The importance of accountability in a non-profit organization is essential to provide trust and transparency to all stakeholders. Non-profits are accountable to their stakeholders, staff, and population they serve. Organizations should be transparent by providing annual reports, listing primary stakeholders, … Continue reading
Collective impact is described as a way to collaborate to resolve issues by sharing information that can influence change. This framework uses different stakeholders that collectively shares the same vision to impact and change an organization. Different tools and methods … Continue reading
Non-profit organizations are accountable their constituencies and the general public. Accountability is about trust. Thus, when non-profits collect information, they make it public for others to see and understand where the organization is heading, this help gain the public trusts. … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eRegX1yuBs I believe this video help explain the importance of accountability and transparency in non-profits. The en.v Initiative, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), hosted a two-day workshop to provide local nonprofits with the tools to increase transparency and accountability … Continue reading
Nonprofits are accountable to several groups, such as: Donors: As the ones funding programs, they should be kept informed about how their money is being spent. IRS: As part of the compliance element of accountability. Nonprofits must complete a 990 … Continue reading
This week I’m sharing a video that I think supplements one of this week’s reading: “Listening to those who matter most, the beneficiaries”: https://youtu.be/GCfZZSbQSi4 The video describes the experience from pilot testing “Beneficiary Feedback Mechanisms”, led by 7 NGOs. These … Continue reading
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/logic-model-development/main The link above does a good job of explaining a logic model. The example of the logic model for the tuberculosis control effort shows how important it is to distinguish between outputs and outcomes (in this model, outcomes are … Continue reading
The theme that resonated most with me this week was the idea that non-profits need to shift their focus from outputs to outcomes. The TED Talk by Michael Smith emphasized that too many stakeholders are interested in outputs-how many meals … Continue reading
To Whom Are Non-Profits Accountable? Of the assigned articles for Lesson Five, “Listening to Those Who Matter Most, the Beneficiaries” spoke to me the most. So many times a nonprofit organization or institution is far more consumed with pleasing donors … Continue reading
http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/philanthropic_freedom/the_dark_side_of_transparency For this week blog, I have chosen the above article. Firstly, when a nonprofit wants transparency, it is easy for someone to misuse the funds and get benefit of contributors and the organization. Many stories of corruption become very … Continue reading