Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

Building a nonprofit budget: 4 steps to get started. One of your first tasks after establishing a nonprofit is to create an annual operating budget. In alignment with your nonprofits strategic plan , set financial goals (e.g., What do funders look for in grant proposal budgets? rent, utilities, and marketing).

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Budget Budget Narrative Indirect Cost Proposal 71

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Expert writers with over ten years of experience and many successful applications might charge up to $200 per hour. Smaller projects or specific parts of grant applications work well with hourly rates. Yet this payment structure can lead to unexpected total costs because grant proposals often take longer than planned.

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Grants Grant Grant Writing Federal Grants 52

Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Proposal Grants Grant Budget 111