Blackbaud

JANUARY 9, 2025

The post How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Consult your auditor and CPA to identify the options that work best for your organization. This post was originally published October 2016 and updated January 2025.

Contracts

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

The post Stewardship Reporting Best Practices for Finance Teams: Tips for Showing Donor Impact  first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Ecosystem Impact Analysis To paint a broader picture, incorporate ecosystem impact analysis in your stewardship reporting.

Finance

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

They are also called “ overhead ” or, if you are working on a federal grant, “indirect costs.” first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Administrative costs, on the other hand, are how you exist as a nonprofit. Admin costs are incurred as you direct and control the organization itself. The post What Are Admin Expenses?

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Step 1: Stay Up to Date on Policy Changes Funding uncertainty is not new to private and independent schools. Many already struggle to bridge the gap between net tuition revenue and the cost to educate students. But changes in government policies can directly and indirectly impact your programs, operations, and financial sustainability.

Policy

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2024

Indirect costs are the backbone of an organization’s operations. In the grant sphere, indirect costs represent the expenses associated with general operation and support of an organization or project. In grant proposals, organizations often include a request for funding to cover their indirect costs.

Indirect Cost

PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

JULY 9, 2018

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? ” The cognizant agency will receive your completed indirect cost rate proposal to further negotiate a rate for your nonprofit. Let’s begin. See 2 CFR 200.19

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

Understand Your Indirect Costs Tracking and allocating your indirect costs is one of the most tedious aspects of grant applications and reporting. This is where tracking indirect costs directly on a grant record will guarantee you are accurately calculating reimbursements and staying on top of billing.

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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. These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. What are indirect costs? That is an indirect expense to this particular grant project.

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Tip 4: Calculate your indirect cost or make an intentional decision to use the de minimis rate. Knowing how you want to handle indirect costs before you apply for government grants will speed up the application and reporting processes. Receiving the Grant Award Congratulations on winning the grant!

Government

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For more information on getting your organization ready for government grants, check out our webinar with Rachel Werner and James Spencer from RBW Strategy on Building a Strong Grants Compliance Team: The Importance of Finance and Program Staff Collaboration or our follow-up blog post. Watch an on-demand product tour today.

Indirect Cost

Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Examples of direct donor signals include: Surveys Conversations with donors Direct messages or tagging your organization on social media Indirect signals are a bit less obvious, but no less valuable. Typically reading donor signals that are indirect requires some sort of software tools to gather that data. What are Donor Signals?

Indirect

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today is Blog Action Day ‘09! Want to read more about Blog Action Day? Tags: General Fundraising Internet Resources Blog Action Day climate change. It’s a world-wide event that aims to get as many bloggers as possible to focus on one topic to raise awareness. This year’s topic is Climate Change.

Indirect

Blackbaud

MAY 30, 2024

The post 5 Essential Employee Retention Tips for Nonprofit Managers first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. All of your organization’s practices directly or indirectly contribute to retention by creating a more engaging and well-run workplace.

Management

Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. The post 3 Strategies to Build Your Organization’s Financial Capacity first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Instead of assigning a random percentage to your programs, ask your employees to start tracking how they spend their time so that the organization can make more accurate allocations.

Finance

Blackbaud

JUNE 25, 2024

With a Total Rewards approach, you not only offer fair wages and standard health benefits, but you also offer indirect benefits like: Employee wellness programs Discounts on programs, performances, or other services Flexible work schedules Volunteer time off (VTO) Free transit passes or other transportation benefits And more!

Indirect

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Available on-demand, this popular course supplies guidance on how to tackle proposal budgets, including how to allocate time for staff working across multiple projects, when and how to account for indirect expenses, and so much more. The post Removing cost as a barrier to nonprofit training appeared first on Candid Blog.

Training

Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In this blog, we will share the key elements of a typical project proposal and best practices for how to approach drafting each section to help you secure the grant you seek. The post How to write a winning grant proposal appeared first on Candid Blog.

Proposal

Candid

JULY 13, 2023

In this blog, we share the major types of grant proposal documents, their components, and free sample resources to show you what a successful version of each one looks like. Indirect costs—or the invisible costs, like rent, utilities, office supplies, marketing, and administrative staff. Earned income from events, products, and fees.

Proposal

GiveSmart

MARCH 12, 2024

Along with expenses connected directly to the event, there are also indirect costs to account for, such as staff salaries. To figure out the event’s net gain, or how much the programming brought, nonprofit staff must subtract its direct and indirect expenses from the total proceeds.

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

AUGUST 20, 2024

From an income statement point of view, they will discuss the hidden benefits of segregation of duties and how overhead expenses and allocation of indirect costs impact the “bottom line.” The post What’s New and What’s Next: Why Your Finance Team Should Attend bbcon 2024 first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

Finance

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Indirect Method: Starts with net income and adjusts for changes in non-cash items and changes in working capital to arrive at cash flows from operating activities. The post Statement of Cash Flows: How Nonprofits Track Inflow and Outflow of Money first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

Finance

Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

This blog post was originally published on Elevated Third's blog. Integrations, scalability, and speed to market are all things to keep in mind when selecting digital tools. Think in Terms of Conversions. Technology tools should save and make money, directly or indirectly. Image: TechSoup. spanhidden.

Indirect

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Many don’t cover operating costs or have a small allotment for indirect costs such as salaries, insurance, and utilities. The post Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Restricted funds often outline what they will fund and what they won’t.

Funding

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Read our latest blog post about the Equifax breach. Suspicious emails engage in "spoofing," a type of scam in which attackers impersonate a trustworthy entity to make it more likely that the recipient will open and act on the email. Practical Tips on Spotting Suspicious Emails. Check out this example from Gmail.

Indirect

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Our product donations are well-known, as are our articles, blog posts and community organizing. that finds that Federal electronics recycling legislation could create as many as 42,000 direct and indirect new jobs. The Coalition For American Electronics Recycling. has produced a study.

Electronics

Assel Grant Services

JUNE 16, 2024

Direct and Indirect Observation In direct observation, the observer watches the event, activity, or interaction as it occurs. In indirect observation, the observer watches the results of the event, activity, or interaction. Indirect observation is not prone to bias, but only offers limited information.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

Or my favorite—when one organization has a NICRA (Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement) of 47% while the other three organizations use the 10% de minimus rate, and this causes a stir. I’ve even negotiated that none of us ask for Indirect Costs so all the money goes directly to the program! So, what have I done in these situations?

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

JULY 21, 2024

Raising the De Minimis Indirect Rate that recipients may use for indirect costs without negotiating an alternative rate from 10% to 15%, and raising the amount of indirect costs a recipient can include in its base calculation of modified total direct costs for each subawardee from $25,000 to $50,000.

GPC

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Check out this blog post for more information. The post Net Tuition Revenue (NTR) for Private K12 Schools first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Strong retention rates stabilize NTR by reducing recruitment costs and minimizing the need for additional financial aid offers to fill vacant spots.

Metrics

Greater Giving

JANUARY 21, 2025

Also called administrative or indirect costs, theyre typically not tied to specific programs or activitiesmeaning they indirectly support your mission. The post Understanding and Managing Nonprofit Overhead Costs appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

Management

Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

All three winning stories will also be published on the TechSoup.org blog, and will be promoted in our By The Cup and New Product Alert newsletters, as well as our Twitter and Facebook channels. The winning stories will also be featured on the TechSoup_Impact blog at TechSoup.org as Featured Stories in May 2015.

Liability

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Here are several ways to get indirect coverage of your organization: Pitch a story about your organization’s cause with your Executive Director as a source. Position Your Nonprofit As the Expert Sometimes pitching a story about your organization isn’t the right approach. Instead, focus on the cause.

Media

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Subscribe to our blog to follow along! This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Conflict of Interest A conflict of interest (COI) /financial conflict of interest (FCOI) policy is one of the essential policies a nonprofit board must establish.

Grant Management

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If you’re a brand new nonprofit organization this year, check out this blog to help you understand how to get started with funding as a nonprofit startup. Indirect Costs: Overhead or administrative expenses that support the program but are not exclusive to it, like facility maintenance, utilities, and administrative staff salaries.

Budget

DoJiggy

MARCH 5, 2024

Direct or indirect participation in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office is prohibited. To find out how to connect with donors and show the difference their donations make, check out this blog on engaging donors. All revenues are used to further the organization’s exempt purposes.

Donation

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

For many funders, costs to prepare an application (or pre-award costs) and fundraising expenses are not allowable direct or indirect expenses. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Why is this addressed so thoroughly?

Ethics

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Our blog posts typically focus on grant strategies for nonprofit institutions. Elsewhere on our blog, you can find posts dedicated to how to find funding , with much of the information applying equally to nonprofits seeking project funding and to those seeking research funding. on our blog ). The topic is research funding.

Funding