Are you lacking in any important categories, like rent or staff salaries? The goal should be to budget for a surplus, and this step can help inform your financial strategy moving forward. Make sure everyone on your team is aware of the budget. Check in on your budget quarterly, or even monthly, to make sure your spending is on track. Ask yourself a few questions when reviewing your program expenses:. Reviewing your budget monthly will help ensure that you have enough funds to cover all of your program costs throughout the end of the year.
For simple ways to save money in your program, check out these 5 cost-saving strategies. Responding to a request for proposal RFP or submitting a grant application can seem daunting.
However, with an organized approach, many educators find success with grants to support new program…. An example of how to draw up a budget reporting spreadsheet to show month-by-month spending is below.
The end goal? That proposed expenditure does not exceed proposed income. Academies are allowed to retain unspent funds as operational reserves. In the age of austerity, getting the best value for money VfM has never been so important.
You can also benchmark costs on a smaller scale. Leasing equipment is another option, but has risks. It can be useful to identify whether past purchases provided VfM to guide future spending. Ask your colleagues about the best and worst things your school has purchased in the last few years and why. Was the extra classroom assistant a better investment than the interactive whiteboard? For a more formal way of assessing VfM, consider economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
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