Financials
All donations include an allocation of 15% to critical core support costs. This helps fund:
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A strong management team to steward the organization and build responsive, community-led programs
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Due diligence of current and future partners and programs
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Monitoring and evaluation of programs
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Communicating with supporters about their impact
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Regulatory compliance with federal and state agencies
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Fundraising, grant-writing, and capacity building
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Mental health and healing advocacy and awareness
The allocation of 15% is below the nonprofit industry standard of 35% and will be reviewed each year to determine if, together with grants and other fundraising, it is enough to cover actual costs or needs to be revised in the future
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Read more about the dangers of employing a 100% model (where all funding goes to programs and not core support costs) and what Stanford University terms the Nonprofit Starvation Cycle.