The Non-Profit Sector or the NGO (Non Governmental Organizations) saw a rise all over the world during the 1990s to fill the gap between the governmental agencies and the public.
Articles on Non Profit Organizations
Though the nonprofits sector is not like the corporate sector, there is a need for them to have proper management control and accountability to satisfy regulatory needs as well as to follow due diligence in whatever they do. This article discusses some reasons why nonprofits must have management structures as a means to ensure compliance and provide accountability.
Neoliberal globalization has produced classes of people who are better off than they were earlier. At the same time, it has also produced sections of people who are worse off than before. The global justice movement seeks to redress this imbalance and ensure equitable growth and global justice.
The NGO sector must practice what it preaches and hence, must be ethical and professional in its dealings with the external world. Moreover, the internal controls must be robust and the temptation to indulge in unethical acts must be resisted. The fact that donors and society looks at the NGO sector with respect means that this goodwill must not be abused.
Nonprofits do both advocacy and volunteerism and this article explores the differences between these imperatives and the commonalities between them. The main point of this article is that nonprofits must define their objectives clearly and articulate what they would like to do in order to not end up doing everything and not doing justice to anything.
This article discusses the need for program evaluation and monitoring of the activities of the non-profits and suggests some best practices that the non-profits can follow to ensure that they account for the money spent as well as to assuage donor concerns about the programs.
This article discusses the role of the government and the NGOs in actualizing social welfare. The key theme of this article is that despite their differences, both the government and the NGOs must work together for the benefit of society.
The NGO sector, which professes to work for the larger social good, has to be holier than thou in maintaining strict controls are are and to institute internal controls. This article discusses some examples where the NGOs would have been better off if they had maintained proper records and given importance to internal vigilance.
Nonprofits like any other entity need funding and money to sustain themselves. Though this money is not used to make profits, the nonprofits need sources of funding to run their day-to-day operations. This article discusses some sources of funding that the nonprofits can tap into to increase their revenues. This article also analyzes the methods employed by the nonprofits to raise money from externally driven methods and internally driven campaigns.
This article discusses the various roles and functions of the nonprofits around the world with a particular emphasis on the grassroots function and how it varies from nonprofit to nonprofit. The key theme in this article is that nonprofits have to usually start with advocacy and then graduate to activism over a period and that activism requires deep commitment and resources as well as being confrontationist with the special interests.
Of late, it is common to see philanthropic foundations being run like corporates. While there are diverging opinions and views on whether this is good or bad for the stakeholders, the fact remains that it helps build credibility and accountability as well as transparency. Moreover, when such foundations interact with governments and heads of state routinely, there needs to be a professional approach. On the other hand, it is also the case that celebrity giving must be not reduced to photo ops. This article examines these themes with real world examples.
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