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What Are Payroll Grants and Where Can I Find Them?

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Payroll Grants are rare, but like precious gems, you can find them, if you know where to mine! If you’re new to grant seeking, you may quickly realize that most funders don’t cover payroll expenses. In fact, wages, salaries, rent, debt, and general operating costs are often listed as ineligible expenses.

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2024

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Tip 1: Categorize your revenue types, such as fundraising, grants, and earned income. Make Sure You’re Ready for Your Next Government Grant Government grants are a great addition to any nonprofit’s balance sheet. If you are not prepared for the requirements, a government grant can create more problems than they solve.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

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Restricted funds are donations or grants that can only be used for the purposes specified by the funder. Many grants, especially federal and state grants, are restricted. So, the organizations behind the grants use the reporting requirements to make sure the funds go towards addressing those impact areas.

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Breaking Down the Budget

Grant Geek

Grant Questions? Everything you need to know to develop a brilliant grant proposal budget. A grant proposal budget outlines your intended expenses if you are awarded the grant funding, specific to the project or program stated in your proposal. Fringe includes the insurance and benefits for the staff.

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The Nonprofit Administration Dilemma: How Much Should You Spend on Fundraising?

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These are also known as indirect costs, expenses that cannot be tied directly to programs. Fundraising expenses include costs you incur when soliciting and securing donations. Fees paid to fundraising consultants or outsourced help like a grant writer. This includes: Staff time attributable to fundraising. Legal services.

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

Our blog posts typically focus on grant strategies for nonprofit institutions. Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. Creating a Realistic Timeline for Preparing Your Grant Proposal a. Key Budgeting Concepts VI.

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