CHECKLIST OF FORMING A NGO

CHECKLIST OF FORMING A NGO BY MOHIT CHAPRANA (CEO, LIVEUPX PVT. LTD.)

Not only politicians and big business owners can form a NGO to help tye needy peoples but we programmers and developers can also do the same and help the people at our levels.

Here is the check list for forming a NGO, hope it will help you:

• Get a board portal for storing all founding documents and collaborating with new board members
• Write the Articles of Incorporation (Registration of NGO)
• Write your bylaws
• File Federal IRS Form 1023
• If state requires, file state-level tax exemption forms for 501(c)(3)
• Write mission and vision statements
• Write a business plan
• Do you have or need a fiscal sponsor?
• Identify source of start-up funds
• Make decision about office space
• Prepare a Budget for utilities
• Finalize your place/office
• Purchase initial office supplies
• Hire staff
• Obtain necessary permits, certifications, etc.
• Where will you get funds to sustain the organization?
• Identify ways to measure the impact of your nonprofit
• Set up an organizational structure with designated terms for board directors
• Set up a one-year and a three-year budget
• Develop a marketing plan
• Plan and launch the first fundraising event
• Make a resource development plan
• Establish community partnerships
• Recruit and train volunteers
• Write basic ethics, conflict of interest and whistleblower policies
• Hold your first board meeting
• Do everything on paper (on in digital form, as everything is in digital form,. Many NGOs are using NMS (NGO, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)

THINGS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL OF GETTING FUNDS

Registration certificates
– Tax clearance certificates & other legal approvals (if any)
– Names, affiliation and qualifications of officers and Board of Directors
– Audited financial statements for last completed fiscal year
– Need assessment/baseline survey report
– List of other current funding sources
– CVs of key personnel
– Layout plan of building (if funding is requested for construction also)
– Copy of organization’s policies/by-laws