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Understanding Indirect Costs: A Brief Overview

Grant Professionals Association

Indirect costs are the backbone of an organization’s operations. In the grant sphere, indirect costs represent the expenses associated with general operation and support of an organization or project. In grant proposals, organizations often include a request for funding to cover their indirect costs.

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More Than Fiduciary Oversight – How Board Members Can Support the Grant Writing Team by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

This commitment by an organizations governing body is the crux of fiduciary responsibility. indirect costs, matching funds, supplanting). Similarly, be willing and available to attend funder site visits and support agency staff as needed during preparation. Understand the issues that could impact their nonprofit agencys finances (e.g.,

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

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Compliance and best practices in grant management is usually associated with federal grant awards, but it equally applies to state and local government funding, pass-through funding (which likely originated at the federal level), and foundation and corporate grants (though maybe not as stringent). What are indirect costs?

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A Look at 2024 OMB Uniform Guidance Updates By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB), an agency within the Executive Office of the President, issues government-wide grants-related guidance for federal departments and agencies and is responsible for the maintenance of this document. What is Uniform Guidance? Before 2013, federal grant requirements were located in multiple OMB circulars.

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

Assel Grant Services

Even the federal government is considering increasing the de minimus indirect cost rate from 10% to 15% in 2024. matching requirements, supplanting issues, indirect costs, prevailing rates, performance-based fees, client fees, collective bargaining, allowable versus non-allowable cost)

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Getting Curious About Ethics By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Ethics are moral principles that govern an individual’s or group’s behavior or activities. For many funders, costs to prepare an application (or pre-award costs) and fundraising expenses are not allowable direct or indirect expenses. Why is this addressed so thoroughly?

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Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Conflict of Interest By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

However, many state and local government grants are pass-through funding from federal agencies and held to the same rules and regulations. Identify effective practices for key functions of grant management The post Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Conflict of Interest By: Kellie Brungard, GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.