This course starts by putting the financial health assessment process in context and identifying key risks and challenges of a NGO partner organization by performing a due diligence review. From there you’ll focus on analyzing financial statements, financial resilience, and partner reviews. Moving from theory to practice, you’ll work through all you’ve learned with a hands-on, real-life case study.
After completing the training, you will have NGO templates, tips, and a toolkit to make decisions confidently.
What you will learn
Perform a “due diligence” review for a partner organization, using a checklist approach to identify key risks, conclusions, and actions
Understand financial management challenges facing partners, along with the consequences and risks for program implementation
Describe financial management models and assessment frameworks
List financial roles and responsibilities for governing body members and the signs of weak financial governance
Analyze audited financial statements, including the auditor’s opinion and financial ratios
Prepare for and conduct a partner site visit to assess finance systems and practices.
How you will learn
Format
Self-led
Effort
3 hrs/per week
Duration
4 Weeks
Certificate
Digital
Humentum’s self-guided, flexible online trainings provide hands-on learning through engaging videos, assignments, and readings. Participants can connect and engage with peers around the world, all while an expert facilitator is available to answer your questions. The platform is user-friendly and available for a set duration, allowing learners to work at their own pace. Each week, new modules become available as you earn points by completing tasks like watching videos, reviewing resources, and interacting with others.
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Who should attend
Program and finance staff in NGOs and funding agencies whose role includes assessing potential and existing partner organizations’ financial capacity to manage project funds.
If you’re still not sure if this course is right for you, feel free to contact usand we can help!
Meet your facilitators
Hilda Hakiza
Associate Trainer/Consultant, Uganda
Rob Hayes
Associate Trainer/Consultant, UK
Sareta Thomas
Associate Trainer/Consultant, South Africa
Agenda
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Module 1
Module 1
We set the scene with an overview of what’s coming up over the five-week course.
Introduction
The partner assessment process
What you need to conduct an effective review
Good practice principles and frameworks
Financial governance – What to look for
Practical: Introducing the case study
Module 2
A first look at the desk review and a chance for you to review financial statements.
Desk Review: Financial Accountability
Preparing for the desk review
Financial reports – Where the figures come from
All about financial reserves
Analyzing partners’ audited financial statements
The auditors’ report
Practical: Reviewing the financial statements
Module 3
We continue to look at the desk review and financial resilience.
Desk Review: Financial Resilience
Systems review checklists
Overview of financial sustainability
Assessing income diversity and donor dependency
Reviewing cost recovery policies
Budget monitoring and donor reporting reviews
Practical: Assessing financial resilience
Module 4
The focus switches to the on-site review and what that means in terms of people, culture and systems.
On-Site Review: People, Culture and Systems
Partner site visits – When and how?
Assessing internal risks and signs of fraud
Deciding when further action is needed
Capacity building options
Practical: Conclusions and risk assessment
Module 5
We share helpful bonus materials that you can use in your own organization.
Next Steps
Bonus materials
Top tips summary
Review and action planning
Practical: Summary and funding decision
Pricing and Discounts
Type
Discount
Humentum Member
10%
Groups of five or more
15%
I will use what I have learned in this course to understand the financial health of my grantees and be able to assess and support them better, especially in building their funding base through proper financing strategies and financial systems. The support I got from [the trainers] was so amazing. I enjoyed exploring the course content immensely.
Agnes Hanti Ndossi OSIEA
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