The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits (eBook)

A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards

Murray Dropkin, Jim Halpin, Bill La Touche (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2008 | 2. Auflage
240 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7879-9837-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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 an accompanying website 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.

Autor

THE AUTHORS MURRAY DROPKIN is president of CMS Systems, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in improving the financial operations of nonprofit and for-profit organizations. He is the coauthor of Bookkeeping for Nonprofits and The Cash Flow Management Book for Nonprofits. JIM HALPIN has written articles for technical publications and has developed accounting software and other applications for clients in a wide variety of industries. He is the coauthor of Bookkeeping for Nonprofits and the coauthor, with Dropkin, of the newsletter Nonprofit Report. BILL LA TOUCHE used his writing, planning, training and organizing skills to help a wide range of individuals, groups, and organizations get what they want from complex business, governmental, and nonprofit entities.

Rezensionen

"This book is the gold standard for providing executives and
managers with information essential to making the best decisions
for their organization and it will give them the confidence in
their fiscal systems they need in the competitive world of
nonprofit management."--Don Sykes, former director,
the Office of Community Services for the Clinton Administration,
and president, Community Development Solutions

"Written in clear language easily understood by the
layman, it contains guidance on both proper procedures and the
real-world challenges of getting the organization to adopt them.
The worksheets and sample forms alone are worth the
price."--Elizabeth Rosen, retired chief financial and
systems officer, The Morgan Library and Museum

"Everything you ever wanted to know about budgeting and
didn't know who to ask is contained in this second edition of
The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits.
It's practical, sophisticated, and contains many useful forms
and examples. Whether you are an experienced nonprofit
executive, board member, finance person or new to the field, you
will want to add this budget book to your library. It's a
tremendous resource for everyone who works or volunteers to support
the nonprofit sector."--Carol Wolff, executive
director, Area Health Education Center, Camden, New Jersey

"The second edition of The Budget-Building Book for
Nonprofits presents a primer for managers with limited
financial expertise and resources in nonprofit settings. In my 20
years of consulting to behavioral health systems, these kinds of
adjustments are often the critical difference in the financial
health of an organization. This book should be mandatory reading
for the nonfinancial administrator of any nonprofit
organization."--Harvey E. Hoffman, president,
Healthcare America, Inc.

"Too often the process of building a budget in nonprofit
organizations fails to receive the attention and focus appropriate
to its importance. When a properly constructed budget is used
effectively it represents far more than a simple spending plan.
Rather, it becomes a guiding statement of values and priorities and
a road map for how the organization plans to achieve its goals for
the budgeting period. That view--carefully honed by these
highly skilled authors after many years of experience on the front
lines--is well-captured in this second edition of The
Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits and forms the foundation
for the practical methods so clearly presented. Nonprofit
executives and their boards of trustees alike will be well-served
by this edition and well-advised to make it their
own."--Alan G. Kaufman, former director, New Jersey
Division of Mental Health Services, and president, Argus Solutions
for Behavioral Health

"The Budget Building Book for Nonprofits is a
clear, well-written guide for nonprofit managers, whether
experienced or new to the job, and demonstrates the importance of
the budgeting process. Using plain language and real-life examples,
the authors provide a comprehensive and systematic approach to
developing and monitoring the budget. It should be required
for all nonprofit managers and boards."--Irwin Nesoff,
associate professor and director of the New Jersey Institute for
Nonprofit and Social Work Management, Social Work Department, Kean
University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2008
• Reihe/Serie: The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Gemeinnützige Einrichtung • Gemeinnützige Organisationen • Gemeinnützige Organisationen / Finanz- u. Rechnungswesen • Gemeinnützige Einrichtung • Gemeinnützige Organisationen • Gemeinnützige Organisationen / Finanz- u. Rechnungswesen • Non-Profit Organizations • Non-Profit Organizations / Finance & Accounting • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 0-7879-9837-0 / 0787998370
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7879-9837-0 / 9780787998370