FACTOR AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF LOCAL NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IN AMHARA REGIONAL STATE: THE CASE OF SOUTH WOLLO ZONE

ABSTRACTS
The LNGOs sector in Ethiopia has made enormous contributions to the development process. LNGOs are in all development sectors of the economy providing basic services that include education, economic employment, environment, and natural resource conservation, agriculture, health, training and credit facilities, technical co-operation, training, and awareness. However, some problems reveal a clear gap between the values that LNGOs espouse and what actually happens in practice, most of them are faced with the possibility of collapse from the effects of changing economic environment in the donor countries which calls for effective management and governance practices to ensure survival if not stability or growth. the study aims to establish factors affecting the performance of LNGOs In Amhara Reginal State using a case of south wollo zone.to achieve the objective of the study 190 sample participant are used from all 28 LNGOs functional in south wollo zone,
harmoniously cluster sampling implemented to ensure the representation of each LNGOs.
For the purpose of the study, the questioner was used to obtain primary data from the employee of LNGOs. TheseQuantitative data collected was analysed via descriptive statistic through SPSS Version 24.0. The finding of the study shows that there was a significant positiverelationshipbetweenfunding,strategicplans;stakeholderInvolvement, organizationalleadership,andperformanceofLNGOs.Thiswasmirroredinthe
relationships between the Independent variable and other factors of performance of LNGO such as effective completion on time, effectively delivered within budget, and funders and stakeholder satisfaction. There is a need for managers to enhance sustainability as a must key consideration when designing LNGOs programs and Projects. Fundraising leaders and resource mobilization teams should consider the financial resources needed to finish the program/project and match this with the design and work plans. This will help eliminate the
potential of discontinuing the program/project for a lack of resources. It is important to establish an effective process and mechanism to ensure effective monitoring of compliance with Organizational leadership related responsibilities including fulfillment of prescribed duties.

Keywords:LNGOs,performance,funding,strategicplan,organizationalleadership, stakeholder involvements