Edit 2016/Much Ado About Budgets, Or How to Estimate and Exhaust Grant Funds: Submissions:2019/Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative

Title

Much Ado About Budgets, Or How to Estimate and Exhaust Grant Funds

Theme

Advocacy & Outreach

Academic Peer Review option

No

Type of submission

Workshop

Author

Amanda Bittaker

E-mail address

amanda.bittaker@gmail.com

Username

bittakea

Affiliation

Abstract

Learn how to accurately and transparently estimate costs and track spending throughout a grant cycle.

In a clearly laid out budget, your funder can see the reasoning behind your expense estimates, reducing the back-and-forth before a grant gets approved. And less uncertainty how budget is allocated and when it is spent allows you to maximize the usefulness of financial resources.

This workshop comprises:

• Brief overview of framework for budgeting and spending a budget for a grant
• Demonstration of budgeting and budget vs. actual spending templates that track expenditures in relation to your budget
• In small groups, practice using the framework to draft a budget and track expenditures through a grant cycle

Topics covered will include:

• A process for building a transparent and effective budget
• Planning for shared costs
• Planning for administrative costs
• How to track spending through the grant to achieve maximum cost recovery

Length of presentation

50 min.

Special schedule requests

Preferred room size

20-30, small working group format preferred.

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Yes

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