Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

Understand Your Indirect Costs Tracking and allocating your indirect costs is one of the most tedious aspects of grant applications and reporting. This is where tracking indirect costs directly on a grant record will guarantee you are accurately calculating reimbursements and staying on top of billing.

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Instrumentl

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This post explores what a grant budget should include, examples of direct costs vs. indirect costs, how to write grant budget justifications, and give you a list of grant budget examples.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Key takeaways: Understand how to present your Ask in a way that sparks a donor’s heart and motivates them to give using a Core Number Learn how to calculate your Core Number (so it covers both direct and indirect expenses!)

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GiveSmart

MARCH 12, 2024

Along with expenses connected directly to the event, there are also indirect costs to account for, such as staff salaries. To figure out the event’s net gain, or how much the programming brought, nonprofit staff must subtract its direct and indirect expenses from the total proceeds.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 28, 2024

Nonprofits should pay close attention to any budgetary restrictions, such as allowable expenses, indirect cost rates, matching requirements, and reporting obligations. Nonprofits should create a detailed budget that accurately reflects the costs associated with implementing the proposed project or program.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Tip 4: Calculate your indirect cost or make an intentional decision to use the de minimis rate. Knowing how you want to handle indirect costs before you apply for government grants will speed up the application and reporting processes. Receiving the Grant Award Congratulations on winning the grant!

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RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

De Minimis Indirect Cost Rate Increase (§200.414): For those recipients (and subrecipients) who do not have a negotiated indirect cost rate agreement in place, this is welcome news. The new guidance states that cognizant federal agencies will uphold these indirect rates and pass-through entities (PTEs) must do the same.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Calculate Your Indirect Cost Rate Complete and correct cost allocation is key to the financial stability of your organization. If you aren’t including indirect costs—such as salaries or rent—into your funding requests or program planning, you are setting yourself up for stress later in the year.

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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Examples of direct donor signals include: Surveys Conversations with donors Direct messages or tagging your organization on social media Indirect signals are a bit less obvious, but no less valuable. Typically reading donor signals that are indirect requires some sort of software tools to gather that data. What are Donor Signals?

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 21, 2024

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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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 16, 2024

Direct and Indirect Observation In direct observation, the observer watches the event, activity, or interaction as it occurs. In indirect observation, the observer watches the results of the event, activity, or interaction. Indirect observation is not prone to bias, but only offers limited information.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Indirect allocation is the more complex method and should be used when the cost benefits multiple functions. The most common allocation methodologies for indirect allocation include employee time and square footage. The nature of the cost will depend on how it should be allocated.

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Blackbaud

MAY 30, 2024

All of your organization’s practices directly or indirectly contribute to retention by creating a more engaging and well-run workplace. These elements are particularly important: Alt text: The key elements and practices that contribute to nonprofit employee retention, detailed in the text below.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 5, 2023

To help make you feel more confident when reviewing RFPs and making recommendations on whether or not to apply, I recommend that you have a list of the key things that your organization’s leadership agrees are important when looking at RFPs (whether a formal decision-making matrix or informal checklist is up to you/your organization), including: (..)

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Library Grants

MARCH 18, 2024

Grants are intended for library operations, including, but not limited to staff salary (direct or indirect,) materials, technology, and in-person or virtual services. It is open for both libraries in carceral institutions and those outside carceral institutions.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 25, 2024

With a Total Rewards approach, you not only offer fair wages and standard health benefits, but you also offer indirect benefits like: Employee wellness programs Discounts on programs, performances, or other services Flexible work schedules Volunteer time off (VTO) Free transit passes or other transportation benefits And more!

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Grant Geek

MARCH 1, 2022

Staying within the guidelines of the grant can sometimes include the maximum or minimum funding requests, cost per participant, and maximum caps on administration costs and indirect. Along with your specific costs associated with your project, sometimes there is also an indirect negotiated cost rate that needs to be factored in.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

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! So, what have I done in these situations?

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PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Free Online Professional Development Presenters are Grants Professional Association Approved Trainers Access to all the recordings after the summit Bonus: I am one of the presenters on What, Why, How’s of an Indirect Cost Rate When: March 13, 2020 (9 am to 1 pm PST) & (12 pm to 4 pm EST) Don’t Miss——-Sign up Today. Hope to see you there.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The professional development I attended this year included sessions on grant management, project management, change management, business branding, and the relevance of credentials to the field of higher education.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 24, 2024

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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iGrantWriters

JUNE 27, 2023

The established CESU Program indirect rate is 17.5%. Award decisions will be based on mutual agreement and acceptance of the terms and conditions outlined in the request for proposal and the recipient's CESU Master Agreement. The purpose of requesting Statements of Interest is to identify potential organizations for the project.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 24, 2024

The competition with other supporters is indirect, but participants can bid on as many items as they want at the same time. Silent Auction Silent auctions allow participants to take the event at their own pace as they browse your item catalog and enter their bids on printed or digital bid sheets.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. For each program, break down its actual revenue and expenses, including its necessary overhead, such as your staff’s time devoted to office administration, marketing and fundraising for such program.

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Library Grants

APRIL 20, 2023

Grants are intended to help sustain library operations, including, but not limited to staff salary (direct or indirect,) materials, technology, and in-person or virtual services. The library does NOT need to be an institutional member of ALA, or have a staff person who is a member of ALA to be eligible for a grant.

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PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Per Grants.gov, a grant is how the government funds your ideas and projects to provide public services and stimulate the economy. Per 2 CFR 200, a grant is federal financial assistance that a non-federal entity receives directly from a federal agency or indirectly as a pass-through. Where do you find Grants?

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GrantNews

AUGUST 20, 2024

For example, independent community grocers play a vital role in keeping communities cohesive and even in the nation’s overall economy. This includes agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation. Independent retailers, in general, generate billions in federal, state, and local tax revenue.

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Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

BUDGET A proposal budget is another area where the questions can be very specific to the solicitation at hand, although a few questions are standard fare, including: Are indirect costs allowable? Most funders list their policy on indirects in the solicitations. Is match (cost share) required?

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Candid

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Why outcomes matter As a nonprofit that serves other nonprofits (rather than providing direct services), the impact we make is typically indirect. My hope is that discussing our journey, along with many lessons learned, might be helpful to others seeking to better articulate ways to measure their own progress toward achieving their mission.

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HSF House

AUGUST 8, 2024

Furthermore, I hope that, as a product of my recruitment process, it sparks curiosity in those that engage in the advertisements for my study (even those who aren’t eligible [i.e.

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Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

Your expenses will be direct costs— any personnel and non-personnel costs that you wouldn't have if you didn't have the project—and indirect costs, also known as administrative costs or overhead.

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Planned Giving

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Number 3: Not putting a direct or indirect ask in every single marketing piece you put out. Competition can come from indirect and unexpected sources. Many focus on the technical aspects of planned gifts and not the people or relationship side. Planned giving is a people business, not a legal business. Others simply forgot.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Available on-demand, this popular course supplies guidance on how to tackle proposal budgets, including how to allocate time for staff working across multiple projects, when and how to account for indirect expenses, and so much more.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

The grantseeking challenge of organizational lack of time and staff relates to indirect and administrative cost control techniques; almost two-thirds of our respondents (65 percent) reported reducing staff in order to control overhead. Respondents were asked, "How did you reduce your indirect/administrative costs?"

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GrantNews

JUNE 28, 2024

Call 9 – 1 – 1 for an ambulance so that medical personnel can begin life-saving treatment on the way to the emergency room. cdc.gov, “ Signs and Symptoms of Strokes “) Below is a list of health and medical grants and other funding opportunities directly or indirectly focusing on stroke awareness-related issues.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 22, 2023

The established CESU Program indirect rate is 17.5%. Funding: Approximately $213,260 is expected to be allocated for the base period of 36 months, which includes 2 full spring and summer seasons. Anticipated Work: A detailed description of the anticipated work can be found in the attached Statement of Objectives.

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Candid

JULY 13, 2023

Indirect costs—or the invisible costs, like rent, utilities, office supplies, marketing, and administrative staff. Earned income from events, products, and fees. Anticipated expenses: Direct costs, like staff time, consultants, supplies, equipment, and evaluation (such as conducting surveys or collecting feedback).

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