Cash Flow Projections 101

Will your organization have enough cash to cover payroll next month? How about an unbudgeted expense or a fabulous new opportunity? Financial statements are important for board members and leadership to analyze the organization’s historical performance, but cash management is critical for day-to-day financial operations. 

In this class, we will learn how to develop a cash projection spreadsheet that can be updated regularly so you can successfully plan ahead and avoid surprises. Learning about cash projections is also a wonderful method to get familiar and comfortable with financials, because cash projections tend to be a more intuitive way of looking at financial information.

Learning objectives:

• Discover three methods of projecting future cash flows: mind dump, budget conversion and hybrid
• Analyze common differences between an accrual-based budget and a cash projection
• Identity strategies for handling shortfalls and windfalls

Audience: This workshop is great for executive directors, fund development professionals, program managers, board members and anyone else doing budgeting for nonprofit organizations.

Individual members: Free to Attend
Organizational members: Free to Attend
Non-members: $55

Instructor Anne Freiermuth, CPA, is a Principal at Mission Math and has over 20 years of experience working with over 50 nonprofit organizations in the areas of accounting, audit preparation, human resource management, board presentations and governance policy development. She regularly teaches nonprofit accounting, notably for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, UCLA Extension, Center for Nonprofit Leadership, The Nonprofit Partnership, American Jewish University and Riordan Leadership Institute.

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