Update: 14 April 2019: The date for public submissions on the Review of the Act has been extended to 31 May 2019 The Government is reviewing the Charities Act 2005 to ensure that it is effective and fit for purpose. The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has announced a series Read more…
Here at NFP Resource we receive a number of queries about governance matters for charities and non-profits, and as a result our consultant put together an affordable primer covering some of the basics. Earlier this DIA Charities we announced that they had commenced a project looking into what the government Read more…
Have you just appointed a number of new members to your board/committee? Does your governing body need some refresher training? Have you been appointed to a committee or board but feel that you need some training in the basics? Following a number of requests for affordable training in the essentials of Read more…
Q: We are thinking of registering as an NZ Charity. There seem to be a number of obligations. Is it worth doing? A. There are a number of benefits and advantages in being a Registered NZ Charity. You must meet the charities test*, of course, and complete a detailed application online. Read more…
Update: 14 April 2019: Public consultations on the Review of the Act – submission date extended to 31 May 2019 Previous posts in this site relate to the review of the Charities Act 2005 which is currently underway. As a part of the review, a Core Reference Group has been established. Dave Read more…
DIA Charities Services have just published an interesting blog post with the above title. It contains a number of lessons for the non-profit and charitable sector, many of them learned the hard way! There are also links for further reading. The article starts: “This week is international Charity Fraud Awareness Read more…
Researcher Maureen Macnamara writes: “I’m looking for people who are in the process of starting up a new charity, not-for-profit or social enterprise, to participate in a research project I’m leading (run through Victoria University) The project focuses on the very, very early stages of emergence – that is, the Read more…
The GDPR and how it affects not-for-profit organisations and charities in New Zealand.
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Community Foundations are relatively new in New Zealand, so what are they, and how do they work?
Governing for good: The joy and pain of not-for-profit governance Researcher Dr Jo Cribb has produced a report about the difficulties faced by not-for-profit boards in an economy of start-ups and listed companies. <Read a press release here> Dr Cribb’s report is <available here>
We were recently asked whether a co-opted member would/should have voting rights in the committee to which they were co-opted. Our immediate instinct was that if the person was good enough to be considered worth having on the committee, then their vote was also worth having! However, the question got Read more…