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NONPROFIT-ACCOUNTING4 MIN READ

Battlecard: can we just call it program?

Use a concise response when leadership asks to classify costs as program without activity evidence.

Can we just call it program? Functional expense objection A leader wants to move shared support cost into program before board or donor reporting. The operations director helps every program, so can we just call most of her salary program? Your line We can classify the portion supported by direct program activity evidence. The current support shows 35% program and 65% management and general. If her role changed, let us update the time study prospectively. Agreeing to a target percentage before checking the activity support. It affirms the possibility of program allocation while keeping the evidence standard intact. What is…

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