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Restricted Fund Tracker — try it live

See how nonprofits track donor-restricted funds. Create a fund, record contributions and expenses, and watch each restricted balance update in real time. It all runs in your browser — nothing is saved to our servers.

Total restricted balance

Purpose-restricted

Time-restricted

Funds

1 Fund categories

New fund name Restriction type

2 Record a transaction

Fund

Amount

Date

3 Activity log

🔒 This is a demo — your entries are stored only in your own browser (localStorage) and never sent anywhere. Refreshing keeps them; "Reset demo data" clears them.

This is the free taste. The full version does the heavy lifting.

Save funds to the cloud, generate board-ready net-asset reports, export QuickBooks journal entries, track multi-year pledges, and split purpose vs. time restrictions on your financial statements — built for nonprofits, by Accounting Gnome.

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What is a restricted fund?

A restricted fund is money a donor gives with strings attached — it can only be spent on a specific purpose (a "purpose restriction") or after a certain time (a "time restriction"). Nonprofits must track these separately from their general (unrestricted) money and report them under FASB ASC 958 as "net assets with donor restrictions."

The hard part is keeping each restricted pool's balance accurate as contributions come in and expenses go out — and never overspending a restriction. That's exactly what this tracker does: every contribution and expense is tagged to its fund, so each restricted balance is always correct and audit-ready.

Why a spreadsheet isn't enough

Spreadsheets don't stop you from overspending a restriction.
Rolling restricted balances into your net-asset statement by hand is error-prone.
Auditors and boards want a clean, per-fund trail — not a tab of formulas.

The full Accounting Gnome module adds cloud storage, reporting, QuickBooks export, and net-asset reconciliation on top of what you see here.

This interactive demo is for illustration only and is not accounting, audit, or tax advice. Confirm fund-accounting treatment with your own licensed professional.