Finance Indirect Software 
Blackbaud
JULY 18, 2025
This guide covers the fundamentals that your finance team needs to know during every stage of the grant so you can handle it confidently from award to closeout. Understanding the Grant Lifecycle for the Finance Office Government grants follow a predictable journey, and the finance team plays a mission-critical role at each stage.
Blackbaud
JUNE 20, 2025
Most nonprofit finance teams have been taught to keep their overhead costs buried deep within their financial statements. 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%.
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Blackbaud
JANUARY 9, 2025
if the organizations mission involves disaster relief) Dependence on one key person Obligations resulting from your commitments to a donors purpose restrictions Amount of unsecured debt carried by the organization Fund Accounting Software that Drives Impact Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT fits your organization.
Allied Grant Writers
DECEMBER 25, 2024
Budget A detailed account of the financial resources needed, including direct and indirect costs. To delve deeper into managing finances related to your proposal, explore our article on budgeting for grants. Project Description An outline of the proposed project, including objectives, methods, and timeline.
Blackbaud
APRIL 2, 2024
With a fund accounting software system designed for nonprofits, you can fully track all your grants, especially restricted grants, in one place. Fund accounting software can allow you to accurately curate grant reports to track restrictions, set budgets, and audit grant awards. Ready to tackle the tasks of grants?
Blackbaud
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Relying on core policies that include both finance and program offices improves collaboration because everyone knows what their roles are and where the directive comes from. Tip 4: Calculate your indirect cost or make an intentional decision to use the de minimis rate. Make sure your program team understands their role.
Blackbaud
APRIL 4, 2024
Develop a more accurate overall budget In collaboration with your organization’s finance committee, create a more accurate overall budget by using project or program-based budgets. Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. But it does need to be part of a larger, intentional conversation about being a revenue-wise organization.
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