Accountability

What does accountability mean to a nonprofit organization?

What are we accountable for? Who are we accountable to?

Human resources

Financial resources

Mission, goals and outcomes

donors Federal and state authorities

grantors

Our community Our staff and volunteers

Role of strategic planning and evaluation

Mission, goals, outcomes

Programs and services

Resources

•How well are we managing our resources?•Are we being good stewards of our resources?•Do we have enough resources to achieve our mission?

•What programs or services are necessary for us to achieve our mission?•Are our programs and services achieving positive change among those served?

•What are our organizational outcomes?•Are we achieving our goals and mission as an organization?

Strategic Planning and Evaluation

• Cyclical process (listen, plan, do, evaluate)• Learning is inherent in evaluation• Using learning to enhance our work• Alignment between resources, programs and

mission is critical

Discussion

• How are we currently using planning within our organization?

• What issues/ concerns do we have about planning?• How do we connect resources, programs and

outcomes in planning?• Do we evaluate how well we have achieved our plan?• Do we learn from the outcomes of our evaluation?• How are we being accountable to our stakeholders?

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