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Grants & Funding

Finding, writing, budgeting and reporting grants, with the annual giving and board work around them. A grant budget tool is ready to use; the other 261 titles are planned and listed with their status.

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Grant budget3 scenarios

	A · Full	B · One site	C · 1:2 match
Personnel	$84,000	$42,000	$84,000
Fringe (30%)	$25,200	$12,600	$25,200
Travel	$3,600	$1,800	$3,600
Supplies	$9,800	$4,900	$9,800
Contractual	$12,000	$6,000	$12,000
Indirect (10%)	$13,460	$6,730	$13,460
Total	$148,060	$74,030	$148,060

Funder request · C$98,707

Cost share $49,353

Indirect rate10% of direct costs

Grant cycle

LOIFeb
ProposalApr
AwardJul
InterimJan
Final reportJul

Three budgets, one viewBuild a budget once, then compare a full, a smaller and a matched version line by line.
A justification to pasteEvery calculation written out as plain text, ready for the funder’s form.
Stays in your browserNo account, no sign-in; budget figures are never sent to Caveat.
Honest status289 titles: 28 available, 261 planned.

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Finding grants and getting readyFunding research, prospect lists and the readiness work funders check first.40 titles · 2 available Writing and submittingNarratives, need statements, evaluation plans and the submission itself.42 titles · 4 available Budgets, awards and complianceBudgets and justifications, award management, reporting and financial health.61 titles · 14 available Annual giving and eventsAnnual funds, appeals, giving days and fundraising events.41 titles · 2 available Alumni, partners and major giftsAlumni and parent giving, sponsorships and larger gifts.54 titles · 3 available Boards and strategyBoard development, nonprofit planning and the systems behind a development office.51 titles · 3 available

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Grant Budget Scenario Comparison

Enter the budget by the standard categories, set the indirect rate and any cost share, then duplicate it to test a smaller or matched version. Totals recompute as you type.

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Up to three scenarios side by sideEach line, the indirect base, the cost share and the request.
Budget justification as textEvery calculation written out, to check against the funder’s instructions.
Comparison as a spreadsheetA .csv of the comparison, or print it.
A worked example to start fromA made-up tutoring expansion in three versions.

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BundleGrant writer’s deskEvery paid tool in Grants & Funding, Program Development and Data & Impact: budgets, logic models, cost effectiveness, award reviews and reports.32 tools · worth ~~$356~~$49

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