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Understanding Nonprofit Overhead: Strategies for Transparency and Efficiency in 2025

Blackbaud

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.

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Top Accounting Tips for Government Grants

Blackbaud

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.

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Stewardship Reporting Best Practices for Finance Teams: Tips for Showing Donor Impact 

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First-person testimonials from beneficiaries help connect donations to a face and personal story. For example, if a donation was earmarked for purchasing medical equipment, the report must verify that funds were used accordingly.

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How to Calculate Net Gain from Your Nonprofit Event 

GiveSmart

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.

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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!

Tech Soup

The Challenge is open to all nonprofits in the United States of America who have used TechSoup's donated products or educational resources in the past. (a) Eligibility. a) Non-Discrimination.

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Below are the two main characteristics we are looking for in a winning story: A clear demonstration of how a donated TechSoup product benefited your organization. Interesting proposition. But, besides the tablet, what’s in it for me?

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Below are the two main characteristics we are looking for in a winning story: A clear demonstration of how a donated TechSoup product benefited your organization. The winning story will be promoted through all of TechSoup’s channels.

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