Financial Modeling for the Social Sector

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

Distinguish between an operational unit and a head office and the financial relationship between the two
Estimate the reach and size of your operational unit and identify what costs at scale means to your organization
Understand how to think about and calculate the funding requirements for building and maintaining a capacity that allows you to innovate, learn, and grow your organization
DESCRIPTION:

To achieve social impact, leaders in the social sector must find the right business model to achieve sustainability. In this course, you’ll learn how nonprofit organizations, social entrepreneurs, corporate entrepreneurs and social change leaders can use financial modeling and creative approaches to market-based funding to scale their work. You’ll gain a series of templates and instructions so that even beginners to finance can begin to calculate their funding requirements and project future growth.

FORMAT:

Project-Based Course

COURSE SYLLABUS

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LEARNING TOOLS
SECTION 1: BOTTOM-UP FINANCIAL MODELING FRAMEWORK
SECTION 2: BOUNDING THE OPERATIONAL UNIT
SECTION 3: TOTAL RUNNING COSTS
SECTION 4: TOTAL INVESTMENT COSTS
SECTION 5: ACHIEVING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY