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
In class, we spoke on length about program evaluation. I found this short video on Youtube which takes the program evaluation a bit further, it is called impact evaluation which attempts to filter out elements external to a program in … Continue reading
I believe we can incorporate the “Outputs vs Outcomes” lesson into all facets of our professional lives. Even with school… and with this post… it’s very easy to simply worry about the Output. I need to post this blog to … Continue reading