Budget proposals, approved with confidence.
ApproveBudget replaces spreadsheets and email threads with one structured, auditable workflow — draft a plan, approve it line by line, certify it, and amend it once a year. Every step recorded.
Built for everyone in the process
Site administrators
Prepare a plan with guided line items and live budget math, then submit it for approval.
Approvers
Review only the line items you are responsible for — approve or deny each, with a reason.
Budget managers
Configure revenue sources, routing, and allocations; certify finished plans; pull fiscal-year reports.
Certifiers
Give the final, all-or-nothing sign-off that locks an approved plan.
Reviewers & staff
Read-only visibility across every plan and its status, organization-wide.
Organization admins
Control sign-in, users, roles, sites, and settings — with a complete audit trail.
How it works
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Set up the year
Open a fiscal year, define revenue sources and approval chains, and allocate sources to sites.
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2
Draft a plan
A site administrator enters the budget and line items, with an over-budget warning that informs but never blocks.
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Approve, line by line
Every required approver acts on every line item, in parallel. A single denial returns the whole plan with comments.
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Certify & lock
Once fully approved, a certifier certifies the plan — and it locks.
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Amend when needed
When a school is placed in amendment mode, revise its certified plan and send it through a fresh approval round — as many rounds as the year requires.
Ready to get started?
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