ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS INFLUENCING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN ISIOLO COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

Financial sustainability is a measure of an organization’s ability to meet all its resource and financing obligations, whether these funds come from user charges or budget sources and fulfill its mission and serve its stakeholders over time. The general objective of the study was to determine the factors influencing financial sustainability among Non-Governmental Institutions operating in Isiolo County, Kenya. The study was carried out in Isiolo town located in Isiolo County. It covered all NGO’s in Isiolo County. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The total number of management staff working in those NGO’s is 47 employees. This constitutes the target population of the study. The researcher used conducted census method. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, percentages, frequency distributions, by help of SPSS version 20 and presented using graphs, charts and tables. It is also concluded that funding in NGO’s is a challenge and that there are government policies that interfere with smooth running of NGO’s. It is therefore recommended that as a matter of urgency government should put in place policies that will ensure financial sustainability of the NGO’s and ensure participation of NGO’s management when making policies that will affect their financial sustainability in Kenya.