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 Your
non-profit board, as a steward of public trust, is accountable for how
funds are raised, spent and accounted for. Your board's actions related
to its fiscal responsibility can be guided by a code of ethics. The Canadian
Centre for Philanthropy has designed the "Ethical Fundraising &
Financial Accountability Code" to help charitable organizations manage
their funds with care and integrity.
To learn more about ethical fundraising
and financial accountability, you are going on a scavenger hunt!
- Link to the Ethical
Fundraising & Financial Accountability Code (NOTE: this page
will open in a separate browser window to allow you to see both the
Code and this quiz at the same time) and search for the answers to the
following questions.
- Then come back to this page to reveal
your booty! (In providing your answers, please attempt to use the exact
language used in the Code -- HINT: you can cut and paste text from the
CPP page into the answer box.)
| Who
establishes the accounting principles and standards upon which charity's
annual financial reports should be based? |
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| Can a charity sell
its donor list? (Yes or No) |
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| The charity's board
should be informed of the number, type and disposition of complaints
received from donors about issues that are addressed in the Ethical
Fundraising & Financial Accountability Code at least how often? |
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| Are donors entitled
to receive the organization's most recent annual report, financial
statements and names of the board members upon request? (Yes or
No) |
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| Are gifts of services
and volunteer time eligible for charitable receipts? (Yes or No) |
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| Your organization
decides that it will not issue charitable receipts for donations
less that $15.00. Is it breaking the Ethical Fundraising & Financial
Accountability Code? (Yes or No) |
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| For what value
should a charitable receipt be issued in the case of a non-monetary
gift or "gift-in-kind"? |
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| Must donors' requests
for anonymity and confidentiality be respected? (Yes or No) |
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| Is it ethical to
pay fundraisers commissions? (Yes or No) |
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| What percentage
of receipted donations must charities generally spend on charitable
activities? |
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Were you able to collect all the loot? If not, go back and
review the Ethical
Fundraising & Financial Accountability Code and your board's
fiscal responsibility.
If so, you are ready to explore your board's human
resources accountabilities.
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