Budgeting with Values

ABC is a worker-owned union cooperative dedicated to building solidarity economies.  We develop the skills, systems, and confidence of people and projects working towards a just world beyond capitalism through bookkeeping, consulting, and financial education.www.bookkeeping.coop

A Bookkeeping Cooperative

Budgets as tools for both group planning and evaluation and as a support for mapping more just futures.

"Learning in this space was so open, relaxing, warm, and educational. Not a typical environment when talking about finances." - workshop participantBudgets are key elements of both financial management and values alignment. We’ll ground ourselves in a basic and empowering understanding of what a budget is, discuss how it relates to governance, and share ways to engage your entire organization in the process. Using a mix of both presentation and hands-on interactive examples, we’ll explore how to use your budget as a living document to guide planning and accountability throughout the year.Learning Goals:· increase understanding of how to create an organizational budget· strengthen ability to assess the viability of a budget· build confidence in asking finance questions· have fun!About A Bookkeeping Cooperative: ABC is a worker-owned union cooperative dedicated to building solidarity economies. We develop the skills, systems, and confidence of people and projects working towards a just world beyond capitalism through bookkeeping, consulting, and financial education.www.bookkeeping.coop

Workshop Format and Logistics:2 hour online workshop using Zoom with a 10 minute break**This session will not be recorded, however resources and slides with an overview of the main topics covered will be shared with attendees.**This workshop is participatory and we will invite you to engage in several ways: video on (if possible and comfortable), interacting with a shared slide deck, using reactions, and answering or asking questions in chat or aloud.Automatic closed captioning will be enabled.Please note on the registration form anything else that would make this workshop more accessible to you.

TicketsCosmos public workshop tickets are available on a sliding scale in an attempt to distribute resources more equitably. We invite you to select a ticket level that corresponds with your access to resources using the guide below.There are a limited number of tickets available. If your level is sold out, we encourage you to sign up for <a href="https://bookkeeping.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=86b8f7a10d65a6177f8e33f20&amp;id=3188bac62d" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">our mailing list linked here</a> to get updates on future workshops.Cost is 1 ticket per person attending.Level 5-Redistribution: $450<ul><li>If your organization is paying for your participation and has an annual budget of $1M or more.</li><li>If you&#x27;re an individual paying for your own ticket and some of the following may apply to you: your salary is over $100K; you have inherited or expect to inherit wealth; you do not need to work in order to meet your basic needs; you do not have any debt.</li></ul>Level 4-Full Cost: $275<ul><li>If your organization is paying for your participation and has an annual budget below $1M.</li><li>If you&#x27;re an individual paying for your own ticket and some of the following may apply to you: you consistently cover your basic needs + some extras; your salary is over $75K; you have some debt that you&#x27;re able to make regular payments on: you have higher education degree(s); you have family with assets such as a home or retirement fund)</li></ul>Level 3-Solidarity: $150<ul><li>If your organization is paying for your participation and meets the following criteria: A) Has an annual budget below $200,000 AND B) Is majority owned or governed by people who are: of color, immigrants, disabled, LGBTQIA2+, working class, and/or poor AND C) focused on solidarity economy or collective liberation work</li><li>If you&#x27;re an individual paying for your own ticket and some of the following may apply to you: you consistently cover your basic needs + occasional extras; your salary is between $60-75K; you have some debt that you&#x27;re able to make regular payments on: you have higher education degree(s); you have family with assets such as a home or retirement fund</li></ul>Level 2-Solidarity: $80<ul><li>If you&#x27;re an individual paying for your own ticket and some of the following may apply to you: you consistently cover your basic needs; your salary is between $45-60K; you have some debt that you&#x27;re able to make regular payments on: you have higher education degree(s); your income supports people other than yourself</li></ul>Level 1-Solidarity: $25<ul><li>If you&#x27;re an individual paying for your own ticket and some of the following may apply to you: you struggle to consistently meet basic living expenses; you do not have savings; you are unable to make payments on debts; you have not had access to higher education (e.g. college or graduate school) or you may be one of the first in your family to go to college; your income supports people other than yourself</li></ul>The above are guidelines and are not prescriptive. We recognize that some individuals and groups might have specific situations that don&#x27;t fit neatly into a single category and we welcome you to select based on your own assessment of your resource access.

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