Murray Dropkin

This book provides an introduction to the arcane world of non-profit bookkeeping (well, any accounting subject is arcane!). Since I am not a professional accountant, I found the book to be very helpful, although most of the material was unfamiliar. But the authors do not assume any accounting knowledge by the reader and explain all the jargon and concepts. Most importantly, they explain why the principles and procedures are important. It doesn't replace the accountant because a lot of show more principles need to be applied to the reader's particular situation and one size doesn't fit all. But this book gets you started, and will allow you to speak intelligibly with your accountant, avoid egregious errors and maybe even save you money on CPA fees. show less

This is not really a book about budgeting. It is more of a workbook or templates. The budget process is described in outline; but I found many of the templates to be less than useful or obvious.



Budgeting requires a log of data about past spending and the art is using that data along with the implications of future goals and objects and how they impact spending.