Feasibility Study for a Nonprofit Organization in Northwestern St Andrew, Jamaica

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION3

Background of Study3

Significance of Study4

Objectives of Study5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW6

Competing Ways of Meeting Needs6

Food Fortification6

Supplementary Feeding Programs7

Physical Activity Program8

Key Priorities and Values8

SWOT Analysis9

Key Characteristics11

Shareholders11

Multiple Objectives12

Customers' Perceptions12

Culture & Environment13

Development Programs13

Major Products and Services14

Funding Report14

Types of Funding15

Charity and Sponsorship15

Donation16

Patronage16

Dues16

Grant16

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY17

Research Design17

Literature Search Criteria17

Limitations18

CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS18

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION20

Conclusion20

Recommendation21

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of Study

The study is related to feasibility study for a non-profit organization in Northwestern St Andrew, Jamaica. In this context, civil society today is increasingly marked by support active associations. They shall, in the charitable sector, work important for both the public and for the state. Their presence is a counterweight to the company sales and consumption, but their success depends, however, as for-profit organizations, the tool sale in place. In addition, marketing is also involved in this sector, whose philosophy is non-profit wants yet.

It is noteworthy that the control without the knowledge of the marketing audit marketing away from the objective, methodology and tend to improvisation and randomness. Not-for-profit organizations are differentiated from their commercial counterparts in numerous ways. Not-for-profit organizations tend to have multiple stakeholders, and, because there are no shareholders, any profit earned is often reinvested in the organization. Because not-for-profit organizations do not distribute funds to shareholders, and are social enterprises, public sector organizations, or charities, there is a need for transparency in determining how these organizations operate as they are claiming to act in the common good. Accordingly, they have multiple objectives, rather than a simple profit motivation (Vanden, 2003). In addition to this, non-profit organizations are structured bodies created to help with the expression of the goodwill between human beings leading to solidarity between nations. The mission of NPOs is to improve the welfare of people. Globalization, a reality for NPOs, caused organizations to become diverse. People of different origins, religions, races and creed, values, and ethics are required to work effectively together in the same organization. Such diversity of the workforce has challenged the performance of organizations. In addition to diversity of the workforce, administrators of NPOs mobilize resources in a very competitive and unstable environment.

Significance of Study

Non-profit organization and the organization also called not-for-profit. Namely, any organization originally aimed to support the activity or number of activities of public or private without any commercial interest or purpose of profit or advocate or engage in it, activates this form of organizations in the broad areas humanity and the environment and animal protection, education and the arts, health care and social issues and institutions Charity, politics, religion, research, sports and other endeavours.

The evaluation experience with Northwestern St Andrew, Jamaica is emerging, but there is an effort to advance the field. Theoretically there has been progress; there is a conceptualization of assessment and definition of goals and principles. However, Northwestern St Andrew, Jamaica has chosen to explore in the study of the "evaluation". Aims to find practical and theoretical findings made in recent years. This interest reflects a latent need in ...