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Understanding Nonprofit Overhead: Strategies for Transparency and Efficiency in 2025

Blackbaud

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%. On your form 990 , you are required to break out your expenses into program, fundraising, management, and general.

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

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Specific pain points reported by federal grant applicants include registration requirements in multiple systems, including the overarching System for Award Management (SAM) and the widely used grants.gov WorkSpace portal, which is probably used for about 80% of grant applications.

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

A project proposal typically includes a background section, a management and personnel section, and a past performance section. Regardless of your area of expertise and whether you are employed by a nonprofit or educational institution, you will find that the list of viable funders is going to be manageable.