Case Study: Communication Services for the Deaf reduces annual budgeting time by 50% with Limelight Software

Nonprofit Reduces Annual Budgeting Process by 50%

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), a Deaf‑led nonprofit based in Austin, Texas, faced slow, error-prone budgeting and FP&A workflows built on sprawling Excel files. Ben Daniel, CSD’s Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, spent months each year gathering, validating and assembling data and needed a faster, Excel‑like solution; they turned to Limelight Software’s automated FP&A platform to modernize planning and reporting.

Limelight Software integrated with CSD’s Sage Intacct and automated GL mapping, real‑time reporting, and scenario modeling, eliminating manual copy‑and‑paste work and reducing human error. As a result, annual budgeting time was cut by 50% (from about four months to two), leaders gained faster, more confident insights (including EBITDA and side‑by‑side actuals vs. budget), and the finance team was freed to focus on analysis and growth initiatives.

Communication Service for the Deaf

Ben Daniel

Director of Finance Planning and Analysis