Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Churches that demonstrate a strong community service component in their grant proposals can find success in these funding avenues. Churches can benefit from these programs by proposing projects that directly impact local communities. This should include both direct and indirect costs, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Funding

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

proposals, letters of support) Deadline for submission Evaluation criteria (how the proposals will be assessed) Below is a table outlining common components found in grant guidelines: Component Description Eligibility Defines who is qualified to apply. Understanding these components is critical for crafting effective proposals.

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

With a clear strategy and a few innovative systems, even the smallest teams can write competitive, compelling grant proposals. It spreads your limited time and resources too thin, often resulting in rushed, unfocused proposals that don’t stand out. That can overwhelm grant writing for small nonprofits, but it doesn’t have to.

Grant Writing

Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Offer to write letters of support for proposals and be flexible when needed to sign grant documentation (e.g., indirect costs, matching funds, supplanting). Further, introducing agency staff to friends and colleagues can support partnerships and collaborations that are often a boon to grant-seeking efforts.

GPC

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Rates for simple foundation proposals typically range from $300 to $3,000, while complex federal grants may require significantly higher investments. Yet this payment structure can lead to unexpected total costs because grant proposals often take longer than planned. This prohibition exists for several key reasons.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Understanding this purpose can guide the grant writing process, ensuring that proposals align with the funder’s goals. Crafting a Compelling Proposal A well-crafted proposal is at the heart of successful grant applications. For more examples of successful proposals, explore our article on grant writing examples.

Grant Writing

Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

Whether you’re just getting started or putting the final touches on your grant proposal, the resources below can help you refine your budget. There are several types of budgets you may need: project proposal budgets, organization-wide operating budgets, capital budgets, cash flow budgets, and opportunity budgets.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 9, 2025

Federal proposals arent just bigtheyre massive , bureaucratic, and jammed with technical landmines. Heres the playbook for survivingand thrivingwhen its time to build that next monster federal grant proposal. Build a Strike Team Before the Battle Begins Federal proposals are too complex for one person to carry alone.

Federal Grants

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Ive been writing grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth and have seen various attempts to reform the federal grant-making process. If youre keeping score at home, S + A can usually produce a high-quality federal grant proposal in about 40 person hours. Why have one federal application portal, when ten will do?

Federal Grants

Library Grants

MARCH 17, 2025

The grants are intended for library operations, including, but not limited to staff salary (direct or indirect,) materials, technology, and in-person or virtual services. Proposed use of grant funds to serve target audiences. Budget and alignment of requested items/elements to proposed activities.

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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. Dont be either of them. See it here on YouTube.

Funding

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

Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Writing a proposal for a project grant can feel like a daunting task, but with the right guidance, it doesn’t need to be a bewildering endeavor. In this blog, we will share the key elements of a typical project proposal and best practices for how to approach drafting each section to help you secure the grant you seek.

Proposal

Candid

JULY 13, 2023

While Candid is working to reduce that burden broadly, here is one specific way we are trying to help: by providing sample grant proposal documents. In this blog, we share the major types of grant proposal documents, their components, and free sample resources to show you what a successful version of each one looks like.

Proposal

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 Receives Your Proposal, Who? Cognizant agencies for indirect costs may not necessarily be the same as the cognizant agency for the audit.

Indirect Cost

The NonProfit Times

MAY 28, 2024

Nonprofits should pay close attention to any budgetary restrictions, such as allowable expenses, indirect cost rates, matching requirements, and reporting obligations. Nonprofits should create a detailed budget that accurately reflects the costs associated with implementing the proposed project or program.

Budget

Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

What is a proposal project budget? . Proposal project budgets are the budgets you submit to a funder as part of a grant application. Many funders say that the proposal project budget is the first part of the application they look at so they’re a great way to make your case for funding. . How should I get started? .

Budget

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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. These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. What are indirect costs? Choose not to use them altogether.

Indirect Cost

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Introduction to Proposal Writing. This course provides a step-by-step overview of how to write a project proposal by breaking down its basic elements and offers guidance on how to follow up with funders, regardless of their response to your proposal. Creating a Sound Proposal Budget.

Training

Allied Grant Writers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

In the competitive world of grant funding, knowing how to write a compelling grant proposal is a crucial skill. Understanding the Grant Proposal Process Before diving into the writing process, it’s essential to understand the overall grant proposal journey: Research : Identify potential funders and thoroughly review their guidelines.

Proposal

Grant Geek

MARCH 1, 2022

Everything you need to know to develop a brilliant grant proposal budget. A grant proposal budget outlines your intended expenses if you are awarded the grant funding, specific to the project or program stated in your proposal. Indirect costs may be either fixed or variable. Let’s talk.

Budget

Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 3, 2022

Indirect Expenses: These include administrative and overhead costs, all the costs of all departments outside of the program department, such as finance, human resources, and development. These are some of the most common terms you’ll see on program budget forms: Direct Expenses: These include all the costs associated with the program.

Budget

iGrantWriters

JUNE 27, 2023

Award decisions will be based on mutual agreement and acceptance of the terms and conditions outlined in the request for proposal and the recipient's CESU Master Agreement. The established CESU Program indirect rate is 17.5%. A full proposal and budget are not required at this stage.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

For many organizations, the terms "transparency" and "accountability," when uttered in the same sentence as "indirect/administrative costs," mean only one thing: it's time for another round of belt-tightening. Mark your calendar now for September 20 to 21.

Grantstation

Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

The grantseeking challenge of organizational lack of time and staff relates to indirect and administrative cost control techniques; almost two-thirds of our respondents (65 percent) reported reducing staff in order to control overhead. Respondents were asked, "How did you reduce your indirect/administrative costs?"

Grantstation

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These are also known as indirect costs, expenses that cannot be tied directly to programs. Studies show nonprofits often have different ways of categorizing expenses, with many claiming too much for indirect or overhead costs, while others attribute expenses to programs that should be considered management and general expenses.

Fundraising

Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

To ensure your proposal will be responsive and compliant with the funder’s guidelines, you should always seek clarification from the funder on anything you don’t understand whenever you have the opportunity to do so. If so, is it acceptable for them to be pending at the time of the proposal submission or must they be finalized?

Funding

iGrantWriters

JUNE 22, 2023

The established CESU Program indirect rate is 17.5%. Review Timeline: The Statements of Interest will be posted on Grants.gov for a 30-day period before the government reaches a decision and requests full proposals. Please note that at this stage, a full study proposal and proposed budget are not required.

Grants.Gov

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. What Are You Proposing: Is It a Research Project, Or Could It Be a Project with an Evaluation Component? Features of Project Proposal vs. a Research Proposal c.

Funding

Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2017

First, let's look at the statistics, culled from GrantStation's most recent State of Grantseeking™ Report : Almost 70 percent of nonprofits keep their indirect and administrative costs at 20 percent or less of their annual budget. Indirect and administrative costs remained the same or decreased for 70 percent of respondents.

Grantstation

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2024

The dual approach is essential because it serves a dual purpose: captivating the interest of potential funders and earning their trust through clear, precise proposals. This section is a snapshot of your proposal, offering a compelling overview that includes your project’s who, what, where, when, and why.

Grant Writing

Peak Proposals

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Knowing your budget is an important part of developing your grant strategy, but unless you know some of these other pieces—such as the resources you can employ to prepare proposals—you won't be able to set reasonable expectations for your annual grant target. Likewise, if you intend to submit any unsolicited grant proposals (i.e.,

Grant

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

Understanding the intention and need for a program will strengthen a proposal as well as help an organization identify when mission creep is treading the ethical line. For many funders, costs to prepare an application (or pre-award costs) and fundraising expenses are not allowable direct or indirect expenses.

Ethics

Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

Consider increasing resources by providing more funding to cover indirect costs and general operating support. Proposing new projects? 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

Greater Giving

AUGUST 20, 2024

Adopt a total rewards approach that incorporates both direct compensation like cash and incentives and indirect compensation like benefits and perks. Draft a request for proposal (RFP), a document that outlines your needs and expectations, to submit to the consultants you’re interested in. Encourage open communication.

Consulting

Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2024

Adopt a total rewards approach that incorporates both direct compensation like cash and incentives and indirect compensation like benefits and perks. Draft a request for proposal (RFP), a document that outlines your needs and expectations, to submit to the consultants you’re interested in. Encourage open communication.

Consulting

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

Dont include pass-through in your indirect costs: Subcontracts, subsidies (e.g. stipends) are typically not allowed or capped in the calculation of indirect costs. Make sure that your formula for indirect costs does not include categories that are not allowed and that you respect all funder guidelines for indirect costs.

Budget