VELLORE CMC FOUNDATION, INC.
MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS POLICY

WHEREAS, the Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation (Vellore CMC Foundation) Board of Directors (BOD) seeks to establish a policy on effectiveness assessment to help ensure that the organization has defined measurable goals and objectives in place to evaluate the success and impact of its program(s) in fulfilling these goals and objectives,

IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the Vellore CMC Foundation BOD adopts the following policy:

1.  Every two years, the Vellore CMC Foundation will complete a performance and effectiveness assessment of its goals and objectives, and the progress made towards achieving its mission.

2. Such an assessment will be conducted by the President of the Foundation under the authority of the Executive Committee of the Board.

3. The Vellore CMC Foundation Board will receive a written report of this assessment:

    (a) Describing the activities that the Vellore CMC Foundation undertook in the prior two years to achieve its goals and objectives,
    (b) Identifying the measures used to assess the Vellore CMC Foundation’s effectiveness in achieving its goals and objectives,
    (c) Analyzing the effectiveness of the Vellore CMC Foundation’s programs in achieving the Foundation’s goals and objectives,
    (d) Recommending future actions that the Vellore CMC Foundation might take to increase effectiveness based on the findings.

4. At the conclusion of this process, the Vellore CMC Foundation Executive Committee will review and if necessary, revise the goals and objectives for the Foundation, as needed, for the upcoming term. The BOD will also be provided with an opportunity to suggest measures to assess these goals and objectives.