Just to respond to your first comment - government contracts normally contain margins for admin (which don't need to be justified by actual cost), most organisa

Just to respond to your first comment - government contracts normally contain margins for admin (which don't need to be justified by actual cost), most organisations will use these to cover part of the writing process. Equally, mutually they will have explicit scope top indicate admin hours, etc, and any tender for public funding would plan (& declare at the end) more than actually needed for the performance or project. In other words: grants/government contracts don't fall from the sky, but in any half competent organization it's easy to come out positive, even when you consider cost & time for tendering, unsuccessful tenders, cancelled projects, etc. Don't believe for a second that goodwill or any other org is putting up money to perform contracts/services at no gain.