Description

This workshop equips nonprofit leaders with the tools to effectively manage budgets and understand financial statements. Participants will learn how to align budgets with organizational goals, use budgets as management tools, and understand key accounting principles, including fund-accounting and financial statements. Whether you're a CEO, program director, or financial manager, this session will help you make informed decisions and strengthen your financial leadership.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to use budgets as a powerful management tool to align financial resources with board priorities and organizational goals.
• Learn techniques for developing and adapting budgets, including common budget formats and calendar planning.
• Gain a foundational understanding of accounting terminology, and financial transactions in a nonprofit context.
• Learn how to interpret nonprofit financial statements and use them for effective decision-making and organizational management.

Cost: $102 Members, $204 Non-Members

*If you are part of either the in-person or virtual 2025 Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership cohort, this workshop may be used to fulfill your Revenue Generation elective requirement.

Instructor: Janet Ziomek

Janet Ziomek has over 35 years of finance and accounting expertise in both corporate and non-profit organizations.  Janet has held roles as Senior Manager with Ernst and Young, Chief Financial Officer of a publicly held healthcare company and Senior Vice President of Human Capital for a division of a Fortune 50 company.Janet holds a B.S. in Business Administration from West Virginia University and is a CPA.

She has volunteered in the Central Florida community as a Board member of Orlando Shakes, President of the Board of Harbor House of Central Florida and as a citizenship instructor for Hope CommUnity Center.