Prestação de contas como meio de credibilidade e arrecadação de recursos em entidades do terceiro setor de Sant’Ana do Livramento-RS

Abstract

Difficulties in accessing public services in key sectors such as health, education and security, among others, and even lack thereof, create barriers to be faced by a considerable portion of the Brazilian population, in need of basic services. These issues have further widened the gap between the Public Power and the needy community. Such problems arise from organized civil society, NGOs, associations, foundations, among others, which are considered the strength of the so-called Third Sector, whose actions end up minimizing and even solving the growing demand. Among these entities is the Santanense Association of the Physically Disabled (ASSANDEF), object of study of this article whose general objective is to evaluate the impact on the credibility and the collection of resources caused by the rendering of accounts of entities of the Third Sector in Sant ' Ana do Livramento-RS. The research had a descriptive character, following the qualitative method with the accomplishment of a case study, with the application of two semistructured interviews, as well as the quantitative method using a survey technique with the use of two questionnaires, which counted on the Participation of donors of resources of the entity studied and the community in general. Among the results obtained, it can be said that the use of correct policies and transparent practices serve to cultivate the institution's credibility vis-à-vis the society of Santana and thus provide a fair compensation to those who, through the resources donated monthly, enable the continuity of actions Of the non-profit organization.