Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2025

Most nonprofit finance teams have been taught to keep their overhead costs buried deep within their financial statements. 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%.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Tip 2: Bring both your program and finance teams into the grant application and award process.

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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. Fringe Benefits: This includes the cost of benefits given to personnel of the program, such as, health insurance, paid time off, pension, etc.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Many don’t cover operating costs or have a small allotment for indirect costs such as salaries, insurance, and utilities. So, the organizations behind the grants use the reporting requirements to make sure the funds go towards addressing those impact areas. Restricted funds often outline what they will fund and what they won’t.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

The ins and outs of nonprofit accounting may seem overwhelming at first, but effectively recording and reporting your organization’s finances is essential to fund your mission. This statement shows how cash moves in and out of your organization through operating, investing, and financing activities. Expense reimbursement.

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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. 4 laptops, 3 iPads, and 3 mobile phones.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Indirect allocation is the more complex method and should be used when the cost benefits multiple functions. The most common allocation methodologies for indirect allocation include employee time and square footage. Square footage percentages can be used to allocate rent, depreciation, certain insurances, and utilities.

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