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NGO governance and institutional resilience: Board oversight, risk, reserves, funding concentration and governance maturity, with free books, videos and tools. Open the Institutional Governance page →
Lessons from two decades in governance, finance and institutional strengthening — on why the organisations that survive a crisis are the ones that built governance before they needed it.
On whether social-impact organisations are adopting AI and digital tools faster than they're developing the governance to manage them — accountability, data protection and Board oversight of technology risk.
A look at the eight areas under Pillar 1 — board skills, independence, composition, diversity, evaluation — and why "we have the skills" is different from "we have assessed whether we have the skills, and can demonstrate it."
On why funding concentration is a resilience risk that Boards should formally monitor — and when donor diversification should become a strategic priority.
A companion piece on why resilient institutions aren't simply the ones compliant today — they're the ones that have built the capability to remain compliant as circumstances change: assign responsibility → establish controls → monitor compliance → maintain evidence → escalate exceptions → provide oversight.
The first IGMA™ Governance Insights edition, on building more resilient, trusted institutions rather than treating governance as a box-ticking exercise.
"Mission without systems becomes fragile. Systems without mission become irrelevant. Sustainable institutions require both." Includes a practical Leadership Q&A section on institutional fragility, financial resilience and balancing mission ambition with financial reality.
A short story about leadership, finance, governance and the institution we leave behind — free to read online in full, from The Resilient Institution.
Read online free: The Architecture of Resilience → · also on Substack and Medium
The story behind starting the book series — the first two titles under a shared thesis on trust, governance and sustainable impact.
A checklist asks "do you have a policy?" A maturity assessment asks whether it's current, implemented, embedded in decision-making — and what evidence demonstrates that.
Five observations from implementing an evidence-based Governance Maturity Assessment — on why governance frameworks define governance, but governance behaviour determines maturity.
Peer benchmark data (directional, not representative — based on 14 NGO assessments) showing strong correlations between Financial Stewardship and both Stakeholder Trust (0.92) and Operational Excellence (0.91) — and why a weakness in one pillar can weaken the others.
FCRA governance and compliance for Indian NGOs: Board oversight, internal controls, cost allocation and audit readiness, with free videos and assessment toolkits. Open the FCRA Governance page →
FCRA Amendment Rules 2026 explained for NGOs: purpose and State-wise registration, FC-6F by June 2027, key functionaries, ultimate donors and FC-4 changes.
Compliance is the outcome; assurance is confidence that the system producing that outcome is working. On the difference between meeting FCRA requirements today and having the institutional capability to keep meeting them tomorrow.
Watch the related webinar → · Related: IGMA™ FCRA Governance Assessment Toolkit →
A framework for tracing foreign contributions from donor to expenditure to evidence — and why the real governance test is whether Programme, Finance, Compliance, Management and the Board can reliably connect those records under one control framework.
A poll on FCRA governance priorities returned zero votes for Board Oversight — prompting a look at why organisations often correct compliance symptoms rather than the governance weakness that allowed them to occur.
Findings from the IGMA™ FCRA Governance Quick Scan, looking at where FCRA-registered boards are compliant on paper but exposed in practice.
On overseas payments by Indian NGOs — arguing that the real governance question is not the remittance itself, but the oversight behind it.
The Strategic CFO for NGOs and mission-driven organisations: the CFO role, Board reporting, budgeting, cash flow, restricted funds and financial resilience. Open the The Strategic CFO page →
50 practical questions across Strategic Finance, Governance & Trust, Institutional Resilience, Compliance & Risk, Technology & AI, and CFO Leadership — designed as a working reference for challenging existing practice, not a one-time read.
Now live on Amazon — future books and practical insights on governance, strategic finance, CFO leadership and institutional resilience will be published there.
Launched a professional LinkedIn community for people building financially strong, well-governed, future-ready social-impact institutions — a space for practical questions, not promotion.