Public (Charity) Foundation – 5 Year Financial Model

Public (Charity) Foundation – 5 Year Financial Model Description

So, what is a public foundation? Public foundations are nonprofit organizations and grantmaking public charities that gain their funds from a variety of sources, which may include foundations, individuals, corporations, or public entities.

This financial model presents a 5-year operating scenario of a Public (Charity) Foundation using publicly collected funds to directly support its initiatives. Funds are collected through donations, grants, and fundraising events and support 5 different Programs (Agriculture, Education, Health, Community, and Political/Social). Outputs reports include Monthly Funding acquisition and allocation schedule, Monthly Budget (per year) including Program Implementation Expenses, Foundation Operating Expenses, and Capital Expenditures, Annual Financial Statements, Performance Dashboard, and an Executive Summary presenting key metrics of Foundation operations.

Model Structure:

The structure of the template follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.

General Setup

The General Setup tab contains all the assumptions necessary for the overall functionality of the model including Funding (Revenue) Sources (Donations, Grants, Fundraising Events and Investments), Allocation of funds to 5 different programs , Programs Implementation Expenses and Foundation Operating Expenses

Forecast Scenarios

Different Scenarios for Fund allocation and Program Implementation Expenses for a 5 Year period

Capex

Assumptions for Foundation’s Capital Expenditures and calculation of depreciation using the straight-line method

Funding & Programs

Includes monthly calculation of Funding acquisition, Funding allocation and Programs Implementation Expenses

Monthly Budget & Budget vs Actual Variance Analysis

Monthly budget includes a detailed analysis of Foundation’s cash flow covering the total 60 months of the forecast. The model includes also a summary report including a summary of the monthly budget per year and historical data.
The Variance Analysis report presents a comparison for Actual vs Budget figures at a Year-to Date and a Monthly level.

Annual Financial Statements

5-Year forecast of company’s financial statements using a 3 Statement Financial Model

Performance Dashboard

Presentation of key business figures using highly-sophisticated Charts & Graphs

Executive Summary Report

Foundation’s high-level KPIs for review, designed to be easy to read, print, and save to pdf.

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