Below-the-Line Budgeting
“Below-the-line budgeting” is a tool nonprofit leaders can use to address the full cost of operating their organizations.
Archives: Resources
Budgeting for Restrictions
What to do when you receive contributed revenue with a donor-imposed time frame or purpose for how the grant or donation should be spent.
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.
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?
Windfall Gifts – Webinar Recording and Resources List
Ever wondered about the impact of unrestricted grants equal to or in excess of a nonprofit’s annual budget?