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Understanding Nonprofit Overhead: Strategies for Transparency and Efficiency in 2025

Blackbaud

Indirect costs are the overhead expenses incurred as part of a government grant. Organizations that have significant indirect costs and earn federal funding can negotiate a higher indirect cost rate, or Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), with their agency of record. Overhead vs Indirect Costs: What’s the Difference?

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

The GREAT Act requires that federal grant recipients establish and use data standards for information reported to funding agencies.

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

What’s a Better Fit, Government or Foundation Funding? Government Databases IV. Not only will the funder require one, but they may expect to have significant input on your M&E plan, to the point of telling you the indicators you should use; this level of engagement is not uncommon in government-funded grants.