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Strategies for Impactful Grantmaking During Funding Uncertainty

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Connect organizations to share resources and make introductions where applicable. Can you provide support for capacity building or indirect costs like salaries to help grantees weather the unexpected shortfall without taking lines of credit? Check out our guide, The Qualities of a Modern Grantmaker.

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Understanding Nonprofit Overhead: Strategies for Transparency and Efficiency in 2025

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But recent events and changing philosophies on overhead costs have shed light on these expenses, which are required to run a functioning nonprofit. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised their uniform guidance in 2024, increasing the de minimus (or standard) rate allowed for indirect costs—overhead for federal grants—from 10 to 15%.

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More Than Fiduciary Oversight – How Board Members Can Support the Grant Writing Team by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

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This is becoming a more frequent question on grant applications and can support the grant team in demonstrating the leaderships connection to the population served. indirect costs, matching funds, supplanting). This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute s Competencies and Skills.

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Understanding Indirect Costs: A Brief Overview

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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.

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Nonprofits Guide to Applying and Negotiating an Indirect Cost Rate

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Nonprofits Guide to Applying and Negotiating an Indirect Cost Rate In the previous article, we learned “ Why Your Organization Needs A Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate? ” Final rate - This is applicable to a specified past period which is based on the actual costs of the period. Let’s begin. See 2 CFR 200.19

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Why Fund Accounting Software Beats Spreadsheets for Nonprofit Grant Reporting and Compliance

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Understand Your Indirect Costs Tracking and allocating your indirect costs is one of the most tedious aspects of grant applications and reporting. Some grants may come with lots of stipulations about what operating costs they will fund—and how much. Ready to tackle the tasks of grants?

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13 Tips for Ensuring Government Grant Compliance for Your Nonprofit Organization

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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.