What makes a good charity?

New Philanthropy Capital have just released their latest findings on what makes a good charity?

The report framework focuses on four main areas.

Purpose

• Does the charity’s vision and mission answer a need?
• Does the charity have a good strategy for achieving its goals?
• Do the charity’s activities reflect the strategy?
• Does the charity achieve results?

Impact and practice

• Does the charity use information to learn and improve?
• Does the charity know what it is achieving?
• Does the charity have the right approach to evaluation?
• Is the charity open about its findings?

People

• Does the charity have good leadership?
• Does the charity recruit good people and manage them well?
• How good is the charity’s governance?
• Do people using the charity help to shape its work?
• Does the charity have a healthy organisational culture?

Finance and operations

• Is the charity financially secure?
• Does the charity have good financial management?
• Does the charity have good operational management?
• Does the charity make efficient use of all its resources?

The full report can be read here

If you are a Cambridgeshire-based organisation that requires any support, advice or guidance on constitutions, mission statements, volunteer management, operational development or finance then please contact Support Cambridgeshire.