Accountability

 

Gorillas in the midst: foundation accountability in a networked age
Jacob Harold

Gorillas in the midst: foundation accountability in a networked age

Jacob Harold
01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

Gorillas – whether or not of the 800-pound variety – are powerful creatures. The presence of a gorilla on the cover of the last issue of Alliance was a winking reference to the sheer size of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Indeed, foundations have a bit in common with gorillas: powerful, independent and rather unaccountable.

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Ratings shake-up as Charity Navigator launches CN2.0

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

After almost 10 years of operation, charity evaluation website Charity Navigator has implemented the first major change to its rating system. Until this September, its ratings assessed only the financial performance of charities, but now they also assess accountability and transparency. This new dimension specifically evaluates the governance and ethical practices of charities, as well as how open they are with information they provide to their stakeholders.

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Foundation Center - New features launched at glasspockets.org

1 March 2011
Alliance magazine

The Foundation Center has launched Transparency Talk, a new blog and podcast series on the website glasspockets.org. Featuring expert insights, practical examples and innovative proposals from some of the most forward-thinking leaders in philanthropy, Transparency Talk addresses a wide range of topics – from the development of online knowledge centres to the value of sharing failures.

With Transparency Talk, the Foundation Center advances its efforts to:

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Keystone report puts spotlight on international aid agencies

1 March 2011
Alliance magazine

Local organizations funded by international aid agencies do not want to be treated as subcontractors, carrying out those agencies’ projects and priorities. They want their funders’ help to become independent and influential organizations in their own right, responding flexibly to local people’s needs. This is the clearest conclusion of a report just released by Keystone.

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CIVICUS - Strengthening NGO accountability

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

As the network of civil society organizations continues to proliferate across the globe, the sector faces increasing pressure to respond to growing concerns about legitimacy, transparency and accountability. A new initiative of CIVICUS, the Legitimacy, Transparency and Accountability (LTA) Programme, launched in July, aims to tackle this.

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Charity Navigator measures itself
Ken Berger

Charity Navigator measures itself

Ken Berger and Robert Penna
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

When Ken Berger spoke at the Valuing Impact conference in London last May, he caused quite a stir by suggesting that a one-dimensional focus on non-profit finances, if not supplemented by other information, can lead a donor/funder to make the wrong decision about which organization to support and that an overemphasis on overheads is misleading. The surprise was due to the fact that many have criticized Charity Navigator in the past for precisely that.

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The growth of CSO self-regulation
Shana Warren

The growth of CSO self-regulation

Shana Warren, Robert Lloyd and Jeannet Lingán
1 December 2009
www.alliancemagazine.org

In 2005, the One World Trust published an article in Alliance on the effectiveness of self-regulation as a means of ensuring NGO accountability. Four years later, we can testify that the landscape of self-regulation is more populated than previously thought. The debate has permeated the sector, to differing degrees, worldwide. This article is based on extensive research conducted by the One World Trust, which has produced a database of self-regulatory initiatives worldwide. Click here to read ...


A last word …

David Bonbright
1 June 2009
Alliance magazine

At the risk of straining the patience of Alliance readers, I write to underscore what I believe is a powerful point of contention – and potentially maturation – in philanthropy that has been clearly framed through the exchange of views between Theresa Lloyd and me in your pages.

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GuideStar International Assembly

Caroline Hartnell
1 March 2009
Alliance magazine

Event  GuideStar International Assembly
Date 2-3 December 2008
Venue London, UK
Theme From Local to Global: The importance of CSO information

This year’s GuideStar International (GSI) Assembly, entitled ‘From Local to Global: The importance of CSO information’, brought together 90 delegates from 19 countries. The theme of the Assembly was the importance of civil society organization (CSO) information for effective policy-making and for social action at all levels, but the most interesting thing for me was the GuideStar project itself. Click here to read ...


GuideStar in demand in Europe

1 March 2009
Alliance magazine

This year should see several national GuideStars and a Pan-European Platform established in Europe. This is the upshot of an 18-month programme, concluded in December 2008 and co-funded by the European Commission and various governmental, private sector and philanthropy sources, to undertake ‘market feasibility’ assessments in those countries. This is part of GuideStar International’s (GSI) project to build a global network of websites to present information on different countries’ civil society organizations. GSI is currently supporting development programmes in nine countries.

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