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This best–selling nuts–and–bolts workbook, now in its second edition, has become the gold standard for nonprofit managers and boards who must work through the budget cycle. The book offers practical tools and guidance for completing each step of the budgeting process. Designed to be comprehensive and easy to use,
The Budget–Building Book for Nonprofits provides everything budgeters and nonfinancial managers need to prepare, approve, and implement their own budgets.
Includes new chapters on Zero–Based and Capital Budgeting as well as a CD with spreadsheets, worksheets and a new budget–building software, the CMS Nonprofit Budget Builder, designed to help you implement the concepts in the book. The software includes an expandable standard chart of accounts (COA) and will aid in building, organizing, tracking and planning budgets.
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"This is a book every nonprofit needs."?Peter F. Drucker"Provides clarity, strategy, and utility to the financial management and asset management of social sector organizations."?Frances Hesselbein"This book is clear, insightful and required reading for all who are responsible for the success of not for profits. If you work for or run a not for profit agency you should read this book"?Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting and The Empowered Manager"The Budget Building Book for Nonprofits is a definitive and practical guide to the art of budgeting. It is well written and reliable as well as easily understandable."?Ron Werthman, vice president, finance/treasurer and CFO, Johns Hopkins Health System, The Johns Hopkins HospitalThis nuts–and–bolts workbook guides nonprofit managers and boards through the budget cycle, offering practical tools for completing each step of the process. Comprehensive and easy to use, The Budget–Building Book for Nonprofits provides everything budgeters and non–financial managers need to prepare, approve, and implement their own budgets.Examples, to–do lists, worksheets, schedules and other hands–on tools help readers:? Establish budgeting policies and procedures? Prepare budgeting requests? Present the budget to top management and boards? Create a budgeting calAndar? Orient program and department managers to budgeting? Estimate income and expenses? Determine how the board should review the budget? And much moreBased on the authors′ years of experience in working with nonprofit management and finance, this workbook is an essential tool for anyone involved in financial management within a nonprofit organization. This workbook addresses the importance of budgets and budgeting, basic types of nonprofit budgets, and budget implementation, tracking, and reporting. The Budget Building Book for Nonprofits provides the solid foundation and hands–on tools for building successful, effective budgets.
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