Full Cost: Evidence

Full Cost Project Featured in Chronicle of Philanthropy looks at how the project opened the door for frank discussions between grantmakers and nonprofit leaders (subscription required)
Why Full Cost Matters explores the origin of the Full Cost project plus insights from Fred Ali, CEO of the Weingart Foundation
Why Funding Overhead is Not the Real Issue: The Case to Cover Full Costs encourages nonprofit executives and boards to know and advocate for their full costs, and urges the philanthropic sector to structure funding with greater consideration for the full context in which its grantees are operating
Why Grantmakers Need to Break Their Restriction Habit – Permanently illustrates how "Trust-Based Philanthropy" should be the sector’s new normal

Evaluation Finds NFF's Full Cost Framework Benefits Nonprofits, Funders, including results that 95 percent of the nonprofit leaders felt better equipped to explain their full cost needs to funders, and 98 percent of funders said they were more informed and aware of the full costs of running a nonprofit
Full Cost Funder/Grantee Pilot, a full summmary report by Harder+Company
Elevating the Impact of the Full Cost Pilot, with both an overview and an in-depth look at results from the Pilot, which was a partnership effort designed to test approaches and strengthen the capacity of nonprofits and funders to advocate for full cost recovery