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Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Indirect Cost Allocation By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

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. The key is knowing how your organization’s policy and procedure for allocating indirect costs and what this entails.

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The basics of building a nonprofit budget

Candid

Budgets can be one of the most intimidating aspects of grantseeking and nonprofit management, especially for new projects or organizations—most of us don’t have accounting degrees after all! The good news is that budgets aren’t as complicated as most people fear. What is a proposal project budget? Don’t know where to begin?

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Breaking Down the Budget

Grant Geek

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. One of the most important elements within the application is the Project Budget and Budget Justification.

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The Essential Guide to Nonprofit Budgets in 2024

Grant Writing Made Easy

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2024

Blackbaud

Working with a lean budget means even the slightest unexpected expense can create a stressful situation. Lead a Revenue-Wise Strategy Session As a financial leader, you touch all areas of your nonprofit organization through budgeting, forecasting, and expense management. So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

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Advocating for Real Costs and Organizational Expenses by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Vu Le, author and former nonprofit executive director, shares: Then there are nonprofits that are too afraid to be truthful about the full cost of doing this work. It’s alarming how much we lie on our org budgets and shortchange ourselves…. Stop thinking a shoe-string budget is some mark of resourcefulness and efficiency.

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Four common grant proposal documents (free samples included)

Candid

Proposal budgets Proposal budgets may seem a bit dull, but many funders say it’s the first part of a grant proposal that they read. Your budget should show your credibility and impact with numbers. A proposal budget should include: Sources of income: Grants and other funding contributions. Proposal budget.