How to make a simple project budget

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Introduction

A well structured budget conveys a project that is organized, planned out, and do-able. Here's a sample:

Simple Budget Template

Download sample template as:

HTML

Comma-Separated Text

Excel 2011 format

General advice

Add line numbers to left-most column for reference.

Use an outline format to put categories and subcategories in adjacent columns.

Include a Notes column to explain how you calculated each figure.

Include subtotals for each category.

Include in-kind and donated services, including your own time.

Estimate all expenses, even if roughly.

Sum the columns and rows.

Budget-writing software

Excel spreadsheets

Part of the Microsoft Office Suite
Proprietary
Lots of features
$$$

NeoOffice/OpenOffice spreadsheets

Open source
Free

Google Docs

Free
Google knows you better than you know yourself <:0