Budgeting Best Practices
Approaches to preparing a budget that can function both as a high-level discussion tool and a detailed map for the organization.
Article Topic: Nonprofit Budget
Budgeting: A 10-Step Checklist
This 10-step checklist helps guide the budgeting process to reflect an organization’s programs, mission, and strategic plan.
Budgeting for Change
Adapting the budgeting process for nonprofits in the process of transformation — which, in our uncertain times, is all of them.
Budgeting for Impact
Steve Zimmerman considers the budgeting process an opportunity to leverage the collective intelligence and experience of board and staff.
Nonprofit Full Costs Realized: How 2 Nonprofits Transformed their Budgets
This workshop offers lessons on embracing the “full costs framework” in your nonprofit and speaking to funders about full cost coverage.
Creating High-Functioning Nonprofits: Who Should Have What Financial Information?
This workshop mixes financial management with organizational development concepts. Who needs to know what, and when?
Nonprofit Ratios – Webinar Recording and Resources List
Ratios embody sound nonprofit financial management. However, some have historically created havoc where they were meant to create order.
Five Steps to Healthier Working Capital
Five steps to healthier working capital through savings strategies — and why liquidity matters.
7 Nonprofit Financial Ratios: Definitions & Calculators
Common nonprofit financial ratios you can leverage and calculators you can use to determine your own ratio calculations.
Commons Collection – Strategy and Planning
A selection of resources about business models for nonprofits. Curated by the Nonprofit Financial Commons.