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Understanding Indirect Costs: A Brief Overview

Grant Professionals Association

Indirect costs are the backbone of an organization’s operations. Also known as overhead or administrative costs, they ensure organizations smooth functioning. In the grant sphere, indirect costs represent the expenses associated with general operation and support of an organization or project.

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

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Have you ever wondered what indirect costs entail, or heard the term “de minimus rate” and questioned what that means? These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. The key is knowing how your organization’s policy and procedure for allocating indirect costs and what this entails.

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

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Raising the De Minimis Indirect Rate that recipients may use for indirect costs without negotiating an alternative rate from 10% to 15%, and raising the amount of indirect costs a recipient can include in its base calculation of modified total direct costs for each subawardee from $25,000 to $50,000.

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

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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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Yes, the GrantSummit is Still Relevant to Me, a Grant Professional of over 20 Years!

Grant Professionals Association

In addition, this year’s conference provided great networking opportunities with 30 minutes between sessions, 90 minutes for lunch and networking, and opportunities to gather with specific related groups like my chapter and GPC colleagues. What advanced topics did you enjoy this year or would you like to see next year at GrantSummit?

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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

Or my favorite—when one organization has a NICRA (Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement) of 47% while the other three organizations use the 10% de minimus rate, and this causes a stir. I’ve even negotiated that none of us ask for Indirect Costs so all the money goes directly to the program! Has this worked all the time?