CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
Preparing a cash flow analysis for your agency’s program or project is critical, yet it is frequently overlooked in the scramble to design and launch a new initiative. Yet not preparing one can doom even the most well planned and fully funded program. Why? To understand the answer to that question, one must first understand the function of a cash flow analysis. The purpose of a cash flow analysis is to illustrate the ebb and flow of money coming into and going out of your nonprofit agency for a particular program. A cash flow analysis projects whether or not your agency will have sufficient funds on hand to pay program-related expenses as they come due. Therefore, it is customary for a cash flow analysis to be done on a ...