Hello all, because I am largely at a loss for words this week for the blog (a rare event indeed!) I have decided to share some of the thoughts that I wrote about in my organizational assessment paper.
In my conclusion, I built a little upon what Casondra said in her previous post. I think that the accountability aspects of Charity Navigator 2.0 are a positive development, but like Casondra, I am unsure whether nonprofits should be required to report all the forms of effectiveness laid out by Ebrahim and Rangan, or if in fact it is practical for a nonprofit to do so.
I understand that Charity Navigator differentiates between diverse types of nonprofits, but if all nonprofits are required to report all indicators of effectiveness, Charity Navigator might be imposing an unattainable requirements, and might not be truly measuring effectiveness. So, I am on board with accountability requirements, but I think that certain effectiveness reporting tactics are more pertinent to specific types of organizations.
And yes, my title is from The Office, and was uttered by regional manager Michael Scott
ReplyDeleteDann, we are thinking the same as to use our assignment as the topic for our weekly post. I take the NAF´s case to say that Charity Navigator may not be showing to web-visitors (potential donors) the whole spectrum of the effectiveness measurement. I am agree with the fact they use financial data to make ratings, but my position was that they should have include some ratios that would have evidenced more effectiveness such as their program service ratio.
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