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Apr 28, 2026
Episode 157: Budgeting for Impact: Why Nonprofits Need More Than Just a Spreadsheet
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6:33Pat FisherGUEST
... mistakes that I see, um, which really isn't that useful at the end of the day.
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6:38Pat FisherGUEST
Um, another thing that I think organizations will sometimes do is, um, losing the forest for the trees.
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6:45Pat FisherGUEST
So going, not focusing on the main aspects, which are the mission, the primary funding sources, and going too detailed, uh, into things that maybe aren't, aren't, don't matter in the grand scheme of things.
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27:53Pat FisherGUEST
If you know that some assumptions that you made in putting together your annual plan have significantly changed, a forecast can tell you how, quantify that impact, and then tell you what type of decision changes you may need to make.