Future Fundraising Now

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Heres my best advice for now: If you have no direct or indirect federal money in your budget: You are probably okay. If you face a loss of funding (direct, indirect, even potential): Ask your donors to help! If you face a loss of funding (direct, indirect, even potential): Ask your donors to help! Donors want to help.

Funding

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Components of a grant budget may include: Budget Item Estimated Cost Personnel $XX,XXX Materials and Supplies $XX,XXX Indirect Costs $XX,XXX Maintaining meticulous records during the project implementation stage is also crucial. Each type of grant has its own purpose, eligibility requirements, and application processes.

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

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.

Government

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I have been a member of the Grant Professionals Association for 17years (though it was the American Association of Grant Professionals when I joined!) and each year I wonder if the GrantSummit will be my last. Will I find enough sessions which teach me new concepts? Will I meet people who are new to me?

GPC

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Free Whitepaper What you need to know about calculating indirect costs for your nonprofit Learn how The post Why Accurate Payroll and Time Allocation Is Crucial for Your Nonprofit Grant Reporting first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. The lack of a single source of truth can lead to discrepancies and frustration.

Grants

Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

This should include both direct and indirect costs, ensuring transparency and accountability. The Importance of Grants for Churches Diversifying Funding Streams Reliance solely on traditional funding sources can sometimes limit a churchs growth and impact.

Funding

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Key takeaways: Understand how to present your Ask in a way that sparks a donor’s heart and motivates them to give using a Core Number Learn how to calculate your Core Number (so it covers both direct and indirect expenses!) In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use a Core Number to let donors know how their donation will make a difference.

Donation

Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2025

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.

Indirect Cost

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Budget A detailed account of the financial resources needed, including direct and indirect costs. Indirect Costs : These include overhead expenses that support the project but are not directly charged, such as utilities or administrative costs. Sustainability Plan Information on how the project will continue after grant funding ends.

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JANUARY 9, 2025

However, this is not a universal benchmark. It really does depend on the needs of your individual organization. The Workgroup concluded that each organization must arrive at its own rationale for what it considers adequate for financial stability. When you use the formula for your organization, you may find that 25 percent is enough.

Contract

Candid

MAY 20, 2025

Indirect impacts: Talent drain and global competitiveness Beyond immediate research disruptions, funding cuts have broader implications for the psychological research community. Yet, due to the fact that its considered discretionary, its often put on the chopping block in the face of budget considerations.

Funding

GrantNews

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Applicants may request an indirect cost rate of up to 15 percent of the total award request. While payroll grants are hard to come by, they are out there, but where?! The answer is easy. GrantWatch has a list of payroll grants currently accepting applications. Explore available funding today and give your organization the support it needs!

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

Prepare clear, pre-formatted explanations for everyday expenses like staff time, supplies, and indirect costs. Across the nonprofit sector, countless small nonprofits and grassroots organizations do life-changing work with limited staff, tight budgets, and never enough daily hours. Here’s how to maximize your impact when capacity is limited.

Grant Writing

amplifi

APRIL 24, 2025

And many organizations are trying to navigate and limit the effects of federal grant freezes and unfreezes. Chaos in Washington is creating havoc on organizations that receive federal funding, directly or indirectly, and it’s harder than ever to plan for the long term. Donor behavior has shifted in the past few years. Theres no doubt about it.

Budget

Future Fundraising Now

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Success is indirect, and it shows up later in the form of stronger donor retention or more donor upgrading. Thankology: How to keep your donors longer, and giving stronger, through gratitude by Lisa Sargent The thing our fundraising industry is worst at: thanking donors. And how many times have you simply not been thanked at all? And read it.

Indirect

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Their work includes: Finding all project costs Separating direct from indirect expenses Adding buffers for surprise costs Seasoned grant writers balance budgets well. Many consultants set minimum retainer amounts between $1,500 and $3,000 per month. They know both high and low estimates show poor project understanding.

Grants

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

List personnel costs (salaries/benefits), travel, equipment, supplies, and indirect costs when allowed. A strong grant proposal has sections about the organization’s background, project details, story, budget, and ways to measure success. The nonprofit sector gets nearly 31.8% of its revenue from government sources.

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

Ecosystem Impact Analysis To paint a broader picture, incorporate ecosystem impact analysis in your stewardship reporting. For example, you might showcase how a donor-funded program indirectly benefited an underserved community by improving access to education, healthcare, or economic opportunities.

Finance

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

They are also called “ overhead ” or, if you are working on a federal grant, “indirect costs.” I once interviewed for a job with an organization in Atlanta that sold coupon booklets door-to-door to support a children’s wheelchair basketball league. The answer was 7%. Program costs are why you exist as a nonprofit.

Indirect Cost

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Indirect Costs : Overhead costs, such as utilities and administrative expenses. Indirect Costs Overhead and administrative costs. Understanding this purpose can guide the grant writing process, ensuring that proposals align with the funder’s goals. Section Elements Executive Summary Clear overview of project and its importance.

Grant Writing

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 9, 2025

Keeping a Federal-Ready folder with: Updated resumes Letters of support/MOUs SAM registration DUNS/UEI number Indirect cost rate agreement Leveraging past applicationsyours or from similar orgsas templates. Federal proposals arent just bigtheyre massive , bureaucratic, and jammed with technical landmines. They dont go it alone. Wait = death.

Federal Grants

Candid

JANUARY 30, 2025

Why Candid shares news about the social sector The news Candid shares is not simply the latest grantmaker-to-grantee transactions; it complements and contextualizes our rich repository of data, illuminating the relationships between philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. Our editors filter out inaccuracies and unintentional mistakes.

AI

Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

staff time, supplies, and evaluation), and indirect costs (e.g., staff time, supplies, and evaluation), and indirect costs (e.g., Then review your forecasted revenue and expenses against your budget on a regular basis. Tips and best practices for developing a nonprofit budget But what does an actual budget document look like?

Budget

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Grants Transparency Act complements the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act passed in 2019. The GREAT Act requires that federal grant recipients establish and use data standards for information reported to funding agencies. It does not appear that the data elements have been finalized. What does other factors mean?

Federal Grants

Community Boost

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

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Policy

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Step 1: Stay Up to Date on Policy Changes Funding uncertainty is not new to private and independent schools. Many already struggle to bridge the gap between net tuition revenue and the cost to educate students. But changes in government policies can directly and indirectly impact your programs, operations, and financial sustainability.

Policy

HSF House

JULY 26, 2025

This situation highlighted how implicit expectations and indirect communication can lead to misunderstandings. To me, doing good in the community means giving a helping hand to someone in need and serving your community when they need it most. In my internship seminar, we learned how these cultural frameworks shape workplace interactions.

IT

HSF House

JUNE 8, 2025

The direct stakeholders of the issue I am exploring this summer are unhoused individuals, the indirect stakeholders of the issue are the Central Florida Government. By Maria Clara Oliveira 1. My reaction because it getting closer to the date that I will begin interviews

Indirect

HSF House

JUNE 8, 2025

Indirect stakeholders include other students in my study abroad program who are also interning, as their perspectives help me compare Italy’s approach to work-life balance with that of the United States.My connection to this issue comes from experiencing the pressure in the U.S. Enjoyed a delicious plate of cacio e pepe with some friends!

Indirect

Future Fundraising Now

APRIL 2, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about a truly terrible proposal of marriage received by Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, and how it is like some fundraising: The kind where organizations say, You should donate because that would be very good for us. But boy does he blow it. We do something that matters a lot, and were very good at it.

Funding

HSF House

JUNE 8, 2025

Within the realm of racial and ethnic identity, the important question to ask is who the direct stakeholders are, and who the indirect stakeholders are. How do you determine if someone is a direct stakeholder, or an indirect one? I myself am a direct stakeholder.

Indirect

HSF House

JUNE 8, 2025

Indirect stakeholders include the city of Toronto, which benefits from the popularity of the Canadian artists who represent where they’re from. She is a professor at three different Canadian universities with an emphasis on the history and progression of the genre.

Indirect

Clairification

DECEMBER 8, 2022

transitive ) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. I think the word has come to mean “using super-human negotiating skill to obtain a superior result “ Terry sent me this: I thought you meant “obtain (something) by indirect or involved means.” finagle a day off work.

Indirect

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2024

Indirect costs are the backbone of an organization’s operations. In the grant sphere, indirect costs represent the expenses associated with general operation and support of an organization or project. In grant proposals, organizations often include a request for funding to cover their indirect costs.

Indirect Cost

PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

JULY 9, 2018

Nonprofits Guide to Applying and Negotiating an Indirect Cost Rate In the previous article, we learned “ Why Your Organization Needs A Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate? ” The cognizant agency will receive your completed indirect cost rate proposal to further negotiate a rate for your nonprofit. Let’s begin. See 2 CFR 200.19

Indirect Cost

Clairification

JULY 1, 2024

finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught I think the word has come to mean “ using super-human negotiating skill to obtain a superior result “ Terry sent me this: I thought you meant “obtain (something) by indirect or involved means.” No adverse implications. And there were more.

SAM

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

Understand Your Indirect Costs Tracking and allocating your indirect costs is one of the most tedious aspects of grant applications and reporting. This is where tracking indirect costs directly on a grant record will guarantee you are accurately calculating reimbursements and staying on top of billing.

Indirect Cost