Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Understanding the Purpose of Grants Grants are financial awards provided by various funding organizations or agencies to support specific projects or initiatives. Budgets should include: Direct Costs : Expenses that can be directly attributed to the project, such as salaries, materials, and equipment.

Grant Writing

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Each grant-making agency is charged with ensuring its awards use the data standards for future information collection requests. Call me cynical, but I doubt any of this will make much of any difference in the real-world grant award process. What does other factors mean?

Federal Grants

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In our webinar with Rachel Werner and James Spencer from RBW Strategy, they covered steps to help nonprofits that receive—or are looking to start receiving—government grant funding. Tip 4: Calculate your indirect cost or make an intentional decision to use the de minimis rate. Review them regularly against the approved budget.

Government

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award. Have you ever wondered what indirect costs entail, or heard the term “de minimus rate” and questioned what that means? These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. What are indirect costs?

Indirect Cost

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 5, 2023

Reviewing funder guidelines, especially large government guidelines, comes with a fair amount of pressure not to miss a key detail or misinterpret an organization’s eligibility, alignment, and overall competitiveness with the opportunity. How do you work through the review and recommendation process for funding opportunity guidelines?

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

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If a government regulation changed or community preferences shifted, would you have time to react? Make Sure You’re Ready for Your Next Government Grant Government grants are a great addition to any nonprofit’s balance sheet. Tip 1: Before applying for a government grant, perform a financial integrity risk assessment.

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

JULY 21, 2024

Office of Management and Budget (OMB), an agency within the Executive Office of the President, issues government-wide grants-related guidance for federal departments and agencies and is responsible for the maintenance of this document. Clarification of allowable costs associated with data and evaluation. What is Uniform Guidance?

GPC

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.” For more information, you can also visit the GrantWatch FAQ page.

Indirect Cost

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

What’s a Better Fit, Government or Foundation Funding? Government Databases IV. Not only will the funder require one, but they may expect to have significant input on your M&E plan, to the point of telling you the indicators you should use; this level of engagement is not uncommon in government-funded grants.

Funding

Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

This is the approach government agencies take. For government opportunities that remain open for several years, there may not be a fixed deadline for sending in questions. government agencies use a proposal submission platform that adds page numbers to the file, and applicants are told to not number the pages.

Funding