Organizational Structure of an NGO

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Or an izattonal Structure of an NGO

o Hari Srinivas
Concept Note Series E104. March 2015

of staff members
What does a typical NGO's organizational structure look like? What types
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work in an NGO, and what are thei, responsibilities? This document was developed
the wider NGO
email queries received by the NGO Caf6, as a part of its outreach to
Community, under the banner of "How to Start an NGO"'
levels, or targeting
The wide variety and complexity working on different themes, at different
different audiences, make it extremely ifficult to create a generic outline
of an organizational
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structure. ln general, a typical NGo's organizational structure is illustrated in
NGO's by-laws 1 ,
that this organizational structure, or its adaptations, is in fact a part of the
and specifil features and details are explicitly outlined in the by-laws'

General AssenrblY

Boarci of Directors

,Ad"risors

Execuli're Birector

Communicatisn and Progrunrme Manager

Administrative
Manager Dis=emination Manager

Adrninistrative Assistafi I Public Relations

Asststant
Training Assistants

Finance Assistant Fublications Assistant Asststants

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Assistant Field Staff

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Figure 1: The typical organizational structure of an NGO

Top Management:

The top management of an NGO consists of three entities - the Board of Directors, the General
Assembly, and the Executive Director (See Figure 2).

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