallet](https://etherscan.io/address/0x96d7b01Cc25B141520C717fa369844d34FF116ec#tokentxns)
| RWF Auditor wallet | Value | Multi-sig Address |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Received from Protocol since inception | 2,273,677.84 | [0x96d7b01Cc25B141520C717fa369844d34FF116ec](https://gnosis-safe.io/app/eth:0x96d7b01Cc25B141520C717fa369844d34FF116ec/balances) |
| Received from former RWF wallet | 274,399.47 | 0x9e1585d9ca64243ce43d42f7dd7333190f66ca09 |
| Received RWF Ops Wallet Test trx. | 2.00 | [0xd1505ee500791490de8642353ba6a5b92e3550f7](https://gnosis-safe.io/app/eth:0xD1505ee500791490DE8642353BA6A5b92e3550F7/transactions/history) |
| **Total Received** | **2,548,079.31** | [0x96d7b01Cc25B141520C717fa369844d34FF116ec](https://gnosis-safe.io/app/eth:0x96d7b01Cc25B141520C717fa369844d34FF116ec/balances) |
| **Test trx. to 0x2c6...31efb25** | **\-2.00** | 0x2c647bdc8259a82b0d0842207aed98c5331efb25 |
| **Lifetime transfer to RWF Ops Wallet** | **\-2,526,707.08** | [0xD1505ee500791490DE8642353BA6A5b92e3550F7](https://gnosis-safe.io/app/eth:0xD1505ee500791490DE8642353BA6A5b92e3550F7/transactions/history) |
| **Auditor wallet current balance** | **21,370.23** | [0x96d7b01Cc25B141520C717fa369844d34FF116ec](https://gnosis-safe.io/app/eth:0x96d7b01Cc25B141520C717fa369844d34FF116ec/balances) |