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How much do you spend on overhead?

ASU Lodestar Center

Instead of focusing on income and expense ratios, donors should ask about the scale of the organization’s goal, how they are measuring their goal progress, and what it would take to reach that goal. The first step is for funders and grantees to create a more honest and collaborative relationship with each other. Nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

ASU Lodestar Center

Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. News and World Report , and Money routinely publish stories that emphasize program spending and fundraising cost ratios.

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