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A board meeting.
Better informed.

Explore the monthly package in the reporting environment that fits your organization. Read the statements, measures and recommendation together.

Where do we stand?

Read the financial position and budget-to-actual together.

What changed?

Look at the measures and variances that need attention.

What comes next?

Bring the written recommendation into the board conversation.

Charter sample, GASB / Red Book

Governmental funds on the modified accrual basis, coded to the Red Book, in the format a sponsor and the Auditor General expect.

Monthly Financial Package: General Fund

Budget to actual, fiscal year to date through June 30

Line itemYTD Actualvs. budget
FEFP, state funding$4.02M91.8%
Federal and state grants$0.56M90.3%
Local and other revenue$0.24M92.3%
Total Revenues (FEFP, grants, local)$4.82M91.6%
Instruction$2.61M87.6%
Instructional support$0.48M85.7%
School administration$0.61M88.4%
Facilities and operations$0.58M87.9%
Other and capital outlay$0.24M80.0%
Total Expenditures$4.52M87.0%
Net Change in Fund Balance$0.30MAhead of plan
Ending Fund Balance$1.20M17.1% of revenue
Days cash on hand
96
Current ratio
2.0
Fund balance % of revenue
17.1%

Recommendation to the Board

Reserve position remains above the charter-school benchmark and continues to trend favorably against plan.Adopt the fiscal-year actuals as the final amended budget at the next meeting.

Illustrative sample. Figures are not from a client.

Red Book fund segmentation

  • General Fund
  • Special Revenue
  • Capital Outlay
  • Debt Service

The sheet above is the General Fund. Each remaining fund is reported on its own sheet, in the same format, in the same package.

What is in the full package

Cover sheet
The period, the basis of accounting, who prepared it and who reviewed it.
Full statements
GASB or FASB statements, including the balance sheet, on the basis your auditor will read them.
Budget to actual, every line
Not the four headline lines. Every line in the adopted budget, with the variance stated.
KPIs
The three or four figures your board and your authorizer actually watch, on the same definition every month.
Grants schedule
Each grant or restricted fund with its award, its spend to date and its reporting date.
Written recommendation
What we think the board should do about what the numbers show, in writing, every month.

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