Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Churches that invest in research and development for new programswhether in youth ministry, senior outreach, or interfaith dialogueoften rely on grants to test new ideas without overextending their regular budgets. These sessions can provide up-to-date information on available grants, the application process, and common pitfalls to avoid.

Funding

Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 8, 2024

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). Their expertise in program and budget planning is invaluable. Offer to make connections and introductions.

GPC

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

Across the nonprofit sector, countless small nonprofits and grassroots organizations do life-changing work with limited staff, tight budgets, and never enough daily hours. Some grant applications require extensive attachments, audits, or years of financial history. Assess opportunity cost. You’re not alone. Start local.

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2025

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%.

Indirect Cost

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

A strong grant proposal has sections about the organization’s background, project details, story, budget, and ways to measure success. A well-crafted grant proposal can transform organizational needs into compelling funding applications that make influential projects possible. The nonprofit sector gets nearly 31.8%

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

The main purposes of grants include: Supporting charitable causes Encouraging research and development Promoting educational opportunities Funding community development projects It is important for potential applicants to recognize the true intent behind grants. Indirect Costs : Overhead costs, such as utilities and administrative expenses.

Grant Writing

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

The NonProfit Times

MAY 28, 2024

By Jackie Sue Griffin Securing grant funding is crucial to a nonprofit’s growth, and it starts with crafting a well-planned and realistic budget. Understanding the specific requirements and limitations outlined in the grant application is crucial for developing a budget that aligns with the funder’s priorities and expectations.

Budget

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

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! The good news is that budgets aren’t as complicated as most people fear. What is a proposal project budget? Don’t know where to begin?

Budget

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

Managing your grants within your fund accounting system will allow you to budget by grant, report on budget vs actuals, and review grant activity, so you can quickly and easily answer these questions. Fund accounting software can allow you to accurately curate grant reports to track restrictions, set budgets, and audit grant awards.

Indirect Cost

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

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

There are two essential things to remember when broaching grant management: You don’t have to change everything overnight, so take learning piece by piece and you will continue to grow your understanding and application. Have you ever wondered what indirect costs entail, or heard the term “de minimus rate” and questioned what that means?

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Working with a lean budget means even the slightest unexpected expense can create a stressful situation. Lead a Revenue-Wise Strategy Session As a financial leader, you touch all areas of your nonprofit organization through budgeting, forecasting, and expense management. So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

Indirect Cost

Grant Geek

MARCH 1, 2022

Everything you need to know to develop a brilliant grant proposal budget. A grant proposal budget outlines your intended expenses if you are awarded the grant funding, specific to the project or program stated in your proposal. One of the most important elements within the application is the Project Budget and Budget Justification.

Budget

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

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Given you are competing with other applicants, don’t forget to align your need statement with your funder’s objectives. Project budget Here you’ll get down to the dollars and cents required to address your need or problem. With this roadmap to guide your efforts, you’re ready to begin writing a successful grant proposal.

Proposal

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

Budget

Blackbaud

AUGUST 20, 2024

There are several exciting times of the year for nonprofit finance professionals—budget season, audits, year-end close. They will explore the roadmap beyond the total web solution with a focus on real-world applications of AI and enhanced interoperability across the NXT suite. Reporting is a key part of any finance professional’s role.

Finance

GrantNews

JANUARY 11, 2024

Reality: Operating costs, such as paying utility bills, rent, salaries, and investing in office equipment are referred to by a variety of names, including “overhead,” “administrative costs,” and “indirect costs.” Additionally, applicants must serve a high percentage of low-income youth.

Indirect Cost

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

When I’m trying to balance a Logic Model, Work Plan, twelve attachments, budget narrative, project abstract, and a thirty-page narrative, the last thing I need are twenty-minute debates about “how come they are getting more than we are?” I’ve even negotiated that none of us ask for Indirect Costs so all the money goes directly to the program!

Indirect Cost

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b. Key Budgeting Concepts VI. As a grant applicant, you may not have a choice regarding the development of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan in your proposal. Another factor is how broadly applicable your research is. Urgent Funding Needs V.

Funding

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

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2024

Budget: A clear and detailed budget is essential to assure funders that their money will be spent wisely. Itemize and justify each cost associated with the project, from direct costs like materials and labor to indirect costs such as administrative expenses.

Grant Writing

Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

budget, team members, skillsets, technology, time, emotional support). Consider increasing resources by providing more funding to cover indirect costs and general operating support. deadlines, reporting, grant applications) when possible. Essentially, burnout occurs when the demands of your job (e.g.,

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. A well-prepared budget will instill confidence in your project and boost your chances of being funded. A thoughtfully prepared budget should serve as a key input for your project design.

Budget