Sample Budget Template

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6	COSTS	Units	Months	Unit Cost	Total
7	Professional Costs
8	Lawer 1 fees (EXAMPLE)	1	6	$2,000	$12,000
9		One lawyer	For six months	Costs $2,000 per month	Total = $12,000 for that lawyer for year 1
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12		Year 1					Year 2					Year 3				Overall Total
13	COSTS	Units	Months	Unit Cost	Total	COSTS	Units	Months	Unit Cost	Total	COSTS	Units	Months	Unit Cost	Total	COSTS	Narrative
14	Professional Costs					Professional Costs					Professional Costs					Professional Costs
15	Lawer 1 fees (First lawyer working pro bono)	1	0	$0	$0	Lawer 1 fees (First lawyer working pro bono)	1	0	$0	$0	Lawer 1 fees	1	2	$4,000	$8,000	$8,000	This is from an actual whistleblower case who was able to get some pro bono support.
16	Lawer 2 fees (Second lawyer very expensive)	1	1	$192,000	$192,000	Lawer 2 fees (If applicable)				$0	Lawer 2 fees (If applicable)				$0	$192,000	This is from another actual whistleblower case where their overall legal bill came to $192,000 in one month, even after a 25% discount.
17	Lawer 3 fees (If applicable)				$0	Lawer 3 fees (If applicable)				$0	Lawer 3 fees (If applicable)				$0	$0
18	Lawer 4 fees (If applicable)					Lawer 4 fees (If applicable)					Lawer 4 fees (If applicable)
19	Transport to meetings				$0	Transport to meetings				$0	Transport to meetings				$0	$0
20	New phone (for working w/ lawyer)	1	1	$60	$60	Password software				$0	Password software				$0	$60
21	New computer/VPN/ password manager				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
22	Delete Me (Security)				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
23	X				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
24	X				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
25	Professional Costs Subtotal				$192,060	Professional Costs Subtotal				$0	Professional Costs Subtotal				$8,000	$200,060
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27	Personal Costs	Units	Months	Unit Cost	Total	Personal Costs	Units	Months	Unit Cost	Total	Personal Costs	Units	Months	Unit Cost	Total	Personal Costs
28	Rent	1	5	$1,050	$5,250	Rent	1	12	$1,050	$12,600	Rent	1	12	$1,000	$12,000	$29,850
29	Food	1	5	$600	$3,000	Food	1	12	$600	$7,200	Food	1	12	$2,500	$30,000	$40,200
30	Child care				$0	Child care				$0	Child care	1	9	$1,000	$9,000	$9,000
31	Health insurance (COBRA?)				$0	Health insurance				$0	Health insurance				$0	$0
32	Gas				$0	Gas				$0	Gas				$0	$0
33	Counselor	1	8	$260	$2,080	Counselor	1	12	$260	$3,120	Counselor	1	12	$260	$3,120	$8,320	This is an actual amount that one whistleblower paid for support.
34	X				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
35	X				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
36	X				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
37	X				$0	X				$0	X				$0	$0
38	Personal Costs Subtotal				$10,330	Personal Costs Subtotal				$22,920	Personal Costs Subtotal				$54,120	$87,370
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40	Total Costs				$202,390	Total Costs				$22,920	Total Costs				$62,120	$287,430
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43	Savings	Units	Months	Unit savings	Total	Savings	Units	Months	Unit savings	Total	Savings	Units	Months	Unit savings	Total	Savings
44	Savings	1	1	$18,000	$18,000	Savings					Savings					$18,000
45	Savings Subtotal				$18,000	Savings Subtotal				$0	Savings Subtotal				$0	$18,000
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47	Potential Income	Units	Months	Unit income	Total	Potential Income	Units	Months	Unit income	Total	Potential Income	Units	Months	Unit income	Total	Potential Income
48	Job 1	1	5	$4,000	$20,000	Job 1	1	12	$4,500	$54,000	Job 1	1	12	$5,000	$60,000	$134,000
49	Job 2					Job 2					Job 2					$0
50	Potential Income Subtotal				$20,000	Potential Income Subtotal				$54,000	Potential Income Subtotal				$60,000	$134,000
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52	Total Revenue				$38,000	Total Potential Income				$54,000	Total Potential Income				$60,000	$152,000
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55	Total Funds after Whistleblowing				-$164,390	Total Funds after Whistleblowing				$31,080	Total Funds after Whistleblowing				-$2,120	-$135,430
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