Budget Builder walks you through grants, programs, staff time and overhead — then hands you a clean budget your board and funders will actually trust.
The three things that make nonprofit budgets painful — built right into the flow.
Tag each grant's rules once. We track every restricted dollar all the way to the expenses it's allowed to cover.
Never overspend a grantDrag a slider to spread one salary across programs — we turn the percentages into real dollars automatically.
100% allocation, validatedNo more dividing cost pools by hand. Your indirect rate is calculated live and ready for grant applications.
30.4% — calculated liveOne thing at a time, in plain language. You're never staring at an empty spreadsheet.
Name your org and pick your fiscal year.
Log grants, gifts and the programs they fund.
Allocate staff time and shared costs.
Match every expense to who's paying for it.
Check the surplus, then export reports.
The funder map shows each grant against the costs it covers, so you can prove — to yourself and your funders — that restricted money went exactly where it was meant to.
| Program | City Grant 🔒 | Wells 🔒 | Flexible | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Mentorship | $62,400 | — | $8,000 | Funded |
| Community Meals | — | $35,000 | $14,000 | Funded |
| Operations / Admin | $15,600 | — | $12,000 | Gap $4k |
| Assigned | $78,000 | $35,000 | $34,000 |
No seats, no upsells, no surprise renewals.
Everything you need to build, track and export one full year's budget.
Budget Builder turned the most stressful week of our year into a single focused afternoon — and our board finally understood the numbers.
Join the small nonprofits building clearer budgets — and spending a lot less time dreading them.