Saundra Schimmelpfennig, a former aid official, takes aim at a popular target: the fixation in the charity world on administrative costs. Ms. Schimmelpfennig, who is writing a book on how aid can ...

Learn what irrelevant costs are in business, how they differ from relevant costs, and why knowing the distinction is crucial for effective management decisions.

The federal government has changed key rules that govern the charity drive for federal workers. The most controversial change, which eliminates a restriction on the overhead expenses of charities, was ...

The issue of nonprofit overhead costs continues to come up in conversations with nonprofit board members, funders, and donors. I wrote a column on this topic last year and decided to roll it out again ...

Rising maintenance expenses push agricultural clients toward equipment consolidation and alternative financing arrangements.

The overhead ratio measures how much of a company's total revenue is spent on indirect costs. This metric is useful for identifying areas where costs can be reduced to improve profitability. Analyzing ...

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Hospital overhead costs rose by $2.7 billion in Rhode Island between 1996 and 2022. Rhode Island hospitals have the second-highest overhead costs in the country, report says. Rhode Island faces a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Trump administration rule that would cap the amount of overhead costs universities and researchers could charge the federal government. Last ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Universities are protesting the Trump administration’s plan to limit the overhead, also known as indirect costs, covered by federal research grants. They argue this change violates a long-standing ...