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Cash Manager Accounting for Non-profit Organizations
Start FOR FREE the accounting of your association and get immediately the income statement and the balance sheet. This easy and ready-to-use template is ideal for people who have limited accounting knowledge, because you can insert transactions by simply indicating the income/expenses on the account.
Open in Banana WebApp
Run Banana Accounting Plus on your browser without any installation. Customize the template, enter the transactions and save the file on your computer.
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This template has only one Cash account and descriptive income & expense categories, that facilitate data entry. Get the Income Statement and Balance Sheet quickly, manage members and projects.
For more information on solutions for associations go to the Accounting for non-profit organizations page.
Create your File
- Create a new file, starting from this template (Template ID +10936), using one of the methods explained.
- With the command File → File properties, set the period, the company name and the basic currency.
- With the command File → Save as, save the file. Enter the company name and year in the file name.
For example "association-2022.ac2".
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Enter the Transactions
Register the liquidity transactions in the journal. Enter the date, the document number, the description, the category and the amount.
You can modify the journal at any time.
Click here to learn more about transactions.
Check and customize the Categories table
Once you have entered the transactions, you can check the Categories table. You will have an overview of your income and expenses, which allows you to keep your balance under control.
Get the Profit and Loss Statement
At any time of the year you can create your profit and loss statement, which includes income and expenses. You can also compare your current situation with the budget to understand if and where you are spending excessive amounts of money.
Template preview
Association XX
| Group | Account | Description | Sum In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Cash | ||
| Group | Category | Description | Sum In |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFIT/LOSS STATEMENT | |||
| INCOME | |||
| Donations | Donations | 4 | |
| Membership | Membership payments | 4 | |
| Sales | Various Sales | 4 | |
| Other Income | Other income | 4 | |
| 4 | TOTAL INCOME | 00 | |
| EXPENSES | |||
| Office Supplies | Office supplies, printing material, photocopies | 3 | |
| Postal Fees | Postal fees | 3 | |
| Rent | Rent | 3 | |
| Electricity | Elecricity | 3 | |
| Water | Water | 3 | |
| Teleohone and Fax | Telephone and fax | 3 | |
| Internet | Internet | 3 | |
| Publicity | Publicity, flyers, printing | 3 | |
| Cleaning | Cleaning | 3 | |
| Maintenance and repairs | Maintenance and repairs | 3 | |
| Goods and materials | Goods and materials | 3 | |
| Salaries | Personnel expenses | 3 | |
| Social Insurance expenses | Social Insurance expenses | 3 | |
| Vehicle and transport | Vehicle and transport costs | 3 | |
| Refund Volunteers | Refund to volunteers | 3 | |
| Fees and Permits | Fees and other permits | 3 | |
| Unexpected expenses | Unexpected expenses | 3 | |
| Unregistered expenses | Small unregistered expenses | 3 | |
| Other expenses | Other expenses | 3 | |
| 3 | TOTAL EXPENSES | 00 | |
| 00 | RESULT | ||
| COST CENTERS | |||
| Projects | |||
| .PA | Project A | TP | |
| .PB | Project B | TP | |
| .PC | Project C | TP | |
| TP | Total projects | ||
| Members | |||
| ;MA | Montgomery Alexander | TM | |
| ;WB | Weelt Bob | TM | |
| ;JB | Johnson Bill | TM | |
| ;SA | Smith Ada | TM | |
| TM | Total members | ||