An award is not a deposit
Period of performance, drawdown schedule, and the lag between the invoice you send and the money that lands. Cost share accrues against what you bill, per budget period.
How grants are modelled →Waterline models the months between the work you have committed to and the money that has not landed — payroll, purchase orders, drawdowns and cost share, resolved to the month the cash actually moves.
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Each one lands on the month the money moves, not the month the paperwork was signed.
Period of performance, drawdown schedule, and the lag between the invoice you send and the money that lands. Cost share accrues against what you bill, per budget period.
How grants are modelled →An open purchase order is money promised and not yet gone. Waterline shows what your cash does, and separately what it does if you honour everything you have signed.
How commitments work →Headcount, start dates, raises and fully loaded cost per person. Move one hire date and the whole curve shifts with it.
Convertibles, SAFEs and venture debt, with the goals that close a round separated from the ones the round pays for.
Scenarios and ranges →Toggle committed, expected and speculative revenue independently. Waterline redraws the curve, widens or narrows the range, and names the month the balance crosses the waterline.
Cash balance · runway to zero funds
Runway range 4.1–7.9 mo. Your runway depends heavily on uncertain revenue.
Connect QuickBooks Online, upload a CSV, or build the model by hand. Your books stay the source of truth.
How importing worksFrom $40 per company per month. Advisors pay separately, once, and carry it into every client — from $99.
Load the demo company to read a finished model in about a minute, or start your own and import last month's books.