Prioritization of Issues
3.0 PRIORITIZATION OF ISSUES
For the recent years, The Salvation Army has been facing several significant problems. As the non-profit organization upholds its mission to “preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination”, problems and issues arose which threatens the sustainability of the non-profit organization. Striving to retain its identity as a religious organization and not merely as a charitable institution, they have been confronted with the following issues:
1. FUNDING: Raising funds and its proper utilization and allocation
As with any non-profit organization, funding is the highest priority since it is the lifeblood of the entity. Funds are accumulated and dispensed to support its activities which satisfy their objective as a non-profit organization. But as donations are merely from the liberality of the donors, their receipts are contingent which threatens the ability to carry on with its mission. Non-profits generally have to prove its worth to the society in order to obtain its means to survive. As The Salvation Army’s range of services to the community is expanding and a wider range of communities are being dealt with, obtaining funds and properly exhausting it has been their primary focus.
As conveyed in their 2006 Statement of Activities, revenues from contributions are decreasing heavily due to the constraints imposed by the government in the donation of bequests and devices. As barriers like this appears which would bring adverse effects on the revenues of the organization, it needs to rely on other sources of revenue to suffice its duties and commitments. With this, those entrusted with the support of the community are called upon to be good stewards in utilizing and allocating their scarce resource to activities that would foster the well-being of the community at large. By way of effectively and efficiently exhausting their reserves, non-profit organizations are able to sustain its existence
For the recent years, The Salvation Army has been facing several significant problems. As the non-profit organization upholds its mission to “preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination”, problems and issues arose which threatens the sustainability of the non-profit organization. Striving to retain its identity as a religious organization and not merely as a charitable institution, they have been confronted with the following issues:
1. FUNDING: Raising funds and its proper utilization and allocation
As with any non-profit organization, funding is the highest priority since it is the lifeblood of the entity. Funds are accumulated and dispensed to support its activities which satisfy their objective as a non-profit organization. But as donations are merely from the liberality of the donors, their receipts are contingent which threatens the ability to carry on with its mission. Non-profits generally have to prove its worth to the society in order to obtain its means to survive. As The Salvation Army’s range of services to the community is expanding and a wider range of communities are being dealt with, obtaining funds and properly exhausting it has been their primary focus.
As conveyed in their 2006 Statement of Activities, revenues from contributions are decreasing heavily due to the constraints imposed by the government in the donation of bequests and devices. As barriers like this appears which would bring adverse effects on the revenues of the organization, it needs to rely on other sources of revenue to suffice its duties and commitments. With this, those entrusted with the support of the community are called upon to be good stewards in utilizing and allocating their scarce resource to activities that would foster the well-being of the community at large. By way of effectively and efficiently exhausting their reserves, non-profit organizations are able to sustain its existence