Review criteria
- +Cost categories: venue, food, games
- +Per-family contribution ledger
- +Fair-share suggestion math
- +Refund and leftover notes
Reunion Budget & Contributions in Family Reunion Planning
The Reunion Budget & Contributions is a copy-ready spreadsheet for family reunion planning that tracks costs, families, contributions, balances. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 15 minutes to set up.
Last updated: August 2026
Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up
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What’s inside “Reunion Budget & Contributions”
Tabs: How to use · Contributions · BudgetFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 15 minutesColumns: 5
Columns (grey = calculated for you)
- Family
- People
- Paid
- Fair share
- Balance
- Open the Contributions tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
- Enter costs on the Budget tab; the cost per person sets each family's fair share by head count.
- Many reunions count kids under 5 as 0 or half; adjust People to match what your family agrees.
- Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.
The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.
Reunion Budget & Contributions
About this template
It is built for people who want results without another subscription: treasurers keeping contributions transparent. It is completely free — copy it and it is yours to keep. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.
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Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.
Often worth considering when
- +Treasurers keeping contributions transparent
- +Anyone avoiding the money talk
Pause before choosing when
- -Payment collection
- -Tax-deductible records
About Family Reunion Planning
Why people consider this option
- +Collect RSVPs across branches in one file
- +Split reunion costs so nobody quietly overpays
- +Organize the potluck without duplicate casseroles
What to review before acting
- -No invitation sending features
- -Large venue bookings need contracts elsewhere
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Questions people ask before copying a template
Does the Reunion Budget & Contributions work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Reunion Budget & Contributions really free?
Yes, it is completely free to copy and keep. There is no account, paywall, or paid tier.
What does the Reunion Budget & Contributions track?
It tracks costs, families, contributions, balances, with totals and highlights calculated automatically as you type.