(Updated) “Social enterprises are businesses with a positive social or environmental impact. They aren’t “business-like” companies. They aren’t charities that make some money. They are businesses, period.” – Louise Aitken Akina Foundation We recently fielded a couple of questions about Social Enterprises. This is not an area in which we […]
There is a lot of interest in Social Enterprises, but there are many questions. Social Enterprise Auckland are running a 5-part series of events between August and December 2018 to examine the topic of Social Enterprises. Their information post starts: “Social Enterprise Auckland’s new event series examines the ‘how […]
“Social enterprises are businesses with a positive social or environmental impact. They aren’t “business-like” companies. They aren’t charities that make some money. They are businesses, period.” Louise Aitken – the Ākina Foundation. NFP Resource receives a number of enquiries about Social Enterprises (see this earlier post) and it is apparent […]
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Charities in New Zealand – A Legal Handbook ParryField Lawyers are active in the non-profit sector and have recently published a legal handbook for charities. The handbook has sections on: Establishing your charity Operating Your charity Other legal issues Appendices on Impact Investing and Social Enterprises The handbook complements other […]
Steven Moe and Craig Fisher are leading members of the NFP Community in NZ. They have collaborated on a thoughtful and insightful paper that “looks at challenges faced by the Covid-19 crisis, poses 7 hard questions we need to be asking and examines where the opportunities are.” From the Introduction: “Covid-19 […]
Parry Field Lawyers have published the “Covid-19 Legal Handbook”. It is available for free download See also Parry Field: Covid-19 Key Legal Issues for Charities -o0o- DIA Charities Services have published information on Covid-19 for Registered Charities and intend to keep it updated. Read the information here (Updated 30 April) […]
… Advice on Social Enterprises? (also see these pages on this site) … Assistance with Accounting? … Donee Organisations? (also see these pages on this site) … Honoraria, Honorarium, Honorariums? … Tax Credits for donations? … what has to be shown on a tax receipt […]
Asking “What is the “best” legal structure for a non-profit organisation” may be seen as the ‘how long is a piece of string’ type of question as the answer is far from straightforward and is dependent upon a number of factors. Indeed, in some cases, a not-for-profit organisation doesn’t even need […]
DO GOOD JOBS are running a “series of free Facebook LIVE conversations and Q&A with panels of experts focused on helping do-good organisations (charities + social enterprises) get through COVID-19. The aim is to help you and your organisation in these uncertain times so we can survive and thrive – […]