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Cloud FP&A Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit budgeting software for teams outgrowing Excel.

Connect budgets, actuals, and forecasts by program, fund, and grant. See how funding covers program and staffing costs, test your next decision, and build board and funder reports from one connected financial model.

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Nonprofit financial planning software

Budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. Built around your mission.

Limelight is cloud-based nonprofit budgeting software that brings annual budgets, rolling forecasts, multi-year grant plans, workforce costs, and board reporting into one browser-based FP&A platform.

Connect your accounting data, plan by fund or program, and give finance and department leaders a shared view of what comes next.

Your next funding decision
should be easier to make.

Can we afford another hire? Which programs need additional funding? What happens if a grant renewal is delayed? Get answers without assembling another spreadsheet.

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Get time back every budget cycle

Connect Sage Intacct, Blackbaud, NetSuite, Dynamics, QBO, and more. Sync actuals automatically. Skip manual exports.

See the Impact Instantly

See where your funding stands

Track spending and spot funding gaps by grant, fund, or program.

Keep every output aligned

Board reports that lead the conversation

Give boards and program leaders clear reports to guide their next decision.

Multi-year grant budgeting for the full funding period.

A three-year grant should be visible beyond this year’s budget. Build multi-year grant plans that connect funding, expenses, and staffing across the periods that matter to each award.

  • Plan by grant, fund, program, and project
  • Compare actual spending with budgets and forecasts
  • See how grant timelines affect future commitments




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Know what a new hire costs before you say yes.

Plan by employee or FTE, model compensation changes, and understand how hiring decisions affect program budgets. Keep every staffing assumption connected.

  • Budget salaries, benefits, employer taxes, and merit increases
  • Allocate employee costs across programs, grants, and departments
  • Compare hiring dates, vacancies, and staffing scenarios
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Walk into your board meeting with answers.

When the board asks why a program is over budget, your team needs the detail behind the variance. Connect actuals, budgets, and forecasts to reports that help you explain what changed.

  • Create statements of activities, program reports, and board packages
  • Analyze results by fund, grant, department, or project
  • Drill through to transaction detail and add variance explanations
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The Switch Was Worth It!

Teams move faster, trust the numbers, and spend far less time buried in spreadsheets.

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The modern Excel interface made adoption easy, while automation eliminated manual reporting and made forecasting faster and more reliable.

Pauline Poompan

Director of Finance, Kavli Foundation

Connected to the systems you trust

Sage Intacct
Oracle NetSuite
Microsoft Dynamics
Blackbaud
QuickBooks Online
MIP Accounting
Epicor

Nonprofit budgeting software: your questions answered.

What does nonprofit budgeting do?

Nonprofit budgeting software helps finance teams build and manage budgets across programs, departments, grants, and funds. Limelight connects planning inputs, actual results, and forecasts so teams can update plans and understand variances in one place.

Can Limelight support multi-year grant planning?

Can we plan for restricted and unrestricted funding?

Does Limelight replace our nonprofit accounting software?

How is Limelight different from planning in Excel?

Can Limelight help us prepare nonprofit board reports?

What type of nonprofit organizations does Limelight support?

What should nonprofits look for in budgeting software?

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