While many foundation funders have allowed for more general operating requests due to the current pandemic, funders overall still favor project-based support. I often hear distress from nonprofit leaders unable to raise as much money for salaries and day-to-day operations—the real costs that allow your organizations to run and your programs to flourish. Our clients often ask whether there are ways to incorporate indirect costs (also called overhead or administrative costs) into project budgets for grant applications, and if so, how to do that. Here are two ways to approach it:
