Effect Of Financial Management Policies On The Sustainability Of NGOs

This study is focused on NGOs that are operating in the livelihood’s category and specific focus is on the Traditional Irrigation and Environmental Development Organization (TIP) in Tanzania. This study was set out to investigate the effect of donor driven financial policies on sustainability of TIP and projects implemented by TIP. The assessed independent variables related to internal control, procurement, governance structures, management, policy environment, ICT, accounting procedures and budgeting, reporting and auditing systems have generally fallen into two parts: i) a moderate risk assessment in the relevant area with some capacity enhancement required to improve capability and ii) low to moderately low risk assessment in the relevant area with little to no capacity enhancement required to improve capability. Finally, several recommendations to improve TIP’s performance towards its sustainability are proposed.