Documenting Direct Charitable Expenses

Marcy Green
Marcy Green
in Blackbaud Grantmaking™ General Discussions

Our foundation makes grants to local nonprofits and we offer programs to nonprofits. Meaning we lead the program or contract with a consultant/trainer to conduct the program for nonprofit leaders. For example, we have a Leadership Institute program that serves about 20 leaders a year. The total cost of the program is $64,000 and that payment is made to the trainer/consultant, however the 20 nonprofits are the ones benefitting. How can we document that in the grant software system?

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  • Martha Ricketts
    Martha Ricketts
    Kudos 1 Name Dropper Facilitator 1 September 2024 Monthly Challenge

    I have a somewhat similar situation. On BBG- I created separate budgets and reserve funds depending on who I was planning to attribute “credit” to. I work at a very large nonprofit and we have many nonprofits under our umbrella. I often gift charitable donations on behalf of multiple nonprofits, and I use the budget to track who gets “credit” for the donation. Sometimes I split a program into multiple payments from different budgets to show the full breakdown per organization. @Marcy Green

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