Networking & Education

Workshop Announcement

Budget Development Training for Nonprofits


Friday, March 20, 2026, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm - Location: Legacy Foundation Outreach Center


Join Melanie Greene for Budget Development for Nonprofits". Budget planning and development are crucial for nonprofit organizations for several reasons. It can also be challenging. And if you are not a numbers person, you may want to pull your hair out before you’re done. But! It can be done by anyone who puts their mind to it and keeps their hands out of their hair. 


To fully benefit from the workshop experience, participants will find a basic understanding of Excel will be useful and will bring a laptop equipped with Excel. This is not required but may enhance the learning experience. If you are bringing a laptop, be sure to have it fully charged and bring any charging cords needed for a midday recharge. Access to electrical outlets throughout the day will be limited.


  • What is budgeting for grant purposes?
  • Standard budget layouts and where to get them.
  • How to allocate costs according to federal regulations (501(c)3 organizations must comply) when building your budget.
  • Budget categories and budget line items.
  • In-Kind, Cash, In-kind Match, and Cash Match – where does it all go?
  • The one big rule: Sources must equal uses!
  • Organizational budgets vs. Project budgets – What to include
  • Activity: Finding the project budget line items in your organizational budget.
  • All the things you forget to include (soft costs, overhead allocations, cost of doing business, etc.
  • Transferring your project budget onto a provided budget form that doesn’t match your categories
  • Activity: transferring project budget to budget form provided by Legacy
  • Checking, and checking, and checking again for accuracy and completeness
  • Activity: Find the mistakes on provided budget
  • What to do if you are not a numbers person - Getting help


Presenter: Melanie Greene, Principal for M.Greene Planning & Resource Development


Lunch will be provided.


Sponsored by the Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona.


To register email  info@lfsaz.org. (Please include your name and organization) 


We partner with some of the best nonprofit professionals in Southern Arizona to provide educational workshops focused on the in’s and out’s of running a nonprofit. These workshops provide a great opportunity to network with other area nonprofit organizations. They are typically held the third Friday of every other month at 9:00 AM, but dates and time my vary.