Non-Profit Management Professional Program

Program Guide

• The Certified Non-Profit Organizations Management Professional program aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to manage and lead nonprofits effectively and efficiently.
• Understand the historical development of non-profit organizations in Saudi Arabia.
• Analyze the current situation and key statistics of the non-profit sector.
• Assess the social impact and the role of non-profit institutions in community development.
• Navigate the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern nonprofits.
• Apply ethical principles and address ethical dilemmas in the management of non-profit organizations.
• Develop effective strategies for recruiting, managing, and retaining volunteers.
• Create and implement strategic plans for non-profit organizations.
• Enhance leadership and management skills tailored to nonprofits.
• Promote cooperation and partnerships between different sectors.
• Apply change management principles for organizational sustainability.
• Understand governance structures and best practices in nonprofits.
• Define and adjust the mission, vision, and organizational goals.
• Use key performance indicators (KPIs) and key performance drivers (KPDs) to manage performance.
• Apply financial management techniques, including budgeting, asset management, and fundraising.
• Conduct a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis to measure social impact.
• Plan, develop, and write successful proposals for funding.
• Design and evaluate effective programs for nonprofits based on community needs.
• Implement monitoring, evaluation, and quality improvement processes in the operations of non-profit organizations.
• The target group includes executives and leaders in nonprofits.
• Also included are employees working in the non-profit sector with a certified practitioner, professionals interested in joining the non-profit sector, and social advisors and investors who work with nonprofits.

Trainee Guidelines

• Preparation is key to getting the most out of the "Certified Non-Profit Organizations Management Professional" course.
• Recommended guidelines include active participation, utilizing available resources, taking notes, and asking questions.
• Collaboration with colleagues, critical thinking, and seeking feedback are also encouraged.
• Time commitment, respect for schedules, and continuous communication with instructors is essential.
• This course offers a great chance to develop skills and knowledge, maximizing coaching experience to become a leader in the nonprofit industry.

Unit One Objectives

• Interpret the historical development and current landscape of non-profit organizations in Saudi Arabia.
• Analysis of the social impact of non-profit organizations on community development and social welfare.
• Define the legal and regulatory frameworks governing non-profit organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Apply ethical principles and best practices in managing the operations of non-profit organizations.
• Develop effective strategies for recruiting, managing, and retaining volunteers.

Unit One Sections

• Overview of the Non-Profit Sector in Saudi Arabia.
• The importance and role of non-profit organizations in society.
• Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Non-Profit Organizations.
• Ethical Considerations in the Non-Profit Sector.
• Volunteering within the Non-Profit Sector.

Deadlock Activity - Who are you on the nonprofit team?

• Role: Share a story where you led a project, initiative, or team in your organization, and explain how your leadership made a difference.
• Paddlers: Describe a situation where your dedication and efforts were essential to achieving a significant outcome for your organization.
• Fisherman (Strategist): Share a story about how you identified a key partnership, funding opportunity, or strategy that significantly impacted your organization's success.
• Analyst: Give an example of how you can contribute to data analysis in decision-making or improve the impact of an organization.
• Volunteer: Share a story about how your volunteer efforts have contributed significantly to a project or initiative.
• Enjoying: Talk about how you maintain morale in your team, and share an example of how you can help your team through a difficult time.

1. 1 Historical background and development

• Trainees should be able to describe the origins of non-profit organizations in Saudi Arabia.
• Trainees should be able to identify the main milestones in the development of the non-profit sector.
• Trainees should be able to analyze the impact of historical developments on the current landscape of nonprofits.
• Non-profit organizations in Saudi Arabia have deep cultural and religious roots, with charitable giving integral to Islamic teachings.
• In the early twentieth century, charitable work was community-based, led by mosques or religious institutions.
• The 60s and 70s marked crucial years with the establishment of first charities legally accepted to raise funds for poverty alleviation, education, and healthcare.
• The Saudi Red Crescent Society in 1963 was a milestone in institutionalizing the sector, providing essential healthcare.
• The non-profit sector in Saudi Arabia saw major growth in the nineties, fueled by increased government support and growing social awareness.
• Since 2016, Vision 2030 aims to diversify the Kingdom's economy and recognizes the importance of the non-profit sector to achieve social and economical goals.
• Milestones include the establishment of the Saudi Red Crescent Society in 1963.
• Also key is the Ministry of Social Affairs instrumental in supporting charities, growth in the nineties with increased public interest, and the Vision 2030 reform with the establishment of the National Center for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector.
• The contemporary non-profit sector in Saudi Arabia is structural, diverse and directional.
• By 2023, the total number of registered nonprofits in Saudi Arabia had risen to more than 2,500.
• Specialization is a prominent trend and there is focus on best practices for governance, management, and fundraising.
• There is increased pressure to measure and demonstrate the value of nonprofit activities with data and evidence of contributions to society.
• Online platforms are expanding nonprofit engagement, with increased use of online tools due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The sector in Saudi Arabia has evolved since its beginning and is an active player in country socio-economic development.

1. 2 Current status and key statistics

• The non-profit sector in Saudi Arabia is growing and transforming, due to the Vision 2030 plan.
• There are now more than 2,500 non-profit organizations registered in Saudi Arabia across diverse sectors, generating hundreds of millions in annual revenues.
• The sector employs more than 70,000 people. More than half a million people volunteer.
• Approximately 3.5 billion SAR in donations were given to Saudi Arabia, indicating increased public and corporate support.
• More than 500,000 people volunteered in 2022, totaling about 20 million hours.
• In 2022, nonprofits reached more than 10 million people with services in healthcare, education and social services.

Trends and patterns within the nonprofit sector

• The nonprofit sector in Saudi Arabia is currently being influenced by increase in professionalism.
• Influence through digital transformation with organizations using range of digital platforms and tools to support fundraising, volunteer management, and service delivery.
• Focus on measuring impact with data and evidence used to tell their stories and attract funding from donors
• Partnerships are becoming more common in the sector with organizations now collaborating with other nonprofits, government agencies, and private sector entities

2. 1 Social impact of nonprofits

• Evaluation of nonprofit contributions to social welfare, focusing on measurable outcomes.
• Nonprofits play a vital role in shaping communities, promoting sustainable development, and improving the quality of life.
• Key areas include poverty alleviation. Saudi Food Bank plays a pivotal role to combat food insecurity distributing food surpluses to low-income households. One million plus meals distributed in 2022.
• Many nonprofits focus on improving health outcomes.
• Nonprofits promote access to education, offering scholarships and training.
• The Princes Trust in Saudi Arabia empowers youths by providing training and resources which contribute to addressing the unemployment problems in the society.
• Nonprofits participate in activities aimed at social cohesion such as cultural programs, community parks etc.
• Many nonprofits use KPIs to evaluate their results.
• Social Return on Investment analysis helps measure financial and social value.

2. 2 Nonprofits and community development

• Nonprofits play a role in promoting community growth and addressing local needs through diverse initiatives.
• Nonprofits mobilize financial, human, and material resources to meet community needs.
• The Red Crescent mobilizes volunteers providing basic services and humanitarian assistance.
• Advocacy is an essential role for nonprofits in raising awareness of social issues, acting as voices. Eg Al-Nahda advocate for women’s rights and empowerment
• Nonprofit educational initiatives empower individuals through various training, scholarship, and workshop programs supporting personal and community growth.
• Nonprofit often plays a critical role in meeting public health needs. Eg breast awareness has increased more awareness and early detection of breast cancer resulting in overall health improvement.
• King Khalid Foundation has participated in many initiatives which have addressed the needs of the society regarding education and work.
• King Khalid Foundation’s Employment Pathway project has helped create employment opportunities for more the 1000 unemployed people with their training and skill development programs, improving the local economy
• In its latest report, the Food Bank has reported providing 5 million meals over the year significantly reducing hunger and strengthening communities.
• the programs have helped thousand of women access the skills needed to succeed which has resulted in impacting household income and communities.
• Community partnership: working Local business with other parties has been proven to have the scope and effectiveness through joined programs.
• Impact assessment and data use: using data accurately measure with regular evaluations can ensure guidance for resource allocation and decision making.
• Community engagements actively involved in setting and implementation of any project. All levels stake holders will be engaged and make sure to consider there concern and needs.
• Finance solutions; Finance solutions ensure to diversify different long impact pathways from exploring new funding sources such grant, partnership all make up it

3. 1 Understand legal requirements

• Trainee should be able to define the law and requirement governing non profits operations within Saudi Arabia.
• Compliance requirement need to be follow when report obligation are in place.
• Mobility with the operations legal environment will ensure accountability and support all stake holder related matters.
• Law of association and NGO (2016) is main law which determine the process of establishing and compliance with national and standards that are all in line with the Non profit objective and requirements:
• All non profitable organization need to make sure that they registers with human resources and social development.
• Governance stricture imposition on directors and boards to make sure accountability is taking.
• Charity Find Law this law was put in placed to manage operation with all financial aspects. This law regulate all access of resources and financial reporting.
• Non profit must maintain all detailing in records and statement to enhance all transaction for transparency.
• If mismanage occur it will result in fines and dissolution
• Anti-money Laundering(AML)Law: the law need to prevent and detect money laundering
• Must report and include all transaction and make sure its been tracked.
• Data protection will ensure to regulated all the data and handled all sensitive resources for every parties involved.
• Registration make sure with all authorities for compliance, all operation standards are in places.
• Auditing: regular evaluate with law.
• reporting: submission annual financial report, explaining financial situations in the organization.
• Best practices, compliance and mngmt will support all non profit.

3. 2 Dealing with organizational challenges

• Non-profits are important, especially as the sector of it is growing so rapidly, as are ensuring efficacy and sustainability along the way of operations.
• With the legal framework, it ensures transparency, moral and accountability for all resources.
• Non profits have the need to be register with Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD)
• Fails in meeting requirement and delays will end disrupting process to the overall organizations.
• Regulation will maintain documentation over every source to expenditure funds
• There are strict rules with labor/employment; must obey by all the rules.

Effective Compliance Strategies

• Establishing a compliance team: Team is important for regulatory. Responsible for all that is met and issues and provide with training as well.
• Routine Audit and evaluations: Focus on Financial practices must ensure they comply requirements will improve areas for practices.
• Use legal advice: legal counseling is a valuable instrument for legal needs, complex laws, and strategies.
• Training & Capacity Building: consistent learning which improves awareness and training related matters for Non profits.
• policies /procedure, in line with needs regulations will improve compliance with financial mngmt

4. 1 Ethical principles and standards

• Ethics is the foundation for good relationship, credibility in organizations in Saudi Arabia. This will ensure all expectations are always in a positive light.
• integrity /honesty: Non profits needs to be more factual with all stake holders
• Needs to respect and be fair to with culture beliefs in the community
• Transparency / accountability: All should align with expectations
• Ethical Funding: This will make that exploitation be avoided.
• Public and the social needs that the all serve community. Incompatibility need to be led negative.
• Organizations have an social obligation to work in a good environment and protect any economic status

Best practices for solving ethical issues

• In solving Ethical issues must prioritize values, mission and organization. With what best practice can help achieve goals.

Ethical frameworks

• Provides basic with solving dilemmas by always clearly ensure this
• Organization codes/ values/ ethical problems

5. 1 Recruitment and management of volunteers

• Understanding expectations for volunteers to help develop strategy.
• To communicate with goals, with also there interest.
• Volunteering is part of the Islam practice.
• Communications should be conveyed effectively with the benefits and objectives to show team. Must customize that communication for every segment

Building a more effective and engaging recruiting platform. There different effective strategies can be utilized.

• Understand motivation (volunteer): different background skills all give back to there passions
• Craft messages, for engagement through attracting. Communication mission/ impact , benefit
• Use effective multi channels: effectively with traditional channels, community events marketing,
• partnership company relationship to provide more oppurutinities through CSR
• Volunteer Friendly/ offer oppurtunities flexibitily should be there and roles that skills/ interests.

Volunteer management retention

• Structure / onboard with orientation of value mission this ensures the comfortability to contribute.

• Ongoing mentorship to support the organization.

• Building strong relationship that feel connection/sense of community and create with team work this will ensure all volunteers work for the company to foster all support relationship / and retain committment.

• Flexbiltity Independence with schedules and will feel that the work is under control. Providing unique creativity that increase content.

• Volunteer recognitions: should recognize every party . regularly to assist those through certificates and awards.

5. 2 Impact and recognition of volunteers

• It is essential for organization for them to measure the impact and the process of recognizing. To measure impact

Key to a strategy is

• That it gives stakeholders justification process in program of the value to achieve its goals
• The common indicator in sector must be followed (Number served/Hours volunteered) Quantitative impact helps see the impact for each numbers that they made in the results that they display . To continue what they are doing

With all combined make great impact, more community impact, and more engagement helps the organization do a lot more.