Recovering Administrative and Shared Costs from Grants

Calling all finance directors, accountants, program leaders and grant writers who want to encourage government and foundation funders to cover the full cost of land trust initiatives and projects!

Land trust practitioners know that the purchase price of conservation easements or fee land is far from the full cost of acquisition and stewardship. Similarly, the full cost of building new trails or restoration projects goes far beyond the direct cost of materials and labor for each project. Join land trust financial expert Kay Sohl to learn strategies to help you cover full costs. This webinar will provide a structure for preparing grant applications and budgets that make the case for funders to cover more than the direct cost of a new project or initiative, to achieve both funder and land trust goals.

In this session we will cover:

• Identifying and presenting the full cost of projects and initiatives, including a fair share of your land trust’s costs for project planning, oversight, accounting and financial reporting.

• Grant budget strategies to recover administrative and other shared costs from funders focused on specific projects.

• Dealing with partial funding of proposals, including bringing your team together to replan the project or initiative.

• Meeting federal and state funds management requirements.

This event is part of the 2026 Online Learning Pass.

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