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Case Study
Using Surplus Budgeting to Advance and Sustain Your Mission

A case study of waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization Ducks Unlimited explores the issue of surplus budgeting.

Article
A Board’s Guide to Surpluses and Deficits

If your organization runs a deficit, you should be concerned. But it’s more problematic to assume a surplus indicates good financial health.

Tools
True Program Costs: Program Budget and Allocation Template and Resource

This guide and accompanying spreadsheet template break the process of understanding true program costs down into several stages.

Tools
Budgeting Toolkit

This collection of tools, including a program-based budget tool, is part of the Wallace Foundation’s StrongNonprofits Toolkit series.

Insights
10 Steps to Creating a Nonprofit Budget

This list hosted by IFF provides a step-by-step process for creating and presenting a budget for your nonprofit.

Course
Reply To: The offer of a $1/year lease – are there any downsides?

for small local organizations that provide a needed service to the local populace, these kinds of essentially temporarily donated facilities have been very helpful. We…

Course
Reply To: Should we use a fiscal sponsor or go it alone?

This is a great question. I think fiscal sponsors, at their best, are a real gift to startup nonprofits in that they can allow you…

Course
Reply To: Should we use a fiscal sponsor or go it alone?

I always suggest founders of new nonprofits use a fiscal sponsor to handle accounting, 501c3 status and other back office work. Having the founders working…

Webinar
How to Build a Budget from Scratch: Creating the Budget Template

Kristine Alvarez at NFF explains how to create a budget informed by your organization’s goals. Comes with slides, transcript, and a template.

Insights
Budget Tips to Help Keep Your Program on Track

A collection of best practices, good ideas, and simple, practical tips for nonprofit budgeting from Third Sector New England (TSNE).