For strategic non-financial support, it is essential to distinguish what the services are for? And for whom? Explore our model to understand the four strategic axes, the levels of intervention, and the areas of non-financial support. You can also click on the model to identify practical tools for your organization.
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The SPO has a team committed to generating impact, is open to adapting to
change and has the skills to manage an organization professionally.
The SPO can receive and make efficient and strategic donations and/or investments.
It has a strategic plan or business model to be financially and operationally sustainable.
The SPO generates a real social and environmental change in the population,
on the planet, or interest groups as a result of its actions; and can measure
and manage the impact to replicate or deepen it..
SPO Level: The SPO and its leaders have systemic
thinking; they embrace innovation and adjustments
to accommodate internal change and adapt to the
context. They can interact with the ecosystem and/or
markets to build collaboration or join alliances to
enhance their impact objectives.
The SPO has the managerial capacity to
facilitate the sustainability of the organization;
it has a clear strategy and operational
processes in place, good corporate/organizational
governance, the organizational ability to engage with
the ecosystem and/or access new markets,
and operations and systems to measure and manage
impact.
The SPO has the managerial capacity to
facilitate the sustainability of the organization;
it has a clear strategy and operational
processes in place, good corporate/organizational
governance, the organizational ability to engage with
the ecosystem and/or access new markets,
and operations and systems to measure and manage
impact.
The SPO leaders/founding team are
committed to impact; they have the
leadership and technical capabilities
necessary to move the OPS forward;
they know how to work as a team;
they have a change mindset; they
can interact with the ecosystem and/or
new business partners; and its purposes
and values are aligned with generating
social and environmental impact.
SPO has access to different ecosystems and/or markets that allows it to increase its impact
-- Do the leaders of the organization have an open mindset that allows them to adapt to change?
-- Are the leaders of the organization willing to receive feedback?
-- Can the leaders of the organization identify needs that call for changes or adjustments to the program?
-- Do the leaders of the organization know who to turn to in order to receive feedback on the big changes that need to be made?
-- Does the organization have a mission and vision?
-- Does the organization have a clear, defined operational strategy?
-- Does the organization have a defined business model / value proposition?
-- Does the organization have a work plan that identifies objectives, performance indicators, goals,
activities, and responsibilities for the short and medium term?
-- Does the organization review its operational strategy recurringly to adapt to the changing context?
-- Has the organization identified its risks? Does it have a contingency plan?
-- Does the organization have plans and processes to manage change?
-- Is the organization able to adapt to threats and opportunities as it faces them along the way?
-- Does the organization know how to manage its financial resources?
-- Does the organization perform annual audits?
-- Does the organization know its costs well?
-- Does the organization have a positive cash flow?
-- Does the organization have accounting and financial systems?
-- Does the organization have a fundraising strategy?
-- Does the organization have diversified sources of income?
-- Does the organization have an effective, functional Board of Directors or governing structure?
-- Does the Board of Directors have independent members?
-- Does the organization have clear, transparent internal control systems, processes, and policies?
-- Does the organization meet all the legal and regulatory requirements?
-- Does the organization have an effective, functional Board of Directors or governing structure?
-- Does the Board of Directors have independent members?
-- Does the organization have clear, transparent internal control systems, processes, and policies?
-- Does the organization meet all the legal and regulatory requirements?
-- Does the organization constantly map the main actors of the sector in which it works?
-- Does the organization know how to listen? Does it maintain close relationships with its interest groups? Is it able to identify their needs?
-- Does the organization monitor the trends in the ecosystem surrounding the beneficiary/user/client?
-- Does the organization have a vision for the future direction of the sector?
-- Does the organization systematize lessons learned? Does it receive feedback from its interest groups?
-- Does the team have a variety of complementary managerial competences that
facilitate the sustainability of the organization? (Financial management, good
communication, decision-making, delegating, problem solving, etc.)
-- Does the organization have tools and spaces that facilitate teamwork (for example,
exchange of ideas and information)?
-- Does the organization provide its staff with access to productivity tools?
-- Does the team have broad knowledge of the tools that they can apply to project
design and evaluation?
-- Do the leaders of the organization have a clear vision for the direction that the organization
has to follow? Are they able to convey it to the rest of the team?
-- Do the leaders of the organization know how to bolster and motivate the work team?
-- Does the organization’s team think systemically? Does the team have the ability to put that thinking into action?
-- Does the organization have considerable knowledge and experience in its sector to work on the issue that it tries to solve?
-- Is the team part of networks with similar or complementary organizations to generate synergies?
-- Does the team have the capacity to share knowledge among partner organizations?
-- Does the team have public policy advocacy capacity?
-- Are the leaders of the organization committed to impact?
-- Do the leaders of the organization share the same values with the donor/investor?
-- Do the leaders of the organization have evidence-based innovative thinking?
-- Does the organization know clearly the causes and effects
of the social and environmental issue that it tries to solve?
-- Does the organization have a theory of change? Is it able to
communicate it effectively?
-- Does the organization have collaborative systems and processes
that allow it to design, measure, and manage impact? Does it involve
final beneficiaries in these processes?
-- Does the organization produce and use evidence to make decisions
that allow it to increase its positive impact and reduce its negative impact?
-- Does the organization align its theory of change with a local, national,
and/or international agenda?
-- Does the organization have the capacity to replicate its impact in other
territories or markets?
-- Does the organization try to create and implement a common agenda
alongside other organizations and private and public partners in order to
bring about change?
-- Does the organization establish collaboration processes for data analysis?
Does it publicly share its impact reports? Does it contribute to a transparency
and learning culture?
-- Does the organization have the capacity to establish high-value partnerships?
-- Does the organization have access to connections with potential investors/financers?
-- Does the organization have a process to introduce itself to potential investors or donors?
-- Does the organization have access to the impact ecosystem,
which allows it to establish partnerships and exchange experiences
with peers?
-- Does the organization have access to mentoring with experts and
peers in the businesses/sectors?
-- Does the organization leverage the different actors of the ecosystem?
-- Does the organization have access to networks or other organizations
to access diversified sources of knowledge?
-- Does the organization have access to new markets or populations, which allows it to increase its impact?
-- Does the organization have relevant market information?
-- Does the organization have access to technology that allows it to be productive and bring its mission to life?
-- Does the organization have the necessary workspaces to perform its functions?
-- Does the organization have access to qualified human capital?
-- Does the organization have access to public policy makers?
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