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Introduction to Nonprofit Program Budgets

Grant Writing Made Easy

Fringe Benefits: This includes the cost of benefits given to personnel of the program, such as, health insurance, paid time off, pension, etc. Some federal grants require complicated calculations, especially when they require matching funds. Fringe benefits should be listed on a separate line from salaries.

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How to Create a Nonprofit Chart of Accounts: 3 Steps + Tips

Get Fully Funded

This involves: Removing unused accounts: Let’s say your nonprofit includes a category in its COA for federal grants, but you realize three years later that you haven’t applied for any. Instead, you should continuously reference and update this document to ensure it reflects up-to-date financial information.

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Are you ready to age while working in academia?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

While the post focuses on aging and academia, it has implications for grant seekers and grant writers: most federal grants for the delivery of services to the elderly come are derived from the 1965 Older Americans Act administrated by the DHHS Administration for Community Living (“ACL”).

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

It means realizing that if you are doing data collection in the field, you may need to budget for the purchase of some kind of transportation for field staff, including associated costs like fuel and insurance. You can, however, leverage the resources of one federal grant to help support other federally funded projects.

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Can Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs Apply for Grant Funding?

Grant Writer Team

Sample grant from GrantWatch , a reputable grant database: Minority-Owned Businesses in the Restaurant Industry – Grants to Illinois minority-owned for-profit food establishments for working capital including payroll, rent, insurance, utilities, taxes, operations, and contractors.

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Trump Administration Pauses New Grant Agreements with Bombshell OMB Memo: Heavens to Murgatroyd!

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

In addition, Federal refugee resettlement support is under review. Even if grant disbursements and/or reimbursements to FQHCs and other grantees are delayed, this should not be a cash-flow crisis for well-managed nonprofits. There is a lesson for nonprofits to learn, however, which is to diversify funding streams beyond Federal grants.

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