management resources for community media

Financial Responsibilities of Not-for-Profit Boards - PDF
Designed to be used by board members, this book will guide you through the maze of financial management. It transforms a confusing list of numbers into helpful information. The financial responsibilities of a not-for-profit organization are clarified. Budgets, book keeping and reading the financial statements format.

Produced for the Board Development Program of the government of Alberta, Canada. 92pp - PDF

Civicus: Financial Controls and Accountability

This toolkit provides an introduction for the non-financial manager or leader on controlling the finances of the organisation in such a way that the organisation can be held financially accountable. It looks at the basics of a good bookkeeping system, at the importance of having financial policies and how to develop them. It also spells out the role of key structures in financial control and accountability, making a distinction between the Board and the CEO of the organisation. There is a section dealing with the annual external audit, and several examples to illustrate the financial control tools dealt with in the toolkit. The whole toolkit is geared towards enabling a non-financial manager or leader to manage the finances in an informed and competent way.

Civicus: Contrôle et responsabilité financières

Civicus: Control financiero y reponsabilidad

Mango: Financial management for NGOs manual
Designed to accompany a course on financial management for NGOs, this manual explains the key concepts of basic NGO financial management.

Chapters include:

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CIVICUS Better Communications and Planning Toolkits

CIVICUS has produced a range of toolkits to enable organisations to improve their capacity in a number of communication and planning areas. From learning how to write a funding proposal to developing more effective action planning skills, the toolkits provide many useful tips and ideas to help strengthen organisations.

Many of the toolkits are available in English, French & Spanish.

- Writing Effectively & Powerfully
- Writings Within Your Organisation
- Producing Your Own Media ? ? (Word) or (PDF)
- Handling the Media
- Promoting Your Organisation
- Planning Overview
- Action planning
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Strategic Planning
- Developing a Financing Strategy
- Financial Controls and Accountability
- Writing a Funding Proposal
- Budgeting

Budgeting - PDF, Budget examples - PDF
This toolkit provides guidelines on how to go about developing and monitoring a budget. It will help you with an 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.

Also in Word - Budgeting - Examples

La budgetisation (en deux parties): Premiere partie (Word) ou (PDF)
La budgetisation (et deuxieme partie): (Word) ou (PDF)

Elaboración de un presupuesto (Parte 1) (Word) o (PDF)
Elaboración de un presupuesto (Parte 2) (Word) o (PDF)

Developing a Financing Strategy - PDF
In this toolkit you will find:

A discussion about why there is a need for a financing strategy.

Information about what is required for a successful financing strategy (Prerequisites for a successful financing strategy). This contains ideas about what you need to put in place in your organisation in order to be able to plan a successful financing strategy. You will need to think about the basics of planning, budgeting, financial systems, your public image and values clarification.

A description of a number of strategic options for financing your organisation, including donor funding, earned income, member fees, fundraising from the general public, investments and careful spending.

Some ideas for preparing a strategy document.

Some ideas for making the strategy work.

Also in Word

Développer une stratégie financiere (Word) ou (PDF)

Desarrollo de una estrategia financiera (Word) o (PDF)