Nonprofit Budgeting Guide + Excel Template

This fillable Excel template and guided workbook walk you through the budgeting process step by step — whether you’re a solo ED or planning with your full leadership team. Designed for real nonprofit realities (limited staff, multiple funding streams, and evolving needs), it helps you create a clear, adaptable budget you can actually use — and explain.

Because a good budget doesn’t just show where the money goes.

It shows what matters most.