Finance Flashcards
Financial Management
Which includes what 3 things?
Overall coordination of financial resources.
- Developing a budget to the use of funds over a period of time.
- Determining how to acquire alternative funds to meet organizational goals and objectives.
- Understanding processes for purchasing and handling cash.
Who has the ultimate responsibility of financial management within an agency?
Who else shares this responsibility?
CEO and Board
Staff (events, programs, entire department)
To gain an understanding of an agency’s operation, it is necessary to collect what 2 types of data?
This data assists in the accounting for what 3 things?
List 4 additional types of data collected in public PnR.
Activity Reports
Financial and Operating.
Cash handling, revenues, and expenditures.
- Attendance - used to predict future program participation.
- Room counts - shows facility use patterns.
- Cash Reports - # of people at the facility, amount of admission paid, and amount of goods and services purchased.
- Maintenance Reports - shows workflow, productivity, and repairs made.
Reports that can be customized based on a program area. Ex: # of pool participants, # of lessons, # of gift certificates sold, and towel rentals.
What is the purpose of establishing a systematic accounting system?
to discourage dishonesty, reduce corruption, avoid criticism.
List 9 examples of cash handling procedures.
- Post a schedule of fees at RC.
- Require 2 employees at admission entrance.
- Cash register - if there is not enough business for 2 employees, the cash register is an acceptable control device.
- Reconcile Receipts - compare to a monetary amount.
- Rotate shifts - staff at different facilities and schedules
- Receipts with carbon copies
- Daily Deposits of collections
- Keys - only supervisors
- Unannounced visits by internal auditors.
Requisition
Approval to purchase something.
List 4 different procedures that can be followed to purchase something.
purchase orders
p-card -no recurring balance. paid off monthly. can be isolated to be used at only 1 place.
credit card
petty cash
List and define the 2 types of purchase orders.
- Blanket Purchase Orders - used for making multiple purchases. Good for maintenance staff at hardware stores. A Blanket PO is set up for each Buckeye SIC instructor because we don’t the final amount needed.
- Standard Purchase Orders - POs in the exact amount issued for one-time purchases.
The Petty Cash Fund Custodian
is Responsible for cash accountability, safe keeping, and proper use.
List 3 limits placed on purchasing.
- maximum amount that can be spent without superior approval.
- the maximum amount that requires higher-level approval.
- the spending level that requires a formal bid
List the 5 steps in the purchasing process.
- request a purchasing requisition.
- Obtain quotes.
- purchase order, p-card, or etc.
- Make the purchase
- Submit the receipt
When a grant capital project is complete, the agency is left with the….?
operation and maintenance cost.
List the 3 steps an agent must complete to obtain a grant.
- Build the project
- Apply
- Administer (meet grant deadlines)
List and define 7 items commonly found in a grant application.
- Cover Letter - 1 or 2 pages, explaining who you are, what you want, how you found out about the grant, and overview of contents in the packet.
- Executive Summary - 1-2 page statement summarizing the contents of the packet. Project overview, budget summary, and need for the grant.
- Problem Statement/Need Description - demonstrates why the project is needed, why it needs funding, the benefit to the community, how progress and outcomes will be measured, and how the project aligns with the grant.
- Work Schedule - timeline of work to be completed.
- Budget
- Qualifications
- Appendices - include any of the following the grant agency may request: master plan, strategic plan, site plan, or letters of support
What is the most important portion of a grant?
Problem Statement/Need Description
Planned Giving
A major gift to an organization a.k.a gift or donation. Ex: wills, land, stocks, cash.
PnR agencies making donor requests requires what 3 things.
- The agency wants and needs.
- cultivating potential donors by establishing relationships with them
- and finally asking for a donation.
To be successful in donor based fundraising, an investment in what is required?
Staff training
In donor fundraising agencies must establish a policy on what?
What will and will not be accepted as gifts. Ex: Land being to expensive to operate
Sponsors can be found at what three levels:
Local businesses, regional businesses, and national companies.
What factor increases the cost of event sponsorships?
The higher the level of event exposure.
List 5 things sponsors are seeking in return for sponsoring.
- Naming rights to an event
- Public awareness and image enhancement
- Public distribution
- Marketing opportunities
- Hospitalities opportunities for their own customers (VIP seats at PIR).
List 4 things to include in a Sponsorship Proposal.
List
- Event history
- Logistics - date, time, , budget, etc.
- Event benefits - for the community
- Sponsorship packages
List the 4 levels of a sponsorship package and give the % value for each? note: this is one of 4 parts of a Sponsorship Proposal
- Title Sponsor - event naming rights, first right of refusal for other sponsors. 100% of value.
- Presenting Sponsor - 25-50% value of title sponsor.
- Official Sponsor - 10% value of the title sponsor
- Official Supplier - less than 10% of the title sponsor value.
Which of the 4 levels of a sponsorship package is good for smaller businesses?
Official Sponsor
Which of the 4 levels of sponsorship evolve the provision of goods and services?
Official supplier
What needs to be done before bringing a sponsorship proposal to a business?
- Know who they are
- Who owns the company
- Other events they sponsor.
- Mission and values
What are 5 good resources to research on a company you are seeking sponsorship from?
- Annual report
- Website
- Newspapers
- Talking to their staff
- Networking in their community to get to know their staff.
Before attempting to secure an alternative funding source (sponsor), what do agencies need to have in place?
A plan describing what is needed and how they should secure the needed funds.
If a plan is not in place before asking a potential sponsor for funding will result in what?
Expending significant resources with little return on investment.
Fees and charges are established in accordance with the agency’s what?
What type of agency does this apply to?
Mission and financial objectives and/or philosophy.
Public, nonprofit, and private
What is a popular means of controlling pricing decision making and setting fees and charges for programs?
Pre-establishing subsidy levels. (you subsidized soccer by 50%)
Which of the 2 agency types have policies that outline what level of cost recovery that different types of programs must achieve.
List what 3 things that those programs can be earmarked (designated) to make.
Nonprofit and public.
Profit, break-even, or to be subsidized with other revenue streams.
Is it uncommon for agencies to establish subsidy levels to develop a plan over several years to reach projected subsidy targets
No
- Cost-recovery Analysis
- Cost-recovery Level
- Cost-recovery Rate
- Before establishing cost-recovery levels what must first be determined?
- To determine this, what does one need to understand?
- The fees and charges being established in accordance with the agency’s philosophy.
- The amount a program will be subsidized
- % of the program will be either subsidized, break-even, or make a profit.
- Program cost.
- Program Demand and Cost
Demand
The demand for a program is the minimum and maximum enrollment for a program or the projected number of participants at an event or a facility.
List 1 reason why knowing the demand for a program is important.
To establish the proper price for a program.