Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Do we have the funds this year to maintain our programs? Most organizations face frequent budget cuts, which creates organizational uncertainty and a scramble for new funding options. Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. This post was originally published in March 2015 and updated in April 2024.

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Finance Budget Indirect Cost Indirect 104

GrantNews

JANUARY 11, 2024

In fact, we think this is such a crucial part of grant funding that we identify over 6,000 grants in our grant listing directory in a special Grants for Nonprofits tab at the top of its webpage! Nonprofits can make a profit and should try to have some level of positive revenue to build a reserve fund to ensure sustainability.

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Indirect Cost Nonprofit Grant Grants 63

Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

And this increase is of vital importance given the uncertain future of government funding levels. Be aware that grant funding is available. Private foundations continue to be a funding source for most respondents; 81 percent of respondents reported that they received awards from private foundations. percent in 2017 and by 6.0

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Grantstation Indirect Grant Grants 47

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. However, nonprofits like yours can’t turn a profit by definition—all of the funding you bring in has to be reinvested into your organization.

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Policy Policies Finance Budget 52

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

The CEOs of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator, and GuideStar USA published a second open letter last year with the express goal to "crush" the overhead myth, the idea that overhead ratios should serve as the sole basis for evaluating nonprofit performance. If so, you've fallen victim to the overhead myth.

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Indirect Cost Contract Contracts Indirect 66

Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

When you come across a funding opportunity that looks like it is a good fit, it can be tempting to start work on it immediately, especially if the deadline is only a few weeks away. SCOPE Issues of scope—or the boundaries of what the funder intends or is willing to fund—tend to be opportunity specific.

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Funding Proposal Indirect LOI 40

Planned Giving

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Viken Mikaelian is the CEO of PlannedGiving.com and Publisher of Giving Tomorrow Magazine. Undeterred by her connection to Yale, Gary asked her to consider leaving some of the proceeds from her TIAA CREF retirement fund to the college where he worked. He was widely published in peer-reviewed medical journals. Look at Pepsi.

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