FRN Tracker
Every funding request in your book, one tracker
The FRN is where E-Rate money actually lives: one number per funding request, from application to commitment to invoice. FRNHQ syncs USAC's FRN status data daily and turns it into a tracker for your whole pipeline, so "did it get funded?" never requires another manual USAC pull.
What the tracker shows
- Status across the book. Pending, funded, and denied requests with committed dollars, filterable by SPIN, applicant, state, funding year, and service category, and exportable to CSV.
- Status-change alerts. When a tracked FRN moves, say from pending to funded, it surfaces in your alerts feed instead of waiting for you to re-check.
- The story behind each FRN.Every FRN links to what was actually purchased, the applicant's funding history, their discount rate, and the contract dates that set up the next re-bid.
Where the FRN fits in the cycle
An FRN is born when the Form 471 is filed, gets its funding decision in an FCDL wave, and pays out through invoicing, each stage with its own deadline. For the full calendar, see E-Rate Filing Deadlines & Calendar. For how requests get won in the first place, start with Form 470 alerts and monitoring and how providers win FRNs.
FRN tracking: common questions
- What is an FRN?
- A Funding Request Number (FRN) identifies one funding request on an FCC Form 471. Every E-Rate and RHC dollar flows through an FRN, so the FRN is where funding decisions, service delivery, and invoicing all meet.
- How do I check the status of an FRN?
- USAC publishes FRN status in its open data. FRNHQ syncs that data daily and lays it out as a tracker: search any FRN, applicant, or SPIN and see whether each request is pending, funded, or denied, along with committed amounts and history by funding year.
- Can I track all FRNs for my SPIN at once?
- Yes. Filter the tracker to your SPIN (or any competitor's) to see every funding request tied to it, and FRNHQ raises an alert when a tracked FRN's status changes, for example from pending to funded.
- Is this the same as USAC's FRN Status Tool?
- It reads the same public USAC data, but instead of one-off lookups it works like a CRM view: your whole book in one table with filters, status-change alerts, CSV export, and each FRN linked to the applicant's funding history and incumbent provider.
Your FRNs are already in here
FRNHQ carries the public record for every FRN since FY2016. Sign in, filter to your SPIN, and the tracker is ready.