Program budgeting helps you prioritize your resources by ensuring funds are spent on activities that produce the best outcomes for your organization.
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Determine which actions at your organization constitute a program for the intent of budgeting and financial reporting.
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Add new or existing personnel to your budgets then allocate the salaries, employee benefits, and payroll taxes of each worker across one or more programs.
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Add direct expenses for each program or allocate shared expenses across multiple programs.
Add revenue sources that support the operations of each program or allocate funding sources shared across multiple programs.
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Review your allocation decisions using a step-by-step guide with instructions to ensure your allocations are accurate.
Allocate your general, management and fundraising expense to determine the true cost of each program.
Share and collaborate on your draft budgets to ensure accuracy and alignment with strategic goals.
Finalize and lock down your budgets with approvals and commentary from your board of directors.
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Structure your budgets based on the nature of the activities performed by each program or project.
Spread allocations of any type of expense, grant, fund, and donation across programs and projects.
Gain control of personnel expenses by accurately tracking salaries, payroll taxes, and fringe benefits for each worker.
Create monthly projections and forecasts to continuously manage revenues against expenses.
Collaborate and share income forecasts related to program services, contributions, gifts, and grants.
Develop quick what-if scenarios to explore different outcomes based on financial assumptions that impact your organization.
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20% savings on annual plans
Features
Programs
Additional Program
Versions
Allocation Methods
Percentage of Time Allocation
Direct Allocation
Unit Allocation
FTE Allocation
Functional Allocation
Workflow and approvals
Support
Email support
Live support
Individualized Training
Dedicated Success Manager
5
$15/Month
3
Included
Included
Not Included
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5
$10/Month
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20% savings on annual plans
Programs
5
Additional Program
$15/Month
Versions
5
Percentage of Time Allocation
Included
Direct Allocation
Included
Unit Allocation
Not Included
FTE Allocation
Not Included
Functional Allocation
Not Included
Workflow and Approvals
Not Included
Email support
Included
Live support
Not Included
Individualized On-Boarding & Training
Included
Dedicated Success Manager
Not Included
Programs
15
Additional Program
$10/Month
Versions
10
Percentage of Time Allocation
Included
Direct Allocation
Included
Unit Allocation
Included
FTE Allocation
Included
Functional Allocation
Not Included
Workflow and Approvals
Not Included
Email support
Included
Live support
Not Included
Individualized On-Boarding & Training
Included
Dedicated Success Manager
Not Included
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Unlimited
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$0/Month
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Included
Direct Allocation
Included
Unit Allocation
Included
FTE Allocation
Included
Functional Allocation
Included
Workflow and Approvals
Included
Email support
Included
Live support
Included
Individualized On-Boarding & Training
Included
Dedicated Success Manager
Included
20% savings on annual plans
Programs
5
Additional Program
$15/Month
Versions
5
Percentage of Time Allocation
Included
Direct Allocation
Included
Unit Allocation
Not Included
FTE Allocation
Not Included
Functional Allocation
Not Included
Workflow and Approvals
Not Included
Email support
Included
Live support
Not Included
Individualized On-Boarding & Training
Included
Dedicated Success Manager
Not Included
Programs
15
Additional Program
$10/Month
Versions
10
Percentage of Time Allocation
Included
Direct Allocation
Included
Unit Allocation
Included
FTE Allocation
Included
Functional Allocation
Not Included
Workflow and Approvals
Not Included
Email support
Included
Live support
Not Included
Individualized On-Boarding & Training
Included
Dedicated Success Manager
Not Included
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Unlimited
Additional Program
$0/Month
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Unlimited
Percentage of Time Allocation
Included
Direct Allocation
Included
Unit Allocation
Included
FTE Allocation
Included
Functional Allocation
Included
Workflow and Approvals
Included
Email support
Included
Live support
Included
Individualized On-Boarding & Training
Included
Dedicated Success Manager
Included
A program budget is a budget created specifically for a project or program. Revenues and expenses of programs or projects are never mixed to better understand the true costs of the program.
Program budgets play a critical role in the operations of efficient and well managed organizations. They provide the basis to allocate the company's resources in the right manner. It not only promotes accountability, but also brings clarity and effectiveness to the organization.
Some of the key advantages of program budgeting include:
- Quickly identifying areas where cost reduction can be implemented and savings can be made.
- Planning and managing the delivery of services in the future.
- Determining the priority of programs and projects.
- Providing accountability to the organization through performance measurement.
- Monitoring the allocation of resources to a program or project.
Program budgeting is intended for both management and program leaders to analyze, compare, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative spending options that have the same objectives.
Effectiveness of program and project budgets typically involve an evaluation of how funds were utilized, the outcomes that resulted from expenditures, and the level to which these outcomes reached their stated objectives.