Q: What is the difference between a Charitable Trust and an Incorporated Society? Which is best for me? The differences are clearly explained on the Registrar of Incorporated Societies website and also on the DIA Charities website. Which is the 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 Read more…
DIA Charities Services have published their 2019/2020 Annual Review. “It outlines the work we’ve done this year and our key priorities for the year ahead. We also showcase information about the charitable sector, highlighting the important mahi (work) charities do.” 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 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 Read more…
Our friends at Australian Charity Guide have launched two new initiatives to help charities in Australia and New Zealand to connect and collaborate in these changing Covid times. NFP Fundraising and Marketing Connect – “Bringing NFP Fundraisers and Marketers together”. Read more…
Q: We are an incorporated trust which is also a Registered NZ Charity. How do we register changes to our deed? 1.To amend your deed, you first have to take action in accordance with the requirements of your deed (basically, Read more…
The Institute of Directors has created a very useful Not for Profit Reader which is available for free download. The pdf file contains “a collection of articles, insights and tools which will be useful to directors on NFP boards. The Read more…
The NFP Website was recently updated to WordPress version 5.5. In endeavouring to update some of the content it became apparent that while the website was apparently running well, the updating process was damaged. Fortunately we stumbled across a blog Read more…
Engage a FREE University Student Team to Create Your 2021 Marketing Strategy The Australian Charity Guide advises of a “Fantastic Opportunity Open to all Australian and NZ Charities/NFP’s” – applications close 1 December 2020 The Global Scope is a student Read more…
The NZ Institute of Directors (IoD) has just launched a ‘for passion and purpose’ not for profit hub that contains a range of useful information.. “More than 50 percent of IoD’s members have a not for profit role and we Read more…