NonProfit PRO

JUNE 23, 2025

Only two-thirds offer health insurance; this drops to 12% for organizations with annual budgets of less than $250,000. and Noble Accounting Join Forces The Real Cost of Nonprofit Budget Cuts? Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid",

Funding

NonProfit PRO

JULY 10, 2025

However, in organizations with operating budgets of $5 million or more, the salary gap between the executives and their staffs widens as organizational size increases. respondents reported access to employer-provided health insurance. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Its helpful to organize this section according to the five primary categories of nonprofit revenueindividual donations, corporate philanthropy, earned income, investments, and grants to align with your budget and internal records. Internally, this report is most useful for budgeting.

Liability

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JANUARY 29, 2025

NOTE: Shortly after this was posted, the pause was ended, but I decided to leave this up as it illustrates that grant seekers will face a bumpy ride for the next few months. This process typically involves review and modification of funding programs and solicitations for grant funding to reflect incoming administration priorities.

Grant

Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

If you’re reading this, you probably already know about the problems that nonprofits like yours are facing with their insurance: Rising insurance premiums, poor coverage from commercial insurance carriers, and in some cases, the loss of coverage altogether. Why are insurance rates soaring for nonprofits?

Insurance

Blackbaud

JULY 10, 2025

Examples of contribution revenue include one-off donations from individuals, sustained giving, or grants. This could also include a multi-year grant, which would be recognized over the program’s duration in a concept known as the matching principle.

Finance

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2025

The federal grant funding update for Q2 2025 reveals intensified volatility across the nonprofit landscape. Executive orders, delayed disbursements, judicial interventions, and administrative overhauls have left grant writers navigating what experts are calling a “ tsunami of uncertainty. ”

Federal Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 3, 2022

At our most recent Grant Writing Made Easy workshop, we did a deep dive into nonprofit program budgets. Of all the topics I teach inside the course, the budget is the one that students have the most anxiety and confusion around. (By Follow this 3-step process for creating nonprofit program budgets.

Budget

Blackbaud

MAY 6, 2024

Like a good recipe, your nonprofit budget requires high-quality ingredients, easy-to-follow steps, and a knowledgeable cook or two to put it together. Here are a few simple steps to help you create a solid budget that helps your organization allocate resources effectively and makes your budgeting process easier.

Budget

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Organizations are always making miracles happen on tight budgets. Above all, planning for financial sustainability comes down to Budgeting and Expenses: First, sit down with your accountant. Community Service Programs – General maintenance, repairs, and lawn care services impact the monthly budget. But you can’t avoid it.

Budget

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. Without a budget, you can find yourself in deep water, fast, with more money going out than coming in.

Budget

Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

Grant proposals have at least two parts: the project narrative and the budget (aka cost proposal). There may not be a division of responsibilities between the cost and narrative proposals at a small nonprofit, leaving the project lead (or the grant writer) to both write the proposal narrative and prepare the budget.

Budget

GrantNews

MAY 8, 2024

” (fundraisingIP.com 2023) Once you’ve completed your state filing, you must then submit IRS ‘Form 1023’ to be granted tax-exempt status. Most nonprofits set aside a percentage of their annual budget to go toward staffing. The price of this insurance can vary depending upon the coverage plan chosen.

Insurance

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A grant writer is vital for organizational growth, but hiring a full-time grant writer is not always the best fit. Grant funding is an essential part of fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Some nonprofits make grant writing a small part of someone’s job description. Read our article to learn more.

Grant

Grant Geek

MARCH 1, 2022

Grant Questions? 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. Fringe includes the insurance and benefits for the staff.

Budget

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

There are attachment upload buttons for unasked-for resumes, not-yet-created project budgets, and audits that must live somewhere. Across the nonprofit sector, there are countless variations in the relationship between organizational grant professionals and philanthropy departments.

Grant

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

AUGUST 4, 2023

Collaboration is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot, especially in the grant world. The city spearheaded a grant application to help fund an adjacent building which includes adaptive bathroom facilities and a concession stand. appeared first on DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services.

Grant Writing

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

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As the costs add up, you might be asking: How much of a nonprofit’s annual budget should be spent on administrative tasks and fundraising? Look at it this way: If you’re not spending at least 15% of your budget on fundraising, you may be standing in the way of your own success. You may find yourself spending money on the tech tools.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Restricted funds are donations or grants that can only be used for the purposes specified by the funder. Many grants, especially federal and state grants, are restricted. So, the organizations behind the grants use the reporting requirements to make sure the funds go towards addressing those impact areas.

Funding

Think and Ink Grants

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Need things like insurance, accounting, and legal support to keep everyone safe and in compliance. Funders are starting to think about this differently and expand their capacity for general operating grants. Do you have enough prospects in the pipeline to fully fund your operating budget? This list can go on.

Grant

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Include fundraising fees, the subscription costs for your donor management system and other online tools, insurance, postage for appeals … everything! Basically, if you haven’t already taken the time to create an annual budget for your nonprofit, you need to do that first. 10 grants: Go get all the grant money you can.

Fundraising

Bonterra

JUNE 25, 2024

Medical grants software Medical grants software Bonterra's grantmaking software makes it faster and easier for you to process approvals for medical education, research grants, and expanded access programs. Track the impact of your funding with our native analytics tool.

Software

Candid

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Financial management, budgeting, and accounts payable/receivable Tax preparation and annual audit Grants management Risk assessment and insurance Legal counsel. Professional fiscal sponsors handle your project’s back-office administration, so you have freedom to focus on your program development and test your ideas.

Insurance

Grant'd

JULY 23, 2020

More and more organisations and businesses across Australia are turning to grant funding – and with over $80b of grant funding distributed across the nation every year… why not? We’re more than willing to bet that almost every beginner grant seeker has the thought ‘why not’ as they leap into preparing their very first application.

Grant Readiness

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Donors don’t like duplication of services, and getting grants will be tough if you can’t articulate how your approach is unique. Be ready to share in the Financial section how this growth will impact your budget, both in revenue and expenses. Marketing Plan. Will you need more refrigerated space? More trucks? More staff or volunteers?

Nonprofit

Peak Proposals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Have you ever considered becoming a grant writer? Nonprofits are constantly seeking new funding streams to stay afloat, so if you work for a nonprofit, you’ve probably seen that grant writers are always in demand. What Is It Like to Work as a Grant Writer? Working as a grant writer has its highs and lows, just like any job.

Grant

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Through my time helping nonprofits increase their grant funding, I know that as a result of the pandemic, nonprofits are doing more work to meet the needs of society today. Grants, corporate sponsors, fundraisers, in-kind donations, individual donors and program income can potentially fuel diverse revenue streams.

GPC

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 16, 2024

When well-structured, this document can help you accurately track your income and expenses to streamline budgeting and financial reporting. This involves: Removing unused accounts: Let’s say your nonprofit includes a category in its COA for federal grants, but you realize three years later that you haven’t applied for any.

Liability

Peak Proposals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

September 17, 2021 Have you ever considered becoming a grant writer? Nonprofits are constantly seeking new funding streams to stay afloat, so if you work for a nonprofit, you’ve probably seen that grant writers are always in demand. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WORK AS A GRANT WRITER? You may refer to yourself as a “grant writer.”

Grant

Peak Proposals

JULY 17, 2022

July 17, 2022 Writing a grant proposal usually requires a significant amount of collaboration with others. Writing a grant proposal is hard work!” Writing a grant proposal is not the same as writing a term paper, a journal article, or an essay. How much time should you budget for the proposal writing process?

Proposal

Peak Proposals

JULY 17, 2022

Writing a grant proposal usually requires a significant amount of collaboration with others. Writing a grant proposal is hard work!” Writing a grant proposal is not the same as writing a term paper, a journal article, or an essay. How much time should you budget for the proposal writing process?

Proposal

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

Budgeting Your nonprofit’s annual budget is a key financial planning document that guides your organization’s spending and fundraising efforts. Most nonprofits break down the revenue side of their budget by source. Grants provided by the government and foundations. Earned income from merchandise sales and membership dues.

Policy

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Doing this work defensibly involves arcane techniques like applying probabilistic equivalence techniques to insure that groups being measured are equivalent. Until foundations build in adequate social research budgets in to their grantmaking I wouldn’t expect much movement in this area.

CRM

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Our blog posts typically focus on grant strategies for nonprofit institutions. Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b.

Funding

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Play the long game, and budget time off so you can stay in the field for a long time, raise a lot of money, and make a significant contribution in your community. My friend who worked in insurance as her first professional job was taught to leave her desk every day as if it were her last day at work. How to Plan for Time Off .

IT

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Life insurance: Donors can list your organization as a beneficiary on their life insurance policy. Since most planned gifts don’t affect the donor’s current finances, this presents an easier way to give a large donation without hurting their budget. They can also donate any unused retirement assets to your nonprofit.

Pass-Through