Price

Invoice option is only available when purchasing 3 or more courses.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will:

Define the term “budget” and present examples of different types of budgets.

Apply techniques for reading and understanding a budget.

Explain how your organization’s budget fits into a larger planning context͘

Course Curriculum

This course provides a list of online and downloadable resources, including a course transcript.

  • Part One: Budget Basics

  • Part Two: How to Read a Budget

  • Part Three: Budget in a Planning Context

Course Access & Duration

This course is online and self-paced, meaning that you can take it at anytime and anywhere. It will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete it. You have 1 year (365 days) to complete the course from the date of purchase before it will automatically expired in your account. However, once you open the course for the very first time, you will have unlimited access to complete it within 3 months before it will expire.
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Course Level/ Prerequisites/Final Exam

This is an introductory level course. A Certificate of Completion is issued once you pass the final exam with a mark of 70% of higher. Recommended companion courses are; How Fundraising Works, How to Develop Corporate Sponsorship, Build Your Case for Donorship Support

Certification Credits

This training may be used to meet the requirements for:

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    Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential. For more details about the CVA program and renewal requirements, visit www.CVAcert.org or email [email protected].

  • Continuing education certification may be eligible through the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources – Ontario (PAVRO). For more information, please email [email protected].

About Course Author

Gordon Holley is the President and CEO of Humanity Financial Management Inc. As a CPA, CA, Gordon loves helping organizations that are trying to make the world a better place. He has over 40 years of experience on charity and not-for-profit boards, mostly as treasurer. In his role at Humanity Financial, Gordon sees the stress and anxiety produced by finances and financial reporting for many not-for-profit-organizations (NFPOs), charity board members, and senior staff. He excels at providing financial oversight to NFPOs and charities to help them better manage their internal finances and financial budgeting and reporting, and reducing everyone’s financial stress and anxiety.