Archive for February 10th, 2010

Donors’ Expectations on Reporting

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

 donors rights to nonprofits

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Donors should request from the nonprofit the goals, objectives and outcomes expected of the funds from the donor.

Donors should request from the nonprofit the outcomes expected of the use of the funds.

Donors should require nonprofit outcomes of the funding to be measurable and clearly defined.

Donors should require a nonprofit to be able to report an accounting of the donated funds.

Nonprofits should be willing to publicly post outcomes and track the use of funds, especially if the donor has given thousands of dollars. 

However, nonprofits should by nature be more public in their detail to adequately promote their successes and needs.