Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

While most private and independent schools are not heavily reliant on federal funding, the ever-shifting landscape of federal policies and priorities can create significant uncertainty for any organization. Step 1: Stay Up to Date on Policy Changes Funding uncertainty is not new to private and independent schools.

Policy

HSF House

JUNE 9, 2025

Furthermore, International aid organizations and donors influence the availability of resources through funding and policy recommendations. Some indirect stakeholders include Czech citizens, especially those living in areas with large refugee populations, whose attitudes may influence public support or opposition to refugee aid.

Policy

HSF House

JULY 26, 2025

There is opportunity for change with research when you have concrete data, you can have an influence on policy, help professionally develop NGO’s and nonprofits, and help others to better engage with their community. This situation highlighted how implicit expectations and indirect communication can lead to misunderstandings.

IT

RBW Strategy

JUNE 24, 2024

In addition to developing and submitting a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, our team developed policies and procedures that are compliant with federal policy requirements. Outcome RBW Strategy worked with the company to navigate the administrative challenges and maintain grant compliance after the company’s IPO.

Indirect Cost

RBW Strategy

JUNE 3, 2024

In addition to developing and submitting a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, our team developed policies and procedures that are compliant with federal policy requirements. Outcome RBW Strategy worked with the company to navigate the administrative challenges and maintain grant compliance after the company’s IPO.

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Pre-Award Preparation Have certain policies and processes in place before applying for a grant so you can be confident you meet their requirements and there are no surprises. Tip 1: Have your leadership drive the conversation on grant funding and the policies associated with this revenue stream. Update your policies accordingly.

Government

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Create an Operating Reserve Fund (or Review Your Policy) An operating reserve is a crucial part of creating a strong financial foundation for your organization. Tip 1: If you have an operating reserve, review your policy. Update the policy based on your current and future needs.

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

So how can you minimize these errors and create data entry policies for your users? Understand Your Indirect Costs Tracking and allocating your indirect costs is one of the most tedious aspects of grant applications and reporting. Tracking: Cut Out the Spreadsheets! Ready to tackle the tasks of grants?

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Check out the previous posts on conflict of interest policies and procedures and time and effort ! Have you ever wondered what indirect costs entail, or heard the term “de minimus rate” and questioned what that means? These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. What are indirect costs?

Indirect Cost

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

Objective 3: Clarifying Sections that Recipients or Agencies have Interpreted in Different Ways : While this objective does not constitute specific policy or process changes, it does help to diminish confusion when questions are raised. This has led to a more robust definitions section and ensures a lack of ambiguity. Let’s examine each one.

UEI

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

" It was all about how policy decisions on handling e-waste could improve the economy via environmental stewardship. And we have done what we can to inform policy makers on how to best reclaim the vast amount of IT equipment discarded each year. What Policy Makers Want and What I Advocate. are reused. has produced a study.

Electronics

Blackbaud

MAY 30, 2024

All of your organization’s practices directly or indirectly contribute to retention by creating a more engaging and well-run workplace. These elements are particularly important: Alt text: The key elements and practices that contribute to nonprofit employee retention, detailed in the text below.

Management

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fiscal Policies and Procedures Along with your budget, your fiscal policies and procedures provide guidance for how your team should handle your organization’s funds day to day. Jitasa’s nonprofit financial management guide recommends creating the following fiscal policies: Gift acceptance. Expense reimbursement.

Policy

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Over the coming weeks, we will outline common grant management practices that are applicable to organizations with foundation funding, state funding, pass-through funding, and direct federal funding, beginning with the conflict of interest policy. A good COI policy will include provisions for regular COI training.

Grant Management

DoJiggy

MARCH 5, 2024

Direct or indirect participation in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office is prohibited. Non-discrimination Policy An essential criterion for many 501(c)(3) organizations, especially those in educational settings, is the adoption of a non-discrimination policy.

Donation

Assel Grant Services

JULY 21, 2024

Raising the De Minimis Indirect Rate that recipients may use for indirect costs without negotiating an alternative rate from 10% to 15%, and raising the amount of indirect costs a recipient can include in its base calculation of modified total direct costs for each subawardee from $25,000 to $50,000.

GPC

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Guidelines from the Office of Management and Budget ( Circular A-122 for information on indirect costs and Uniform grant guidance for updated information on indirect costs determination ). Budgeting, fiscal policies, and internal control resources. Let's Break the Starvation Cycle. More Resources.

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

A clearly communicated financial aid policy is crucial and regular reviews help schools maintain optimal NTR while meeting accessibility goals. Refine financial aid allocation: Balance full-pay vs. partial-pay students strategically to achieve enrollment goals without over-discounting. Can donor contributions impact net tuition revenue?

Metrics

Greater Giving

JANUARY 21, 2025

Also called administrative or indirect costs, theyre typically not tied to specific programs or activitiesmeaning they indirectly support your mission. Nonprofit overhead costs are expenses supporting an organizations operations and infrastructure. Look for a fractional CFO who specializes in nonprofit financial management.

Management

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Here are several ways to get indirect coverage of your organization: Pitch a story about your organization’s cause with your Executive Director as a source. Get release forms from everyone in the photos and videos, in accordance with your organization’s policy. Instead, focus on the cause. Step 3: Distribute your release .

Media

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

This includes writing outcomes into an application that the organization is capable of tracking or has a plan in place to do so if awarded, a process for tracking time and effort of grant-funded staff, and following the organization’s policy for soliciting bids related to the project. Why is this addressed so thoroughly?

Ethics

Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2024

And you need the right practices and policies in place to ensure those employees are prepared to do their jobs well and have a positive employment experience at your organization. These include the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA requirements, social security policies, and all state and local regulations. Regulatory compliance.

IT

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This approach emphasizes offering employees a holistic set of benefits that include direct compensation as well as indirect benefits such as healthcare, paid time off, retirement plans, work-life balance, and a rewarding internal culture. Experts in the field recommend a “total rewards” approach to employee compensation.

IT

Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

BUDGET A proposal budget is another area where the questions can be very specific to the solicitation at hand, although a few questions are standard fare, including: Are indirect costs allowable? Most funders list their policy on indirects in the solicitations. Is match (cost share) required?

Funding

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

And either way, you may be able to leverage your data to bring about policy changes. If you spot a foundation that supports projects in your field, but has a “no unsolicited proposals” policy, even though there appears to be a fit, we advise you to cross the foundation off your list and move on to better prospects. on our blog ).

Funding

NextAfter

MAY 6, 2022

They wrote an appeal directly asking for people to support their work to influence policy around the crisis, and it led to a 36% increase in donations. Using crisis language with a direct correlation Another organization ran a similar experiment , but had a very direct correlation between their cause and the impact of COVID-19.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

Regulatory Changes: Ongoing changes in government policies and regulations can affect funding, operations, and compliance, requiring constant vigilance and adaptability from nonprofit organizations. They are critical for grant applications as they demonstrate to funders how their contributions will be specifically utilized.

Budget

Peak Proposals

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Confirming Funder Application Policies Part of creating a grant strategy involves identifying funders you intend to apply to over the next year. they do not allow indirect or overhead costs)? As you research potential funding sources, one crucial piece of information is whether the funder posts open calls for proposals.

Grant

Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

Consider increasing resources by providing more funding to cover indirect costs and general operating support. So, here are some concrete steps to decrease our collective burnout: Funders can help by recalibrating their expectations of nonprofit partners. Also consider easing demands (e.g.,

Burnout

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Indirect allocation is the more complex method and should be used when the cost benefits multiple functions. The most common allocation methodologies for indirect allocation include employee time and square footage. B est P ractices Organizations should have a formal, written, functional expense allocation policy.

Indirect