Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

The primary purpose of grants is to facilitate projects that align with the funder’s mission, such as advancing education, promoting health, supporting the arts, or enhancing community development. Educational Grants Offered to students or programs focused on educational improvement.

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

Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2025

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%. Overhead vs Indirect Costs: What’s the Difference? Indirect costs are the overhead expenses incurred as part of a government grant.

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. Other mistakes come off the top of my head: unclear goals, not enough preliminary data to prove feasibility, and weak budget justifications. The nonprofit sector gets nearly 31.8%

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

For example, donors who supported a capital campaign might receive a report outlining progress toward construction milestones, complete with photos and budget updates. Project-Specific Stewardship Report When donors give toward specific initiatives, project-based stewardship reports help demonstrate accountability.

Finance

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Due to the current ambiguity around government funding—including the recent cuts to the Department of Education and impoundment of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title funds—schools are looking for strategies to navigate shifting tides. Run budget scenarios to understand your short and long-term challenges.

Policy

Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Let’s face it—budget planning can cause a lot of stress and anxiety for nonprofits. Most organizations face frequent budget cuts, which creates organizational uncertainty and a scramble for new funding options. Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. Do we have the funds this year to maintain our programs?

Finance

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

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

Blackbaud

JUNE 25, 2024

But like the rest of the nonprofit world, you face unique challenges when it comes to retaining employees, ranging from tight compensation budgets to work-balance issues. This will help you determine the best indirect benefits to offer in addition to cash compensation. Offer competitive compensation. Encourage work-life balance.

Indirect

Blackbaud

AUGUST 20, 2024

There are several exciting times of the year for nonprofit finance professionals—budget season, audits, year-end close. From required statements of financial position and budgets to dashboards that compare your revenue streams over time, you often share your financial stories through your reports. Can’t Make It to Seattle?

Finance

GrantNews

JANUARY 11, 2024

Nonprofits pay higher wages than for-profit social assistance organizations, educational institutions, and hospitals. Courts are to submit applications for the adaptation of curricula, or for the implementation of training and educational programs. Funding supports libraries with little access to budget assistance.

Indirect Cost

Planned Giving

DECEMBER 16, 2023

I’ve surveyed thousands of industry leaders, and their answers are always the same: lack of time and lack of budget. In comparison, my wife’s mother was taken out of school in third grade because at that time, in her culture, “only boys should be educated.” Competition can come from indirect and unexpected sources.

Indirect

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Nonprofits use the Statement of Cash Flows in several key ways: Planning and Budgeting: Forecasts cash needs and plans for future expenses. 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.

Finance

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b. Key Budgeting Concepts VI. Data collected through a project evaluation are used to answer questions such as: How many people or organizations were served/reached/educated? Funders have different budgets, funding priorities, and missions.

Funding

Peak Proposals

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

In the process of developing your grant strategy, you’ll be forced to consider how many opportunities you can reasonably pursue given your current budget and staff. Some questions to consider are: Budget Target : How much grant funding will you need to bring in to meet your revenue goals? Absolutely not.

Grants

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

If we break our budget down by number of families, months, days, etc. It’s a way to change things up a little bit and educate the donor at the same time. You may be able to educate them and get a few to agree to help with fundraising, but I seriously doubt you’ll ever get all of them involved. Indirect service Nonprofits.

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