Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Know your numbers: Review any similar programs and calculate average cost per participant, personnel time allocation percentages, and indirect cost ratios to inform budget projections. Establish your indirect cost rate: Calculate your cost rate and understand the de minimis rate available to your organization.

Government

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Their work includes: Finding all project costs Separating direct from indirect expenses Adding buffers for surprise costs Seasoned grant writers balance budgets well. Organizations benefit from this approach especially when they have short-term, clearly defined support needs without bigger contract commitments.

Grant

Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2017

First, let's look at the statistics, culled from GrantStation's most recent State of Grantseeking™ Report : Almost 70 percent of nonprofits keep their indirect and administrative costs at 20 percent or less of their annual budget. Indirect and administrative costs remained the same or decreased for 70 percent of respondents.

Grantstation

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

USG Agency Websites For grant opportunities (as opposed to contract opportunities, which you can find on beta.SAM.gov) , grants.gov is the preferred search tool if you want to go to one site to look at opportunities across the federal system. NICRA covers indirect costs (facilities and administrative costs) and fringe benefit expenses.

Funding

Peak Proposals

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Handling your existing grants and contracts well is one of the best predictors of your ability to secure grant funding in the future. they do not allow indirect or overhead costs)? Reputation : Is your organization in good financial standing? Does it have a good reputation in your local community? How about in the donor community?

Grant