Intelligent Giving's Accountability Log

Intelligent Giving and Accountability

This is a place to discuss the Intelligent Giving team's thoughts on how charities could behave more accountably.

Adam, Marijke, Dave and our researchers will publish their thoughts on a regular basis - and they will all be up for debate.

For the results of this discussion, see the main Intelligent Giving website.

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Richard Marsh joined Intelligent Giving's Accountability Log. Leave a Comment for Richard Marsh. 27 Feb

sherif salem joined Intelligent Giving's Accountability Log. Leave a Comment for sherif salem. 21 Feb

David Pitchford joined Intelligent Giving's Accountability Log. Leave a Comment for David Pitchford. 30 Jan

Adam Rothwell added the blog post 'Lessons from the Fundraising Standards Board' 30 Jan

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Lessons from the Fundraising Standards Board

The Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) has found itself being roundly criticized for its first adjudication on a complaint. Third Sector used its weekly editorial to condemn the FRSB's decision; and I have writte… Continue

Posted by Adam Rothwell on 30th January 2008 at 1:12pm — No Comments (Add)

Latest thinking from Keystone

DAVID BONBRIGHT is one of our key accountability advisors. His company, Keystone, has published a raft of guidance on how charities (and other organizations) should behave if they are to be truly accountable. It has a lot to recommend it.

Last week, Marijke and I met with him to discuss our current thinking. We touched on many points. But the key insight from my… Continue

Posted by Adam Rothwell on 30th January 2008 at 9:53am — No Comments (Add)

What is the Accountability Log?

WE WANT TO MEASURE how accountable charities are. We want to do this so we can make our charity profiles (published on our main website) more useful. At the moment, our profiles show how transparent charities are. If they can reflect charities' accountability as well, then the profiles will be more useful.

We began trying to measure accountability in early 2007. We thought it would be a straightforward task; but it has proved to be except… Continue

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