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.
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.
Get time back every budget cycle
Connect Sage Intacct, Blackbaud, NetSuite, Dynamics, QBO, and more. Sync actuals automatically. Skip manual exports.
See where your funding stands
Track spending and spot funding gaps by grant, fund, or program.
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
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
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
The Switch Was Worth It!
Teams move faster, trust the numbers, and spend far less time buried in spreadsheets.
The modern Excel interface made adoption easy, while automation eliminated manual reporting and made forecasting faster and more reliable.
Pauline Poompan
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?
Yes. Finance teams can model grant funding and related costs across multiple years, then analyze the effect on program budgets and future financial plans.
Can we plan for restricted and unrestricted funding?
Yes. Limelight can use fund and grant dimensions to plan and analyze funding separately, using the classifications maintained in your accounting system. This helps finance understand how funding availability relates to planned spending.
Does Limelight replace our nonprofit accounting software?
No, your accounting software, such as QBO, Sage Intacct, Oracle NetSuite, Blackbaud, Microsoft Dynamics etc. continue to be your system of record and maintains the general ledger. Limelight connects that data to budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, and management reporting.
How is Limelight different from planning in Excel?
Limelight gives nonprofit finance teams the familiarity of a spreadsheet with the control of a dedicated FP&A platform. Budget, forecast, and report in your browser—with connected data, shared models, and role-based access. Fewer files to manage. More time to guide funding and program decisions.
Can Limelight help us prepare nonprofit board reports?
Yes. Give your board reports an upgrade. Turn connected actuals, budgets, and forecasts into polished reports with compelling visuals and a clear narrative. Show your board where you stand, what’s driving performance, and where to act next.
What type of nonprofit organizations does Limelight support?
Limelight supports nonprofits and associations, foundations, charities, colleges and universities, schools and education organizations, healthcare organizations, museums and cultural institutions, and religious or faith-based organizations. Finance teams can configure planning models around their funds, grants, programs, departments, and locations.
What should nonprofits look for in budgeting software?
Look for budgeting software that connects with your accounting system, supports the funds and programs you plan around, and brings actuals, budgets, and forecasts together. Evaluate grant planning, workforce costs, shared cost allocations, department collaboration, cash flow scenarios, and board reporting using examples from your own organization.