Remove Award Remove Fund Remove Grant Remove Tucson
article thumbnail

How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many funders, including individual donors, are averse to funding these indirect costs, preferring to support direct program expenses: food for hungry people, medical care for the sick, and childcare for working parents. A study cited by Nobel (2015) showed that individual donors are averse to funding organizations with high overhead rates.

Fund 70
article thumbnail

Five ways to incentivize volunteers

ASU Lodestar Center

As they become more experienced, granting the authority to make decisions on behalf of the organization will only increase this sentiment. raise funds. View the NMI registration page for information on upcoming courses in Phoenix, Tucson, and online. The satisfaction in making a difference can act as a substitute for money.

article thumbnail

Why investing in leadership development is a wise strategy

ASU Lodestar Center

From a funding standpoint, foundation support for leadership development was less than 1 percent of overall giving from 1992 to 2011 (Hirschfield, 2014). Assuming this challenge persists and more funding for capacity-building does not become available, organizations need to build leadership development into day-to-day practices.