“Good Governance is fundamental to the success of your organisationBy getting your governance right, you will have capable, diverse, and engaged board members, a strategy about how to achieve your organisation’s ambitions and serve your community, and ensure your organisation is operating in a legal and ethical manner. The Good Read more
LEAN for the Nonprofit. WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN COST YOU By S.Paddy O’Brien ISBN: 978-1-62901-411-1 38 pp. Inkwater Press. Now available in New Zealand! This book can be purchased from Not-for-Profit for $16 including postage in New Zealand. Order by email by clicking on the cover image above. Payment Read more
Update: 26 Oct 2022. Message from Steven Moe of Parryfield Lawyers“The Select Committee in charge of the Charites Amendment Bill agreed to our request to allow an extra month for charities to submit. This followed getting more than 120 signatures on the request from charities and peak bodies – thanks Read more
`The following information has been received from Volunteering New Zealand: Volunteering New Zealand is leading a review of volunteer best practice guidelines because: Organisations need effective tools and support to manage volunteers Guidelines need to meet diverse needs and be inclusive Volunteering is changing, demanding a change of approach. What Read more
Recommendations from the recent Charities Act Review could mean registered charities with operating expenses over $140,000 per year will be required to disclose information about the reserves they hold,
NFP Resource readers recently participated in a survey of the NFP Sector. The results have recently been published by Grant Thornton. (Thanks to Barry Baker of Grant Thornton) The Executive Summary reads: “The 2022 Not for Profit sector report paints a picture of an agile industry bending with the winds Read more
16 May 2022 The Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand is hosting a webinar about the research/report (details below) on Thursday 19 May at 3pm – please see the following link: https://claanz.org.au/events. All are welcome and there is no charge to attend 1 May 2022 The 2019 New Read more
leaders in the Not for Profit sector given the opportunity to have their say about their experiences in the industry.
This is an updated version of an earlier post Q: I would be grateful for information about any legal requirements that must be met with respect to the period of time that a trust must retain any documents, such as minutes of meetings, financial records, correspondence, etc A: We visited Read more
NFP Resource was recently asked for advice about CRM Systems. We asked Megan Cunningham-Adams of Onion CRM , an expert in this area, to help us: Finding a good CRM system for your charity or NFP is more important than ever in these challenging business times, especially as our teams Read more
(Updated) We were recently asked about the best way to manage conflicts of interest in a non-profit Board. The DIA Charities website has a helpful post on the subject including a template for a Conflict of Interest register. The post defines a conflict of interest as “any situation where a person’s Read more
Incorporated Societies The Registrar of Incorporated Societies does not require that the financial statements of Incorporated Societies or Charitable Trusts are audited or reviewed. However, the organisation’s rules may require an auditor or reviewer to be appointed. Many societies and trusts find the cost of auditing (or even of reviewing Read more