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.