course
Upcoming Course Run :
22 Jan 2026 – 23 Jan 2026
Register by 20 Jan 2026
Mode of training: Classroom
Primary Venue: Holiday Inn
Effective Risk Management for Non-Profits
Identify top risks facing your charity, divide risk responsibilities across board members and staff.
About the Course
Are you familiar with the potential risks faced by your charity?
From technology risks such as losing of confidential data and data corruption, to operational risks such as employee risk (e.g. disgruntled employees, retention), any of these risks, when not properly managed, will cause adverse impact to your charity’s operations and consequently, image in the public eye.
Our Effective Risk Management for NPOs course will teach you how identify top risks facing your charity, divide risk responsibilities across board members and staff, and develop risk management plans in the most critical areas of your charity (e.g. fundraising, volunteer management, cash flow management).
Course Highlights
Understand risk governance structure, risk culture, and language.
Complimentary coaching session available for 4 or more participants from the same organisation.
Risk Identification: Understand how risks are evaluated and chartered in a risk map.
Risk Register and Risk Action Report.
Overall risk management policy to institute and monitor the processes.
- Comprehensive Learning Journey: Each course builds on the previous one, guiding you through strategy creation, compliance, sustainability, and impactful reporting.
- Skill-Intensive Training: Practical examples, tools, and frameworks tailored for charities.
- Expert-Led Programs: Facilitated by seasoned trainer and thought leader in charity finance and governance.
- Networking Opportunities: Engage with peers and experts to share challenges and solutions.
- Tailored Solutions for Charities: Address governance, financial management, and compliance challenges specific to your organization
What You will Learn
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
Understand Risk Governance structure, Risk Culture and Language.
Conduct Risk Identification: understanding how risks are evaluated and charted in a risk map.
Develop a Risk Register and Risk Action report.
Deploy an overall risk management policy and monitor implementation
Implement a review and re-evaluation of risks and the pertinent mitigation activities.
The course is taught across 16 hours, with lectures, videos, case studies, group discussions, checklists,
*invited speaker(s). For 4 or more participants from the same organisation, 1-hour post-session coaching will be provided.
*Invited speaker(s) may be pre-recorded.
The Facilitators
Isabel Sim
Dr Isabel Sim is the principal consultant at Integrative CSR Consulting. She was formerly Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore as well as Director (Projects), Centre for Social Development (Asia).
She obtained her PhD in finance from The University of Western Australia in 2011. She is one of the editor of the series Accounting and Finance Handbooks for Charities including Budgeting and Cash Flow Management, Fund Accounting for Charities, Full Cost Recovery for Charities and Cost-Effective Audit for Charities. She is also one of the author for Accounting for Good – Helping Charities Do Good Better, a project in collaboration with NUS and ISCA.
Who should attend
Board members, Finance Subcommittee, Audit & Risk Subcommittee, Senior management, HODs, and Finance and Operations staff.
Finance team is required to attend this training, to be up to date with the accounting standards and this is a necessary part of the charity compliance.
Course Fees
Full Course Fees
before GST
Course Fees after CCF
before GST
Course Fees after CCTG
before GST
Upcoming Course Run :
23 Jan 2026 – 24 Jan 2026
Register by 20 Jan 2026
Mode of training: Classroom
Primary Venue: Holiday Inn