budgeting Archives - Funding for Good

How to Determine Grant Writing Fees

by Funding For Good | May 25, 2023 | Consulting

“How do grant writers get paid?” “How much should I charge for grant writing?” Questions around grant writing fees pop up a lot in the nonprofit world. Nonprofit organizations want to understand how much grant writers charge. Freelance grant writers and grant...

How to Communicate with Foundations: Clarifying Questions

by Funding For Good | May 13, 2020 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Research, Grant Writing

Are you researching foundation prospects for a program, project, or nonprofit organization? Have you discovered questions that you can’t find an answer to? Is there simply not enough detail on the foundation website or the 990-PF? These are the questions you ask...

Cutting Costs at a Nonprofit

by Funding For Good | Apr 23, 2020 | Budgeting, Development/Fundraising

A penny saved is a penny earned. Organizations are always making miracles happen on a shoe-string budget. So it is hard to imagine cutting costs at a Nonprofit even more. The best leaders understand that two things must happen to sustain a nonprofit: SAVING money and...

Grant Writing Facts Every Board Member Should Know

by Funding For Good | Mar 3, 2020 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Writing

Is your organization… Facing a financial crisis and thinking about Grant Writing? Launching a new program? Hiring a new Development Director or staff member? Building a new facility? Often, these situations require the board of directors to respond to the following...

Demystifying Nonprofit Overhead

by Guest Author | Jan 4, 2018 | Budgeting, Development/Fundraising

Guest Blog by Carol Wilson and Carrie Schulz of Nonprofit Accounting Academy As if the term “nonprofit overhead” was not confusing enough, consider all the terms that can mean more or less the same thing: Administrative costs Management and general expenses...