Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Each grant typically has a specific focus area and eligibility criteria, which applicants must meet. By understanding both the purpose of grants and their importance for financial stability, applicants are better positioned to succeed in securing the funding they need.

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

Some grant applications require extensive attachments, audits, or years of financial history. Instead, seek out funders who explicitly welcome first-time applicants, smaller budgets , or grassroots initiatives. Assess opportunity cost. Prioritize opportunities that are truly within reach. Start local.

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

A well-crafted grant proposal can transform organizational needs into compelling funding applications that make influential projects possible. A well-laid-out application typically takes three to four weeks to complete, though experienced writers might finish proposals faster in familiar sectors.

Grant Writing

Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

This article by Melissa Pulis, a former Candid support manager, outlines how to get started, with an emphasis on project proposal budgets. grants and other contributions) and anticipated expenses, including direct costs (e.g., staff time, supplies, and evaluation), and indirect costs (e.g.,

Budget

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The bill aims to ameliorate the complex nature of the grant application process, as well as the lack of transparency and accountability around funding decision processes, which are currently opaque at best. Still, we have yet another reform effort coming soon (or as is said in Jamaica when youre waiting for a dive boat, soon come).

Federal Grants

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2024

Indirect costs are the backbone of an organization’s operations. Also known as overhead or administrative costs, they ensure organizations smooth functioning. In the grant sphere, indirect costs represent the expenses associated with general operation and support of an organization or project.

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

To meet those requirements, you’ll need to be able to successfully track and manage your grants and effectively report on how you allocated these funds. If you are a grant-funded organization, it will be important to manage spending restrictions and meet reporting requirements. Tracking: Cut Out the Spreadsheets!

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant (e.g.,

Indirect Cost

The NonProfit Times

MAY 28, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore effective grant budgeting strategies that nonprofits can implement to strengthen their grant applications, increase their chances of success, and ultimately, make a greater impact in their communities.

Budget

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Identify a place to store documentation, including applications and relevant policies, in a place where everyone has access, such as within the grant record within your fund accounting software or a cloud storage tool. Tip 4: Calculate your indirect cost or make an intentional decision to use the de minimis rate.

Government

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Tip 2: Bring both your program and finance teams into the grant application and award process.

Indirect Cost

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

We’ll start by discussing the “why” of these changes, why the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) decided to make them now, and how they align with larger changes happening in the federal government. As overhead and administrative costs grow, organizations often scramble to find ways to recoup this funding. Let’s examine each one.

UEI

Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

Budgets can be one of the most intimidating aspects of grantseeking and nonprofit management, especially for new projects or organizations—most of us don’t have accounting degrees after all! Proposal project budgets are the budgets you submit to a funder as part of a grant application. Don’t know where to begin?

Budget

Blackbaud

AUGUST 20, 2024

Whether you want to hear about product updates like automated payments and AI or brush up on fund accounting best practices, you don’t want to miss these bbcon 2024 financial management sessions. This includes Expense Management, Purchase Requests, WebPurchasing, and Approval Workflows.

Finance

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

Technology, especially AI, is crucial in enhancing budget accuracy and financial management, enabling more dynamic resource allocation. For nonprofit managers, the capability to quickly adapt and respond to financial data is a critical skill in navigating the ever-changing landscape.

Budget

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

As a grant applicant, you may not have a choice regarding the development of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan in your proposal. The activities are usually the prerogative of the applicant and where they have the greatest input in the design of the project. Another factor is how broadly applicable your research is.

Funding

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2024

Itemize and justify each cost associated with the project, from direct costs like materials and labor to indirect costs such as administrative expenses. Also, consider including information about other funding sources, if applicable, to demonstrate financial diversification and sustainability.

Grant Writing

Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

In addition to using the question period to raise questions about the proposal guidelines, applicants can also use it to provide feedback about things they believe the funder might have overlooked. Funders post the Q&As publically to ensure a fair and transparent process where all applicants have access to the same information.

Funding

Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

This explains why some folks seem to manage lots of demands without burning out (they usually also have lots of resources). Consider increasing resources by providing more funding to cover indirect costs and general operating support. deadlines, reporting, grant applications) when possible.

Burnout

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

In these uncertain times marked by increased competition for funding, it is critical to strengthen every part of your application. Dont include pass-through in your indirect costs: Subcontracts, subsidies (e.g. stipends) are typically not allowed or capped in the calculation of indirect costs.

Budget