Accountability

Good Neighbors is committed to professional, transparent, and sustainable operations to be accountable to all our stakeholders.

Good Neighbors is committed to maintaining a high level of accountability, as our core value states: We work with professionalism, and pursue financial and operational transparency. We embrace mutual accountability, ensuring that we are accountable to the people we serve and collaborate with. To this end, we share our operational outcomes to the stakeholders such as program participants as well as donors, aligning with our openness and transparency principles. 

We comply with international standards and strive to uphold the highest standards. Our global offices and partnered organizations are affiliated with the platforms to ensure that our policies and programs are enhanced and contribute to advancing the global society, for example:

Good Neighbors monitors the progress and impact of our actions, using the Impact Data Management System and the Project Management System.

Our Standards

Comply with relevant laws and regulations and disclose our financial statements

Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation of operations

Comply with relevant laws and regulations and disclose our financial statements

Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation of operations

Strictly manage information of the people who partner with Good Neighbors

Build transparent and healthy organizational cultures by strengthening whistle blowing system

Strictly manage information of the people who partner with Good Neighbors

Build transparent and healthy organizational cultures by strengthening whistle blowing system

Recruit employees based on our ethical standards and and periodically conduct ethics trainings for all staff members.

Recruit employees based on our ethical standards and and periodically conduct ethics trainings for all staff members.

How we uphold accountability

Commitment to Progress

Good Neighbors has developed the 10-year strategic plan – Vision 2030, in collaboration with external experts, internal stakeholders, and partnered organization’s members, to improve our quality of operations and contribute to achieving our mission together. This includes our efforts to continue complying with international standards, updating internal policies accordingly, and setting strategic plans to improve our accountability level in all operations. 

Safeguarding

Good Neighbors prioritizes the dignity, safety, and well-being of every live in the communities we seek to serve. We strive to protect people from risk or actual harm including neglect, sexual exploitation and abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse, especially for children (any person under the age of 18), women, and vulnerable adults. 

Good Neighbors Safeguarding Policy outlines our commitment to safeguarding. It applies to all employees of all Good Neighbors offices, affiliated organizations, and partners.

The policy available below:

POLICY

Good Neighbors Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy

External Audit and Compliance Check

Good Neighbors’ global office (Global Partnership Center) and all partnered organizations are obliged to obtain audits from independent auditors in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA) issued by International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). This is an yearly process to examine its internal controls and procedures and financial information from an outside perspective and international standards. 

Good Neighbors also monitors the partnered organization’s compliance with the internal standards, policies, and guidelines set by the global offices and assesses operational efficiency and effectiveness. It encompasses the organization’s legitimacy, internal controls and procedures, program operation, and other critical areas.

Transparency

Tax Information

Good Neighbors Global Partnership Center, a nonprofit organization exempt from income taxes, is required to file Form 990 pursuant to section 501(c) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. It is also made available for public inspection, while any confidential information, including donors and schedules that do not relate to the calculation of unrelated business income tax, is removed.

The latest returns available below:

Form 990 FY 2023 (Archived: FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019)

Audited Financial Statements

Good Neighbors Global Partnership Center’s financial results are audited by independent auditors every year. 

The latest statements available below:

Audited Financial Statements FY2023 (Archived: FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019)

Annual Report

Good Neighbors Global Partnership Center consolidates information on activities for the year from the partnered organizations and provides highlights of achievements, impact, as well as financial information. 

The latest report available below:

REPORT

2023 Good Neighbors Global Annual Report

Good Neighbors Country Website