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A Guide to Fundraising
A brief resource on how to develop your idea into a feasible plan and seek financial support for it.
Website: www.networklearning.org
MANGO Financial Health Check
The Health Check is specifically designed for small and medium sized NGOs as a self assessment tool so that you can identify the areas where you need to improve.
It can be run by any member of staff or a trustee. You do not need specialist financial skills to complete it. It includes explanations of each section and a glossary of the financial terms used.
By the end of the Health Check you will be able to tell if the financial management in your NGO is healthy or sick – and whether you need to call a doctor!
Website: http://www.mango.org.uk/
Financial Control and Accountability
A guide for the non-financial manager or leader on controlling the finances of the organisation in such a way that it can be held financially accountabile. It looks at the basics of good bookkeeping and developing financial policies.
Budgeting part 1
Part 1 of a 2-part toolkit providing guidelines on how to go about developing and monitoring a budget. The toolkit is useful for overall organisational budget as well as with a budget for a specific project. It includes tools for estimating costs as well as tips for ensuring that your budgets meet the needs of your project or organisation. In the examples section we give actual examples of budgets and how they can be monitored.
Website: www.civicus.org
Budgeting part 2
Part 2 of a 2-part toolkit on how to go about developing and monitoring a budget. The toolkit is useful for overall organisational budget as well as with a budget for a specific project. It includes tools for estimating costs as well as tips for ensuring that your budgets meet the needs of your project or organisation. In the examples section we give actual examples of budgets and how they can be monitored. The tool is in two parts
Website: www.civicus.org
Managing Finances
This chapter of Progressio's manual is devoted to financial management and provides guidance on how to develop a financial procedure policy.
Website: www.ciir.org
Budgeting tips for CSOs
One in a series of briefs for civil society organizations, written from a funder’s perspective, and intended to stimulate inquiry, rather than provide rigid instructions.
This brief contains tips for preparing a budget with an emphasis on its purpose, steps, and components.Website: www.worldbank.org/civilsocietyfund
Financial Systems
One in a series of briefs for civil society organizations, written from a funder’s perspective, and intended to stimulate inquiry, rather than provide rigid instructions. This brief contains tips for establishing an accountable and
transparent financial system to build financial sustainability.Website: www.worldbank.org/civilsocietyfund
