Listing an NGO

GiveIndia has developed a set of listing criteria, which are used to determine whether or not an organisation is eligible to be listed  on our site. These include the Credibility Alliance Norms. The Credibility Alliance norms are gradually becoming  an "industry standard" for the non-profit sector in India. These require NGOs to make several disclosures about their Board members, governance and financials and also document certain policies to institutionalise good practices.

The Credibility Alliance is a national consortium of non-profit organizations, set up in 2004 to establish a consensus-driven set of "credibility norms" for the voluntary sector in India.

This note outlines the due diligence process we follow for listing NGOs.

We have been refining this process periodically, ever since we started in April 2000 and have strived to make the process 100 percent transparent and objective.

Stage I

This is when an NGO approaches us or we make the first contact. We send the NGO our listing criteria and a sample MoU.  We inform them of our listing (Rs. 7500) and annual renewal fees (Rs. 5,000). The idea is to share upfront what they have to comply with  before the process starts. If the NGO believes it fulfills our requirements, it needs to fill the Listing Request form and email it to us.

The NGO may or may fulfill all our listing criteria. If the criteria are not fulfilled, the NGO can come back to us after complying or we help them meet the norms by heling them draft policies etc.

Stage II

Once we receive the Listing Request from the NGO, we send them the Stage II forms. These consist of:

Section A - Organisational Information Form

Section B - Donation Options Form

Section C - Financial Information Form

Section D - Additional Information Form (for NGOs with FCRA)

Section E - Board Certification Form

The NGO fills out these forms and emails them to us. They also send us the listing fees of Rs7,500 as a Mumbai payable cheque or Demand draft.

We examine the forms and email the NGO with any clarifications we might have. Once all clarifications are done, we prepare dummy feedback reports which the NGO needs to fill. This helps the NGO to understand our donor reporting format. After our feedback team approves of the dummy reports we ask the NGO to send us hard copies of the forms and documents for the appraisals.

Appraisals

We audit all the forms and documents submitted by the NGO. The NGO submits an undertaking in case they do not fulfill our annual report requirements. They give a similar undertaking in case Notes to Accounts are not part of their audited financials.

Selection letter and MoU

After the appraisals are complete, we send the NGO the selection letter and the stamped MoUs for signature by their authorized signatory. The MoUs and a copy of the selection letter are sent back to us. The MoUs are then signed by our authorized signatories and the NGO goes live on our website.

begin the listing process!