"1. At what percentage will your entity spend on administration costs? 2. Will you agree to keep it to less than 10%, if we give you funds?" Sometimes (importa

"1. At what percentage will your entity spend on administration costs? 2. Will you agree to keep it to less than 10%, if we give you funds?" Sometimes (important word, sometimes) admin costs need to go above 10%. You have to spend money to make money. If a business had an opportunity to spend 1 million dollars to make 2 million dollars, they would do it all day. (Taking into account their rate of return etc.) If a nonprofit had the opportunity to spend 1 million dollars to make 2 million, they might not, because they don't want their admin costs getting "too high".