IGMA™ Institutional Governance Maturity Assessment Toolkit — Automated Excel Assessment Tool
Originally published: 05/09/2026 11:43
Publication number: ELQ-62523-1
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IGMA™ Institutional Governance Maturity Assessment Toolkit — Automated Excel Assessment Tool

Assess organisational governance maturity with an automated Excel toolkit.

Description
IGMA™ Institutional Governance Maturity Assessment Toolkit is a practical, structured, Excel-based tool designed to help organisations assess the maturity, resilience and effectiveness of their governance systems.

Designed for Boards, CEOs, CFOs, Executive Directors, governance professionals and advisors, IGMA™ moves beyond conventional compliance checklists to provide a systematic assessment of governance strengths, weaknesses, gaps and improvement priorities.

The assessment covers 60 governance questions and 646 evidence-based criteria across eight governance pillars, using a five-level governance maturity scale. The toolkit helps organisations move from simply identifying governance gaps to understanding their relative maturity and determining where management and Board attention should be focused.

The toolkit includes:
  • Automated Excel Governance Assessment
  • Governance Maturity Dashboard
  • Pillar-level scorecards and heat maps
  • Board Executive Summary
  • Governance risk and priority analysis
  • Data-integrity and answer-consistency checks
  • Governance Action Tracker
  • 30/60/90-day Governance Improvement Plan
  • Year-on-year governance maturity tracking
  • User Instructions and assessment guidance

Assessment results are automatically consolidated into management- and Board-ready outputs, supporting governance reviews, strategic planning, Board discussions, leadership decision-making and institutional strengthening.
IGMA™ is particularly useful for organisations seeking a structured baseline of their governance maturity, identifying areas requiring attention, prioritising improvement initiatives, and tracking governance progress over time.
License: Single-organisation use only. Redistribution, resale, reproduction or sharing of the toolkit outside the purchasing organisation is prohibited.

Disclaimer: This toolkit is intended for governance assessment, organisational development and educational purposes. It provides indicative governance insights based on the information and evidence provided by the user and does not constitute legal, regulatory, audit, tax, accounting or other professional advice. Organisations should obtain appropriate professional advice where required.

This Best Practice includes
IGMA.xlsx — the automated Excel assessment tool itself.

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* Assess the organisation’s overall institutional governance maturity.
* Identify governance strengths, weaknesses and priority gaps.
* Provide a structured basis for Board and management discussion.
* Identify areas requiring governance and institutional strengthening.
* Prioritise practical governance improvement actions.
* Establish a baseline for tracking governance maturity over time.
* Support stronger governance, institutional resilience and sustainable organisational performance.

* NGOs, foundations, trusts and other mission-driven organisations.
* Organisations undertaking an institutional governance or governance maturity review.
* Boards seeking a structured and evidence-based view of governance maturity.
* CEOs, CFOs and senior management conducting organisational governance reviews.
* Organisations experiencing growth, restructuring or increasing stakeholder expectations.
* Organisations seeking to strengthen governance beyond basic compliance.
* Governance professionals, consultants and advisors conducting structured assessments.

* Not intended to replace statutory, legal, regulatory, tax or financial audits.
* Not a legal or regulatory compliance certification.
* Not a substitute for specialist FCRA, tax, employment, data-protection or other legal reviews.
* Not designed as an employee or individual performance assessment.
* Not intended to provide assurance that all organisational risks have been identified.
* Should not be used without appropriate organisational context and professional judgement.


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