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. So suit up, strike team at the ready, and get that first draft moving. They win by building the puzzle while sprinting.

Federal Grants

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

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Tip 4: Calculate your indirect cost or make an intentional decision to use the de minimis rate. Knowing how you want to handle indirect costs before you apply for government grants will speed up the application and reporting processes. Receiving the Grant Award Congratulations on winning the grant!

Government

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Some revenue sources will clearly be revenue-wise (self-supporting or clearly core to the mission and supported by outside sources), and some will be ready to sunset. Make Sure You’re Ready for Your Next Government Grant Government grants are a great addition to any nonprofit’s balance sheet.

Indirect Cost

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 7, 2012

Be sure to include both direct and indirect expenses. Finally, before you approach any donor, get your case for support ready. Be ready to answer the donor’s questions about the program or project and why they should support it. After planning, you’re ready to target the donors you want to approach then go talk to them.

Indirect

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 7, 2012

Be sure to include both direct and indirect expenses. Finally, before you approach any donor, get your case for support ready. Be ready to answer the donor’s questions about the program or project and why they should support it. After planning, you’re ready to target the donors you want to approach then go talk to them.

Indirect

Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. Also check your fund accounting software for opportunities to share presentation-ready dashboards or even give certain staff members view-only access.

Finance

GrantNews

AUGUST 20, 2024

Additionally, the goal is to help companies advance investor readiness, scalability, and customer growth. For example, independent community grocers play a vital role in keeping communities cohesive and even in the nation’s overall economy. This includes agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation.

Retail

Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Your project budget will ideally mirror the associated direct and indirect costs of the items outlined in your project description, such as staffing, rent, supplies, promotion, and the like. With this roadmap to guide your efforts, you’re ready to begin writing a successful grant proposal.

Proposal

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Many don’t cover operating costs or have a small allotment for indirect costs such as salaries, insurance, and utilities. You can create presentation-ready charts that visually show what funds were spent, how they were used, and how that has changed over time. Restricted funds often outline what they will fund and what they won’t.

Funding

Blackbaud

AUGUST 20, 2024

Are you ready to really understand how to get the most actionable data out of your fund accounting system? From an income statement point of view, they will discuss the hidden benefits of segregation of duties and how overhead expenses and allocation of indirect costs impact the “bottom line.”

Finance

GrantNews

JUNE 5, 2024

Eligible projects must be ready to be implemented upon receipt of funding. These are just some of the reasons why we should take this opportunity to recognize the vital role that nurses play in our healthcare system.

Letter Of Intent

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

I’ll bet right now some of you are getting ready to write an angry response—and I’ll bet some of you are thinking, “Oh, I’m so glad someone finally admitted it!” I’ve even negotiated that none of us ask for Indirect Costs so all the money goes directly to the program! I hate collaboration. There, I said it. Absolutely not.

Indirect Cost

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A new building, whether you are breaking ground or ready to cut the ribbon. 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. Bicycle program readies for holidays, will repair and give away 150 bikes.

Media

Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

So that you are ready to maximize the opportunity to ask questions, it’s useful to have a list of potential issues in mind that may need clarification. Most funders list their policy on indirects in the solicitations. Is match (cost share) required?

Funding

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

Another grant readiness factor is whether the organization’s financial management practices are able to track and report on the use of funds. For many funders, costs to prepare an application (or pre-award costs) and fundraising expenses are not allowable direct or indirect expenses. Why is this addressed so thoroughly?

Ethics

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. Ready to enhance your donation management practices? Any revenues generated must be used to further the organization’s exempt purposes rather than distributed to shareholders or members.

Donation

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

Indirect Costs: Overhead or administrative expenses that support the program but are not exclusive to it, like facility maintenance, utilities, and administrative staff salaries. If you’re ready to take a deep dive into leveraging the power of AI in your grant writing today, check out our AI course. Ready to Win More and Work Less?

Budget

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2024

Ready to unlock the secrets to writing winning grants? Itemize and justify each cost associated with the project, from direct costs like materials and labor to indirect costs such as administrative expenses. Ready to become a grant writing wizard? Let’s dive in! Why Learn About Grant Writing?

Grant Writing

Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Ready to enter? Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? Click here to read the full story pictured above. Just tell us a little bit about yourself and we will do the leg work. Fill out this online form and we will take it from there.

Liability

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Ready to Enter? Click here to see how Symantec’s security program helped the Northwoods Animal Shelter save 900 wildlife patients a year! And learn more about TechSoup's Safer Online for Nonprofits initiative. Just tell us a little bit about yourself by October 20, 2014. Fill out this online form , and we'll take it from there.

Liability

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

If you understand how to build a project budget—and you are familiar with concepts like overhead, indirects, and fringe benefits and how they impact a project— it will make you a more competent grant seeker and ultimately project director if the proposal receives funding. weeks into the process).

Funding

Peak Proposals

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

they do not allow indirect or overhead costs)? Tracking & Preparing for Funding Opportunities After you've assessed your organization's needs and capabilities and determined the kinds of grants you can afford to pursue, you're ready to research potential funders and their application requirements.

Grant

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

This is a ready audience for altruistic appeals. The Core Number takes into account all of your direct and indirect expenses to show what it costs you to deliver one unit of service. While psychologists debate whether pure altruism is real, altruistic people enjoy giving and receive pleasure from the action.

Donation