A Survey of Non-profit Organizations Evaluation Methods

Abstract

Through reviewing the foreign evaluating methods, we recommend the following two kinds of methods and analysis both their advantages and disadvantages: methods that focused on a certain area as well as the comprehensible ones. Among the former one, we further introduce the multi-item scale to measure service quality, the GET (Glass Evaluation Tool) which speculates that an organization with poor internal structure will be less likely to perform sustainably, the method that predicting the financial vulnerability of NPOs, DEA that aims to measure the NPOs' efficiency, as well as the outcome measurement. As to the comprehensive methods, we introduce financial analysis method, the balanced-scored card in detail, including the rationale of each method, how to establish the model, how to apply it in the real world, how to test its effectiveness, and also what we should notice while using it. The aim of this paper is to provide some new idea for the NPOs evaluation theory as well as practice in China.

A SBM-DEA based performance evaluation and optimization for social organizations participating in community and home-based elderly care services

“…Achievements of performance management of home-based care are mainly reflected in whether the funds such as operator investment, government subsidies, operating income and social donations are effectively utilized to achieve the balance of income and expenditure, and the above investment is transformed into social benefits through operation [ 77 ]. Meanwhile, the home-based care itself must have a certain source of funds for its service team training, service facilities construction, service content provision, etc [ 79 ]. Therefore, financial management dimension evaluation indicators can be identified from the sources of funds and the financial situation.…”

“…provision, etc [79]. Therefore, financial management dimension evaluation indicators can be identified from the sources of funds and the financial situation.…”

Prediction Model as Sustainability Tool for Assessing Financial Status of Non-Profit Organizations in the Slovak Republic

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