how to start a NGO ?

Establish a Purpose/Vision/Goals. This is the most basic step you can take when founding an NGO, as it allows you to determine the purpose of the organization. At this point, it is recommended that you simply put pen to paper and start writing a statement that describes what the NGO does, what its values are, and who its target audience is.

Set Up Your Board of Directors. Though an NGO is a charitable organization, to be successful it needs to be run as a business, with clearly defined goals and financial parameters. For this, you need to establish a board of directors, recruiting seasoned professionals – even for an initial short term – with expertise in management, legal issues, fundraising, human resources, and technology.

Retain Legal Expertise. At least initially, you will be faced with many tasks best undertaken by a lawyer, such as registering the NGO, filing articles of incorporation, filing reports, dealing with tax issues, and securing licenses.

Choose a Name. Before deciding on a name for your NGO, make sure you research other similar organizations to see what names they have chosen to best describe the work they do. Even if your favorite name is already gone, you will generate ideas from the experience and soon find the perfect name is waiting in the shadows.

Draft Articles of Incorporation. Another task for your chief legal counsel, creating the articles of incorporation provides a legal description of the organization and grants power to the board. The articles specify the name of the NGO, its purpose and mission, statement declaring its non-profit status, where it is located, the number of board members and their names, the extent of personal liability, whether the NGO has capital stock (in most cases, no), and how long the NGO is expected to function (often simply described as “everlasting”).

Draft Bylaws. These simply state the responsibility of the NGO itself, including information such as purpose or mission, the registered office of the organization, members, qualifications, and lengths of membership, the size of the board of directors and its responsibilities, how board meetings will be run, committee structure, and officer duties.

Register Your NGO. In most cases, an NGO is registered in its local country or seat of government. Often, government offices have staffs who handle NGO registrations, and this is the best place to start to learn about the registration process.

Hold Your First Board of Directors Meeting. What happens at the kick-off meeting for the board? The board will usually adopt the bylaws, establish officers, committees, and discuss early projects the NGO may want to focus on.

Find an Accounting System. From the earliest days of running an NGO, you must establish a transparent accounting system that records where funding comes from, and how it is used. In this case, transparent means your accounting records are open for public scrutiny, and you have nothing to hide.

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