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How Do Other Organizations Control Administrative Costs?

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For many organizations, the terms "transparency" and "accountability," when uttered in the same sentence as "indirect/administrative costs," mean only one thing: it's time for another round of belt-tightening. We were able to utilize volunteers for fundraising projects. We stopped services.

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Is There Any Grant Money?

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According to early results from GrantStation's Spring 2017 State of Grantseeking™ Report, 75 percent of those organizations that submitted just one grant application won an award. Our respondents generally kept their costs low; 69 percent reported indirect/administrative costs as 20 percent or less of their total budgets.

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How Does a Nonprofit Find Funding to Keep the Lights On?

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GrantStation's founder and CEO, Cynthia Adams, recently gave a free 30-minute webinar on the Zen of Grantseeking. These costs — for 70 percent of respondents — were paid for by some combination of fees for services, fundraisers, and individual donations. Check out GrantStation.