Update March 2021 Banks phasing out cheques: KIWIBANK – March 2020 ANZ – 31 May 2021 WESTPAC – 25 June 2021 BNZ – July 2021 TSB – 25 June 2021 ASB – No date set Update June 2020: Kiwibank changes credit card provider Original Post Jan 2019: NFP Resource recently Read more…
The Charities Services 2019/2020 Annual Review includes the following statistics: 27,864 Registered NZ Charities 108,244 charity officers 200 groups 140,000 people work in the charity sector (5% of NZ workforce) 235,000 volunteers, 1.6 million hrs/year Sector has $65.03 billion in assets Sector expenditure $18.02 billion Sector income $19.6 billion Size Read more…
NFP Resource recently received an enquiry regarding COGS funding criteria changes. Although NFP Resource is not primarily focussed on fundraising, it was not a change that we were aware of, and our correspondent suggested that the changes seem to have been treated as an administrative matter and not something that required, Read more…
A report on research by Craig Fisher (RSM) and Darren Ward (Direct Impact Group) on the International NGOs operating out of NZ has recently been published by the Council for International Development (CID). While specifically considering INGOs, many findings also resonate in the broader charity/nfp sector in New Zealand. “The Read more…
The Funding Managers from Far North, Whangarei and Kaipara District Councils are arranging a series of Community Expos aiming to provide advice, opportunity to meet funders and others (including NFP Resource!) to discuss funding, volunteer resources, compliance and registration, and promoting your organisation. The expos are being run on 1,2,3 Read more…
Here at NFP Resource we get a number of questions about finances. William Buck have just announced a one-day workshop aimed at non-finance professionals, for whom comprehending aspects of finance can be a major challenge. This workshop is suitable for anyone in the NFP sector who wants to be more Read more…
The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report has just been published. The report is based upon a survey of over 6000 donors in 119 countries and summarises donor data across six continents It examines the impact of technology, gender, generation, ideology, religion, and donor size upon giving. The report also features Read more…
Fundraising training for those who work in the NFP sector is woefully inadequate
Applications for the 2019 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust – NZ Fellowships are now open! The Fellowships were established in 1965 to help kiwis travel overseas to learn from others and study topics that will advance their occupation, trade, industry, profession or community and benefit New Zealand. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Read more…
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Community Foundations are relatively new in New Zealand, so what are they, and how do they work?
Ian Leader, MD of Local Works Ltd , recently wrote an interesting article which we are pleased to share here … New Zealand ranks right up there in the list of most generous countries. We give freely of our money and time. However, there is a growing trend towards new models Read more…