nyu conference 5-3-2013
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Your Guide to Intelligent Giving
Where the Heart
Meets the Mind
Critical Friend to Charities
The Nonprofit Sector Problem*
“… there is virtually no credible evidence that most nonprofit organizations actually produce any social value.”
*“The End of Charity” by David Hunter – Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal
THE INDIVIDUAL DONOR PROBLEM
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5
THE INSTITUTIONAL FUNDER PROBLEM
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THE BENEFICIARY PROBLEM
(The Nonprofit Marketplace Hewlett Foundation, 2008)
THE PROBLEM SOLVED
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OUR DEFINITIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY
ACCOUNTABILITY - is an obligation or willingness by an organization to explain its actions to its stakeholders.1)FINANCIAL - to safeguard and manage the
organization’s financial resources.2)ORGANIZATIONAL – to consistently follow rules of
governance and operational process.3)MISSION – to set goals and then measure and
manage performance to assure the organization is achieving meaningful results.
TRANSPARENCY - an obligation or willingness by an organization to publish and make available critical accountability data about the organization.
QUALITIES OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN N.P. ORGS.
Financial Health
• Strategy/Theory of Change• Passion• Experience• Persistence• Creativity• Ability to get other s to follow
Capable Leadership
• Positive, sustainable change
• Independently evaluatedHIGHER RISK
INVESTMENTLOWER RISK INVESTMENT
* Inspired by the Alliance for Effective Social Investing
Mission: Results
Organizational: Governance
Financial: Financial Health
Financial Health
Accountability
(Governance) &
Transparency
Results Reporting
A scalable, in depth, multi-dimensional charity rating system.
CN 2.02011 -
Organizational
CN 1.02002 -
Financial
FROM ACCOUNTABILITY IN ONE DIMENSION TO THREE AND BEYOND
THE FUTURE (CN 4.0?): OUTCOME MEASUREMENT
2013 – Mission
A CHARITY HELPING CHARITIES SOLVE THE PROBLEM
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