True Program Costs
Program Budget and Allocation Template and Resource
A free guide and editable Excel template for working out the real cost of each programme. It follows 11 steps, from defining programmes and setting up cost centres to allocating salaries, direct costs, administration and fundraising, then reviewing the whole. An allocation methods chart helps teams choose bases such as staff time, floor space or client numbers. Leaders use the results to price services and see which programmes need subsidy.
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Propel Nonprofits (2024). True Program Costs: Program Budget and Allocation Template and Resource. https://propelnonprofits.org/resources/true-program-costs-program-budget-and-allocation-template-and-resource/
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