Accountability & Transparency: More Than Good Intentions

ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY: More Than Good Intentions Presentation at Charity Review Council Annual Forum Ken Berger, President & CEO June 15, 2010

IN THE BEGINNING

~30 Years Doing “the Work”

IN MY HEAD I KEPT THINKING

Tales of the Dark Side
The Scoundrel – Use everyone and take whatever you can.
The Thief – “We’re smart, so let’s make money”.
The Hanger On – Money for nothing.

The Explosive Growth of Nonprofits in the US

$1.9 Trillion in Public Charity Revenues * Houses of Worship do not file w/IRS regardless of size **94% of PCs spend 4% of the revenues - $79 million ~1.9 million Nonprofits 61% (1.2 million) are Public Charities (PCs) *6% of PCs get 96% of Revenues = $1.86 million **.2% of PCs get 59% of Revenues = $1.5 Trillion

Accountability & Transparency

QUALITIES OF A HIGH IMPACT ORGANIZATION Accountability & Transparency Financial Health
Positive, sustainable change
Independently evaluated
HIGHER RISK INVESTMENT LOWER RISK INVESTMENT

Introducing CN 2.0 Financial Health Accountability/Transparency Effectiveness/Results More Comprehensive Rating System

Accountability & Transparency: IRS 990 Reporting Form Info.

Acountability & Transparency: Web Site Information

More on Web
Does the charity web site have readily accessible information about the following:
Its goals and objectives?
Its strategies for achieving them?
Its capacity for achieving them?
How it measures progress in achieving them?
What its measurements indicate about progress to date?

The Battle for the Soul of the Nonprofit Sector

More Information
Articles: in Philadelphia Journal of Social Innovation
“ The End of Charity” by David Hunter
“ The Battle for the Soul of the NP Sector” by Berger, Penna and Goldberg
Book : Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets: Why Philanthropy Doesn’t Advance Social Progress by Steve Goldberg
Web Sites
www.alleffective .org
Google: Nonprofit Effectiveness, Independent Sector
www. WhatWorks.org
Video : www.savingphilanthropy.org

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