Nonprofit Financial Plan Workbook – Second Edition

A Guided, Interactive Tool for Building 3-Year Nonprofit Financial Projections with Confidence

© 2025 AMA Consulting Group LLC | 2nd Edition

 

 

The revised Nonprofit Financial Plan Workbook from AMA Consulting Group is a practical, Excel-based planning resource designed to help new and established nonprofits develop clear, organized three-year financial projections—and better understand the numbers behind them.

 

This revised edition goes beyond entering numbers into a spreadsheet. Each primary worksheet includes an overview, instructions, planning insights, and questions to consider, helping you think through your assumptions and make more informed financial decisions. Whether you’re launching a nonprofit, preparing for funding opportunities, planning for growth, or strengthening the financial planning process of an existing organization, this workbook gives you the structure and tools to plan with greater clarity and confidence.

 

What’s Inside:

 

• Revenue Forecast – Project restricted and unrestricted revenue across multiple funding sources with monthly, annual, and three-year summaries.

 

• Expense Forecast – Estimate organizational expenses and see how projected costs change over the three-year planning period.

 

• Program Expense Forecast – Isolate the costs associated with delivering programs and services, with program totals automatically linked to the Expense Forecast.

 

• Program & Funding Summary – Get a high-level view of programs, funding sources, and annual program budgets.

 

• Cash Flow Forecast – Project cash coming in and going out to identify potential cash shortages and support operational planning.

 

• Statement of Activities – Automatically summarize projected revenue, expenses, and changes in net assets based on your Revenue and Expense Forecasts.

 

• Statement of Financial Position – Project assets, liabilities, and net assets over three years using your planning assumptions and supporting trackers.

 

• Financial Snapshot – Review key financial indicators, ratios, trends, program investment, cash flow, and overall financial position in one place.

 

• Supporting Trackers – Organize assets, liabilities, recurring bills, payroll costs, and other information used to support your financial projections.

 

• Sample Data – See how worksheets function and connect before replacing the sample information with your own.

 

More Guidance in the Revised Edition

 

Financial planning is about more than completing calculations. The revised workbook includes built-in guidance to help you understand what you’re planning and why it matters.

Throughout the workbook, you’ll find:

 

• Worksheet overviews
• Step-by-step instructions
• Planning assumptions
• Planning insights
• Questions to consider
• Automated calculations and worksheet connections
• Monthly, annual, and three-year summaries
• Built-in protections to preserve critical formulas and formatting

 

What Problem Does This Solve?

 

Having a budget is important. But a budget alone doesn’t always give you the full picture of where your organization may be headed financially.

 

How much revenue will you need over the next three years? How much of your funding is restricted? What will it cost to operate and deliver your programs? Will you have enough cash available when expenses are due? And what could your organization’s financial position look like as it grows?

 

The Nonprofit Financial Plan Workbook helps you work through those questions in one organized planning resource. Instead of waiting until you need projections for a grant application, board meeting, strategic decision, or funding opportunity, you can begin planning ahead—and use your numbers to make better decisions.

 

Need More Detailed Program Planning?

 

The Program & Funding Summary provides a high-level view of your nonprofit’s programs and funding. If you need a deeper resource to plan, budget, fund, and measure individual programs, pair this workbook with the Nonprofit Program Planning Workbook.

 

Complete Your Nonprofit Planning Toolkit

 

Pair the Nonprofit Financial Plan Workbook with the Launch Your Nonprofit with Confidence Workbook for additional guidance as you build and strengthen your organization.

 

Build a Financial Plan to Support Your Mission.

Plan with clarity. Understand your numbers. Make informed financial decisions.