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Operating Reserve and Runway Calculator
The decision it helps you make: How many months could the organization keep operating if funding stopped, and how much reserve should it hold?
- Who it is for
- Executive directors, finance leads and board treasurers.
- Time
- About 3 minutes. Runs in your browser.
- What you get
- Your current runway (months of cash), a healthy reserve target and the gap to close. Printable report.
The full tool is in the subscriber library. Sign up for Out the Box, ToyBox's monthly newsletter, and the welcome email links to it.
Preview
What it asks from the tool.
Three numbers: yearly operating expenses, cash and reserves on hand, and a reserve target in months.
- What are your yearly operating expenses?
- How much unrestricted cash and reserves do you have today?
- What reserve target do you want? Three to six months of expenses is a common healthy range.
How to get it
Three steps to the full tool.
- 1. Sign upAdd your name and email on the Out the Box form.
- 2. ConfirmClick the link in the confirmation email.
- 3. Open the libraryThe welcome email links to all eight tools.
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