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Operating Budget

Help Friends of the Everglades put together a detailed operating budget covering at least one full fiscal year and provide expert advice on managing cash flow.
Friends of the Everglades
Stuart, FL, USA
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Stuart, FL, USA

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Posted February 19th

Operating Budget

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What we need
  • A detailed Operating Budget covering at least one full fiscal year
  • Expert advice on how to reconcile actual expenses with budgeted expenses
Additional details

I'm new to nonprofit leadership, having spent 20 years as a journalist, and I'm looking for assistance with crafting a budget for Friends of the Everglades.

What we have in place
  • We currently have financial statements from 2019, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have Quickbooks for tracking expenses/revenue, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $9,114 , allowing us to focus on clean-water policy issues affecting the Everglades and other vital waterways in Florida.

Potential donors want to see a budget before donating.
We also need a budget so we can be strategic about our spending.

Project plan

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Prep: Distribution of Prep Materials
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with materials currently being used for financial planning, such as the current operating budget or chart of accounts, and current financial statements
  • Volunteer Manager also provides any additional materials that will affect budgeting, such as a fundraising plan, earned income plan, or business plan
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Milestone 1: Information Gathering & Outline
  • Professional does additional due diligence to address any questions or issues
  • Professional creates a detailed outline for the budget, to be shared with Volunteer Manager for feedback
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Milestone 2: Budget Creation
  • Professional creates budget and shares it with the Volunteer Manager for feedback
  • Professional incorporates any feedback into the model for final draft version
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Milestone 3: Explanation & Training
  • Professional delivers the budget, alongside a detailed written or verbal explanation of how the budget should be utilized and modified in the future
  • Professional provides advice on how to record and reconcile actual expenses against the budget
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About the org

Friends of the Everglades
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Eve S
Eve S.

Executive Director

Our mission

Friends of the Everglades is a nonprofit founded in 1969 by renowned journalist, author, and environmental activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring the only Everglades in the world.

What we do

"Be a nuisance where it counts. Do your part to inform and stimulate the public to join your action. Be depressed, discouraged, and disappointed at failure and the disheartening effects of ignorance, greed, corruption, and bad politics--but never give up." - Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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