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Consulting · Professional Training · Staffing
Who we serve
Donor compliance, lean teams and internal controls that have not kept up with the rules.
NGOs
Why your work matters
NGOs deliver health care, education, clean water, food security and emergency relief where markets and governments do not reach. Every donor dollar that clears compliance and reaches the field changes lives.
Where delivery falls short
Yet many NGOs run on thin internal controls: outdated manuals, one person doing every step, no reconciliations. The result is audit findings, disallowed costs and lost funding, and the communities they serve pay the price.
Select an issue to see the internal control breakdown behind it, the usual solution, and The BKG solution.
01
Manuals that no longer fit
The issue
Manuals predate donor cost principles, local labor law and tax rules.
Where the control breaks: The policy manual, the foundation of every other control, does not reflect donor cost principles, procurement thresholds or local labor and tax law.
The usual fix
Copy a policy manual from another organization.It does not fit your donors, country or size, and staff never learn it.
The BKG solution
First, we fix the internal control tools. We test what exists, repair what is broken and put in place what is missing:
Policies that pass audits and that staff actually follow.
02
One person, every step
The issue
Program staff also run finance, HR, logistics and donor reporting.
Where the control breaks: One person requests, approves, pays and records the same transaction, which breaks segregation of duties.
The usual fix
Ask staff to push harder until the next grant funds a new post.Burnout rises, the best people leave first and the control gap stays open.
The BKG solution
First, we fix the internal control tools. We test what exists, repair what is broken and put in place what is missing:
Program staff back on programs, with duties properly separated.
03
Rules unknown at the source
The issue
Finance, grants and procurement roles are filled by people never trained on donor rules.
Where the control breaks: Costs are approved and coded without knowledge of the rules, so budget checks fail at the source.
The usual fix
A generic online course or a single donor workshop.Content is not tied to your procedures, so the mistakes continue.
The BKG solution
First, we fix the internal control tools. We test what exists, repair what is broken and put in place what is missing:
Correctly coded costs and clean donor reports.
04
Too many signatures, no owner
The issue
A purchase needs many signatures and nobody is sure who approves what.
Where the control breaks: No delegation of authority: approvals are everyone’s and no one’s responsibility, and conflicts of interest go undeclared.
The usual fix
Add another signature to be safe.More delay, and still no clarity on who is accountable.
The BKG solution
First, we fix the internal control tools. We test what exists, repair what is broken and put in place what is missing:
Faster purchases with a clean audit trail.
05
Losses nobody notices
The issue
Petty cash, fuel, vehicles, equipment and inventory are tracked loosely.
Where the control breaks: No reconciliations, asset register, fuel logs or stock cards, so losses go unnoticed for months.
The usual fix
React after a loss with an investigation.The money is already gone and the gaps remain.
The BKG solution
First, we fix the internal control tools. We test what exists, repair what is broken and put in place what is missing:
Losses prevented, not investigated.
06
Knowledge walks out
The issue
When awards start or end, or key staff leave, knowledge of donors and systems leaves too.
Where the control breaks: No onboarding, offboarding or handover controls, and no reliable filing of award documents.
The usual fix
A rushed handover memo in the last week.Critical details are missed and the next team starts from zero.
The BKG solution
First, we fix the internal control tools. We test what exists, repair what is broken and put in place what is missing:
Smooth startups and clean closeouts.
How it works for you
One engagement, all three services working together on the issues above.
What changes: Purchases move faster, assets are accounted for, and the first donor report goes in on time.
Illustrative example. Timelines depend on the service level chosen.
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