KnowHow NonProfit glossary

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 Nonprofit By carolinecopeman

NonProfit includes registered charities as well as social enterprises, co-ops, mutual societies, churches, politcal parties, campaigning organsations.

 Support provider By carolinecopeman

Those people and organisations that provide support to frontline third sector organisations to help them to be more effective in their work (for example, Councils for voluntary service (CVSs), Sub-regional and regional networks, organisations supporting particular sub-sectors, independent consultants etc.)

 Social change By carolinecopeman

Changes outside of an organisation, including in the political, social, economic and technological spheres. Social change can be described in terms of individual and related ‘drivers’

 Third Sector Organisation (TSO) By carolinecopeman

An organisation within the third sector, for example a charity, voluntary organisation, social enterprise or community group

 Third Sector By carolinecopeman

The group of organisations that exist between the state, the market and the family, sometimes described as civil society or the voluntary and community sector.

 Driver By carolinecopeman

Major forces or trends that could (positively or negatively) shape or influence the future of your organisation. Drivers have a complex relationship with each other; some drivers are an outcome of others. Some are reasonably predictable; some are uncertain.

 Trustee By carolinecopeman

In legal terms, the holder of property in trust on behalf of beneficiaries. For most voluntary and community organisations, trustees are board members with defined duties of governance under the constitution; the persons having the general control and direction of a charity. A trustee may also be called a ‘management committee member’ or similar.

 Sustainability By carolinecopeman

The ability or facility to remain robust and last into the longer term: continuing to exist and being maintained at a defined level of strength indefinitely.

 Strategy By carolinecopeman

A way of mobilising an organisation in its direction of travel: setting direction, analysing what the organisation needs to do, planning, implementing, and evaluating the plan.

 Statutory body By carolinecopeman

An institution empowered by the state through legislation to establish policy, regulate, fund, and provide services.