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Do you have enough cost information to make good decisions?

A survey of nonprofit leaders reveals some alarming attitudes about cost information. Here survey resultsand ideas providing better cost information for no decision-making.

Nonprofits face the twin problems of competing for dollars and allocating money internally. To deal with both problems, they need answers to certain basic questions about costs. For example: What do administrative services cost compared with program expenses? When government funders offer to purchase a service, will it "pay" the organization to supply it? How much does Programs "X" cost compared to Program "Y"? How does the cost of treating clients in a branch office compare with treating them in the head office? Can ...

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