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For our organization, board members, the ED, the financial team and department managers will need to use the organizational budget. They will need to know each departments spending and income generation, overhead, and projections. They will need to be able to determine various departments input and how the organization is doing overall

the board, stakeholder, and finance team should be in line of the budgeting but make sure that the organization's plan on implementing it will be fulfilled and all expenses should be transparent

Those who will need to use our budget include;
Donors- How much to commit
Management - what resources are needed
Regulators - for the understading of the nature of our activities

The parent ministry , the board and programme managers. The Govt will need to know which activities are budgeted for and how much funding is going to be needed from the fiscus. Moreso to know if the activities you have budgeted for are in line with the National Development activities. The Board would also want to know which activities are going to be done so that they can trace your performance. Programme managers want to know how much was allocated to each activity so that they track their performance

In our organization, the following will need to use our Organizational budget: our Board of Directors and Executive Manager. The Board will be reviewing the budget on a monthly basic to assess that our programs will be meeting their budget. As for the Executive Manager, he will be monitoring the daily and monthly plans on how programs are implemented and are meeting their goals and objectives .

Our Board of Director will need to use the budget to ensure that all funds are being used appropriately.

For our organization, myself will need to use the organizational budget. We will need to know each departments spending and income generation, overhead, and projections. We will need to be able to determine various departments input and how the organization is doing overall.

In my organisation, because we rely so much on funders, these need to know how we intend to use the money. We insure that they know the budget and give quarterly and annual plans. They require that we inform them if there is other money coming in, and how we intend to use it, where their funding comes in and how it will help the target beneficiaries.

?In my organization, the Board will need to use the budget. They need to get detailed information on the planned budget so that they confirm its validity based on bylaws and mission. They use the budget information available to analyze whether the planned budget deviates from organization objectives or lacks value for organization sustainability.

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Does each department raise its funding separately?

Perfect note, but here is my concern:

Does each department raise its funding separately?

Do the funders request your planned operational budget before they fund your activities or they have an annual funding scheme for your organization?

Head of programs with head of finance in the country office they sit together every now and then to monitoring the budget especially by closing of monthly accountancy, Finance prepare the template for them to with data of last month updating balance send to them to update their forecast for coming months and send back to Finance to update the master budget tool and accordingly updating Cashflow budget and share with them once again as last updating files then to approve and share with Board ( Regional officer, Finance, Desk Office)

Our CFO will need to use our organizational budget. She will need to know how much core costs may be covered by the projects and how much she will need to cover with the overhead. Besides, with the budget, she can also work on a shortfall management plan and, for any potential shortfall which cannot be covered with the existing income or projected income for the year, she may eventually decide on how much of the organization’s endowment can be used for the current year.

the chief financial officer, controller or equivalent executive is ultimately responsible for managing the company's finances, including top-level budgets. The CFO bears much of the responsibility for drafting corporate budgets based on input from the accounting team they are resposible for this.

In my Organization need to know is funders because need to know good plan for spending the money that they have provide and to see positive impact

For our organization, board members, the ED, the financial team and department managers will need to use the organizational budget.
They will need to know each departments spending and income generation, overhead, and projections.
They will need to be able to determine various departments input and how the organization is doing overall.

The CEO will need to use the budget. They need to have sufficient information to ensure the financial sustainability of the organization. As a CEO in a project dealing with public health, they will need to know if enough resources was put in place for field activities, if during the planning phase all the necessary concerned for the project were taken into consideration. They will also need to know as the project goes on that the resources put in place for the project will be able to sustain every activity throughout the life span of the project.

For my organization, Finance team, the CD, Area Manager and department managers will need to use the budget, Each department will know about the expenses and resources for the implementing of their program activities, Finance Team and Area Manager will know about the actual expenditure and approved budget and resources and this will help them for controlling of over spending, CD and Program Manager will also know about performance of each department and budget V actual expenditure will be an indicator for measuring of each department performance.

In our water projects, the CEO needs to use the budget to know the expenses of the projects and how to source the funds

Our unit mangers they need to know the resources allocated/available for them for the whole year and also for them to find out if the drafted budget meets reality... because they will be the ones work closely with the budget

In my organisation, outside the organisation the funding partners/ donors need to see the budget. The reason for this is simple, its their money you want to spend so they will like to know how much you are asking for and what you intend to use it for. They still reserve the right to tell you that so so line items is against their policies and therefore they cant fund it or that based on your proposal this is maximum amount they can fund.
Within the organisation the ED need to look at it and see its reality and if he/she is not okay with certain line items can ask questions for clarity or make adjustments if not okay with the answers given

The following will use the organization budget: Funders, the Principal and the management team. These stakeholders will need to know the funding available, The income and expenses of the previous year, activities to be carried out and the total income the organization needs throughout the year.
One of the stakeholders who will use the budget is the Principal Mr Smith. He will use the budget to monitor and evaluate the projects implementation. The budget will be used to coordinate activities and check performance of departments and individual Heads of department.

In my organization, there are country management team, program and finance team need to use budget. They need to know how much fund, direct and indirect cost that is needed to implement during period of program implementation. Which donor and how much fund that donor will offer? How long does it take? Which activities should be implement.

In case of our organization, the whole team would require the organization budget (The members of the board, CEO, departmental heads and staff) as it is in development stage. This course has shown to be helpful as the knowledge and skills gained will help the team to get more necessary and sufficient details in developing annual budgets that all income and expenditures are in-line with regulations. So the board, the CEO and departmental heads will really need the organization budget.

For my organisation the BOT needs to know the budget so that the can understand the direction at which the organisation is moving and also give approval for annual implementation.
The management also will need to know the budget to enable them make progressive decision about the organisation and like wise the project officer, this will enable then drive the project will and implement well with much consideration for value for money

In our organization program managers need the budget in order to know how much funds have been allocated to their section. They also need to know the exact amount which has been allocated to different activities, how much is going where in terms of the Areas where the organization is implementing its activities.

For our organization, one person who will need to use the budget is the Administrator because she's the one who prepare budgets for every activity. The reason she needs it is to prepared the budget for an activity by referring to the operating budget, how everything was budgeted for in the harmonized budget that was sent to the funders.

in my organization case, the donors are basically needed the information further, the management team also require this information to make and follow up its implementation

For my Organization, the Head of Department who is a Deputy Minister needs access and pertinent information from the budget. He needs specific information of all Division activities that are captured in the budget with timeline on implementation. He also needs to review the cash flow budget to understand the feasibility of our financial situation. He needs these details to clearly communicate the Department goal direction to the Head of the Ministry and other donor partners.

Donors need to know how their money is being spent. Therefore, the budget is very important to them and it should be made available.

Program Manager has to know the budget to implement activities foreseen

The funder, finance team, the board of directors will net to know our organizational budget. They need to know that there are good plans for spending the money that they provide on relevant, impactful activities and also how it will be spend

Our Executive Director will need to use the budget to portray to our grant funders to show them how we plan to spend the money.

In the organization, I work with the funding partners will need to use the budget, in order for them to know how much the program will cost annually, determine the strength of the project and also help to evaluate the impart of the project.

In my Organization, the program unit need to use the organizational budget. They need to be acquainted with the costing for each activities, schedules, timeline and expected outcomes for each of those activities.

In my former organization the board used the organizational budget to to what activities are going on and how much is being spent on each activity, they give authority for the disbursement of funds by signing the checks before they could be cashed at the bank. two board signatories were needed to cash donor funds from banks and pay other projects cost.

My organization should create the cash flow budget on a monthly basis, now that we may be able to track all organization incomes, the payments of all employees and all organization expenditures. most important is that in my organization we are a service organization who do not sell on a daily basis so it may be abler to track incase there are donations coming in or any kind of sales as well the expenditures on salaries, supplies and payment of debts and loans.

In my organization,the board members will need to know another to know how much will be spend through out the year or a particular program

the eco ,ed and finance team need to use the organizational budget

Our program managers are responsible for creating their respective budget with the help of the finance department. This has been effective in reducing the deficit/ surplus because they use real and current prices of items/ services

For the program of rural electrification, the program manager needs comprehensible, clear cut information about current and future expenses so as to formulate their constraints better, in the end improving efficiency and coordination and well defined decision making process.

in our project to fight against HIV AIDS Mr Marc who is in charge of the program needs to know how much funds are available to pay the health facilities in order to clearly identify the margin for their premium

In my organization, my financiers will be using the organizational budget.
These financiers are responsible for providing funds to support our humanitarian responsibilities.
The financiers must have a detailed information about how the organization intends to utilize its finances and also be convinced whether the plans is worthwhile so as not to waste their money on funding such humanitarian course.

The project managers will need the budgets to know the bounds in which they can feasibly plan their activities

The Funders/donors, board members, the E. D, The program Manage, finance officer will need to use the budget to know where and how funds are being spent in the organization, to know if the budget is in line with the stated rules and regulations of the organization

Executive Director, Program Manager, HR Officer, and Finance Officer need to sit together to get a good budget to meet Organization's goals and visions in the Future.

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The Department of Disaster Director will need to know which resources are needed for the activities to be undertaken by the disaster response team. Expenses to be incurred during each activity, as well as periods each activity is going to last.

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In our organization, CFO looks after the budget finalization. After thorough assessment (from program managers), the budget goes to CEO for his nod, thereby approaching the board for subsequent approvals.

Understand Your Organization’s Goals
Before you compile your budget, it’s important to have a firm understanding of the goals your organization is working toward in the period covered by it. By understanding those goals, you can prepare a budget that aligns with and facilitates them.
Estimate Your Income for the Period Covered by the Budget
To allocate funds for business expenses, you first need to determine your income and cash flow for the period to the best of your ability.. Identify Your Expenses
Once you understand your projected income for the period, you need to estimate your expenses. This process involves three main categories: fixed costs, variable expenses, and one-time expenses.

Marketing Analyst, to provide technical marketing support. To determine a better way to price their services. Marketing Analyst needs, financial and nonfinancial information, such as the number of contracts per client.

The Director will use the budget to know how much has been allocated to the division to know if some projects can be droped or put on board. The Donors will also use the budget to ensure funds are allocated to the actual set cause.

in an organisation, budgets needed by CEOs to know how much money they will use for the year and how to exert control over funds; donors to know how much to disburse and how it will be used.

The program team ideally used the budget to implement programs alloted for this year while Finance team provides technical support and ED/PD oversees the spedning and impact.

The board in the organisation I work for is responsible for discussing and approving the budget, ensuring that it aligns with the set goals and objectives. It's main focus is to exercise accountability to the donors by ensuring that there is transparency in how funds are managed. The boards needs to use the budget so that it can control and monitor how income and expenditure aligns with donor needs. There is need to set strategy and structure that guides how the organisation implements its budgeting process.

In my case, the program team and admin will use the budget.They would need to prepare their programs and activities depending on what is in the budget.

The employees in my organization contributor the labor form of capital in the factor of production chain. They receive their salary or wages from the company, and the company might also offer them job security or career prospects. To this end, they want to be guaranteed of the liquidity and solvency of the organization as this ensures they would not be out of job unexpectedly.

For my organization, the chair of the diaspora chapter, chair of the Africa chapter and the financial team will need to use the organizational budget. They will need to know each departments expenditure and income generation, overhead, and projections. They will be able to determine various departments performance and how the organization is doing in general.

Pour notre budget organisationnel, les membres du conseils administratif, l'équipe des finances ainsi que le chef de service utiliserons le budget organisationnel. Ils devront connaitre les dépenses et la génération de revenus, les frais généraux et les projections de chaque ministère. Ils devront être en mesure de déterminer les divers des différents départements et la façon dont l'organisation se porte.

The budgeting process in my organisation is essential for first, the board of governors who have to review and approve the budget before it is implemented. The director general has a major stake in the process because he is responsible for providing direction, setting objectives and coming out with goals and strategies to facilitate the preparation of a feasible budget. The finance team, directorates and department heads are also involved in the process. They contribute immensely to the process by providing expected activities for execution in the budget year. The finance team helps with the provision of data on revenues and expenditures incurred in the previous and current budget year to ensure adequate projections are arrived at for the organisation. They also help in monitoring the progress of the budget

For our organization our board members, executive director and funders need to use our organizational budget. They will need to know our overhead costs as well as individual program costs. One person who will need to see our organizational budget is our largest individual donor. She needs to see how much we are spending on each item and what percentage of the overall donation went towards each overhead and program costs.

The program team need to know the activity that will implement and also know the resource allocated to the activity. The Finance team to provide technical support to ensure that all activities that are being implemented are approved and to void ineligible expenditure

For the Blessed Age Foundation, the Executive Director will work with the finance team to prepare the budget and submit it to the board of directors for reviewing and approval. The Executive Director will need the approved budget to inform himself on how much is available for the day-to-day running of the Foundations operations. He will also use it to guide his decisions on keeping expenses within the limits of the budget.

As for our organisation, the funders will need our budgets so as to plan how their goals match our objectives and how they can fit in to help us deliver our annual activities. Additionally, these funders will need our budget so as to serve as scouts for more funding for areas that are not their niche, but we provide services for. All these are to ensure humanitarian services are provided on a large scale, and as per grand and donor requirement.

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One person that will need to use my budget is the Finance team.
with the budget, it will help the finance manager and the management to plan activities and to also informed decision bearing in mind available funds.it can also help them to know the needs to raise funds.

In my organazation the finance team and program manager are the most role and will need to use the organazational budget. In the finance team there are two budget coordinater one is for treasure and the other one for project. And also each departments have a knowledge how to control and spend their budget.

in previous organization that i used to work, there we used to make a consolidated report of expenses for all the centers and share it with the donor and then we could claim for another installment of funds from the donors and the report was most important for the donor as well the CEO and board of the organization.

The project manager needs a budget to implement the purchase of a truck and the construction of field office. This project will contribute to operational effectiveness of logistics and time.

The information needed are the expenditures and revenue that will be incurred. Also, the cost benefit ratio is needed to determine the viability of the projects, either the organization is just wasting money or saving much needed resources. in other words, was the result profitable.

In our organization Board, Directors, CEO, CFO, COO need the budget. The board does the approval of the proposed budget presented by various departments at the beginning of each Fiscal Year. Next year the review is done of the proposed budget and how much deviation was there.

In our NGO, our donors or funders are the principal persons we prepare a budget for (as a Program Officer alongside the finance team, under the supervision of our CEO). They need sufficient details to understand;
-The specific amount of funds needed.
-The specific areas where the funds will be spent in order of priority.
-To save it as a reference for review after execution and reporting to evaluate how performant our budgets are.

The program managers will need to use the organizational budget, they basically need to know how much resources is available to them though the year, also they not only need to be part of the budget drafting process but they need to ensure the budget matches reality.

The Operations team will need to use the budget, this will enable them plan for their project and have a project, the Business Development Team will need to update the operations on the number of contracts won and the Finance team will need to update the operations on the fund allocated to the team annually for operations.

The ED and directive team need to have access to the budget to: inform donors on how expenses are made, make decisions on what and when to spend, and create specific budgets to submit to donors. The program managers need to know what the available funds can be used on, and plan on when to use them. The board needs to know if the entire plan makes sense and if we can maintain the type of work we're doing in the near future with the available funds and the incoming donations.

In my organization, budget is required by CEO to set limits to other departmental expenses, coordinate activities and check other areas of budgeting that requires improvement. Departments require budget to check if their expenses are well taken care of.

In my organization I think that the main people that should have knowledge of the budget is the staff members that work alongside with the community and volunteers. This is because a lot of times during conversations people come up with ideas and dream of the things we could do, but without a budget knowledge then it's for nothing.

Users of an organizational budget are many. To shed more light on this point let's talk about Green point logistics, Departmental managers, Directors, Donors and drivers all have access to the annual budget. We sample few driver representatives during this phase.

They all expect to know how much money will be distributed among the arms of the organization.

In my organisation, Cheif of Party, Country Director, coordinators, program lead also need to see the budget for their inputs before final approval .

For our organization, the abovementioned stakeholders need to use our budget. But it is most especially true to our program managers who are responsible in conceptualizing programs, projects, and activities. Thus, they need to be involved in the budgeting process in order to know if the conceptualized programs are relevant, achievable, and have a reasonable budget.

In my Organization, the CEO needs to to oversee the budgeting process. She ensures that the process is going according to schedule and well coordinated.
The CEO should have sufficient information to ensure the financial sustainability of the organization or Agency.

Those who can see our budget in the CEO,the board members, funders, and the financial team. Its imperative to them to know the ; overhead income and expenses, operational income and expenses , the projections and the success of the past fiscal year.
This will help them in assessing the overall performance the organisation.

In the current project we are working on, the program Manager need the budget across the budget lines and how much is allocated for, while the ED supervises the expenditure. The financial officer ensure that the expenditure as based on allowable and non-allowable cost following the financial police of the organization.

In my organization, Nyimba Misson District of; The board of Directors needs the budget inorder to review it, then give approval if is in line with organization set up goals and objectives for that fiscal year. They ensure that the budget is SMART; Specific, Measureable, Realizeable and
Time bound.
They also ensure that is fiscally sound and meet laws and regulations.
To achieve this the board needs sufficient details to ensure that all income and expenditures are in line with laws and regulations. They need to understand how the annual budget will further the organization's mission.

For my organisation the ceo needs to know the income and expenditures are in line with laws and regulations he needs to understand how the annual budget will improve the organisation mission.

in our organization the board of directors,the financial dept,the the project Managers are the one to use the budget in running what it is met for

I really do feel that the issue of budget should be really dealt with in my organization

for our sensitization activities the program manager will need to use the organizational budget. the program manager has to came out with a list of activities that will be carried out during the sensitization period indicating the the resources that will be needed. the drafting will be done along side with those he will be working with.

The executive Director of the organization ,the and the finance team that is the accountant, the finance admin

The Chief Executive Officer, the Cashier and the Secretary will need to use the organizational budget. They will need to know each departments spending and income generation, overhead, and projections. There is need for them to determine various departments functioning and how expenses it's been implemented with these the organization will grow.

In our organization the CEO including the donor and department managers will need to use the organizational budget that have been published. They will need to know each departments spending and income generation, overhead, and projections so that is there is any insufficiency, it can be easily solved . They will need to be able to determine various departments input and its output and find out how the organization is performing as a whole.

The Finance Team Project Manager, Board Members and ED will need to know details about the budget. They need to make their inputs as there are allotments of budget for each of their department. With this, if there is any error in the budget, it will affect the organization directly or indirectly. In this light soliciting the views of those stakeholders will minimize problems in the budget.

The department managers will use the organizational budget to understand their approved guidelines for the fiscal years regarding their specific projects and any other planned work. Along with a workplan that is aligned with the organization's strategic plan, the department managers will work with their respective teams to implement and review their expenditures and income for the year.