Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2025

Most nonprofit finance teams have been taught to keep their overhead costs buried deep within their financial statements. But recent events and changing philosophies on overhead costs have shed light on these expenses, which are required to run a functioning nonprofit. Overhead vs Indirect Costs: What’s the Difference?

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Collaborate on budget development from day one: Work with your program, grant, and development teams to understand your funding gaps and opportunities to address new needs in your community that align with your mission. What are the key federal grant compliance accounting requirements?

Government

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The professional development I attended this year included sessions on grant management, project management, change management, business branding, and the relevance of credentials to the field of higher education.

GPC

Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Grants provide a means to diversify income streams, reducing financial risk and enabling churches to plan long-term capital projects, with greater confidence. Federal grants often support projects that benefit low-income communities or improve public health and safety.

Funding

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

It’s important to understand the different types of costs inherent in running a nonprofit organization, how those costs relate to each other, and what those costs indicate about your organization as compared to others. Program costs are why you exist as a nonprofit. That sounds pretty terrible.

Indirect Cost

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Budgets should include: Direct Costs : Expenses that can be directly attributed to the project, such as salaries, materials, and equipment. Indirect Costs : Overhead costs, such as utilities and administrative expenses. Budget Component Description Direct Costs Expenses directly related to the project.

Grant Writing

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

Since the original Uniform Grant Guidance was issued in 2014, federal grant recipients, subrecipients, and contractors have grumbled about the confusing jargon, lack of clarity, and general “squishiness” about some of the guidance’s language and how it applies to all recipients of federal funding.

UEI