Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

The article also points you to additional Candid resources on developing a nonprofit budget, including our free trainings: What do funders look for in grant proposal budgets? Tips and best practices for developing a nonprofit budget But what does an actual budget document look like? Building a nonprofit budget: 4 steps to get started.

Budget

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 9, 2025

XXX or 25 staff trained) so the draft keeps moving. Pro tip: In the draft stage, literally paste the funders questions into your document and write answers beneath them. You , the writer, to produce a rough draft ASAP. And heres a veteran trick: If youre missing a detailjust plug in an imaginary number or placeholder (e.g., $XXX

Federal Grants

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Were you counting on ESEA funds to pay for learning specialist training? For each source, estimate how much of the total grant or contract might be affected and work with your advancement and business office teams to document the impact on school operations. Document everything for audits. For an English-learner program?

Policy

Candid

JULY 13, 2023

While Candid is working to reduce that burden broadly, here is one specific way we are trying to help: by providing sample grant proposal documents. There are four major documents that you may need to create if your nonprofit is looking for funding. To see this in practice, review our proposal budget sample documents.

Proposal

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

This is a natural consequence when several different administrative requirements documents and cost circulars are consolidated into one document, and meant to be universally applied. The new guidance states that cognizant federal agencies will uphold these indirect rates and pass-through entities (PTEs) must do the same.

UEI

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Calculate Your Indirect Cost Rate Complete and correct cost allocation is key to the financial stability of your organization. If you aren’t including indirect costs—such as salaries or rent—into your funding requests or program planning, you are setting yourself up for stress later in the year.

Indirect Cost

Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

Your expenses will be direct costs— any personnel and non-personnel costs that you wouldn't have if you didn't have the project—and indirect costs, also known as administrative costs or overhead. How should I get started? .

Budget

Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Your project budget will ideally mirror the associated direct and indirect costs of the items outlined in your project description, such as staffing, rent, supplies, promotion, and the like. For a more in-depth understanding of how to create a project budget, be sure to check out this free training on the topic.

Proposal

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The training. These are also known as indirect costs, expenses that cannot be tied directly to programs. Fundraising training. A bookkeeper can help you set up the right documentation and tracking procedures so you categorize everything consistently and are not stuck trying to figure it all out come tax time. The postage.

Fundraising

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. Document findings.

GPC

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. The original document became effective in December 2014.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are regularly required to validate and document their use of funding; a COI policy ensures board members and staff operate responsibly and provides a strategy for disclosing and addressing potential conflicts of interest among officers, directors, trustees, or key staff.

Grant Management

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

Analyze these documents to identify trends, such as seasonal variations in income or recurring expenses. 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

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

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. That is, are you proposing a project so you can generate data, or are you collecting evaluation data to document the results of the project?

Funding