Administration
What is a Community Foundation?
Community Foundations are relatively new in New Zealand, so what are they, and how do they work?
Administration
Governing for Good
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>
Governance
Co-option
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…
Administration
Definition of ‘non-profit’, ‘not for profit organisation’, ‘charity’ etc
(Updated) In our discussions with those thinking about establishing a not-for-profit organization, it is apparent that there is still a lot of confusion about the terms ‘non-profit’, ‘not for profit’ etc. The various terms are used imprecisely and interchangeably, though the term ‘Registered Charity’ is used to refer to an organisation Read more…
Administration
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT – MOVING AWAY FROM SILOS
Silos or Jigsaws? Ian Leader, MD of Local Works Ltd recently wrote a thoughtful article which we are pleased to share here … “Thinking about society as a jigsaw of interconnected players, rather than a series of silos, changes the frame and focus for relationships between business and community. In silo mode, Read more…
Accounting
Donee organisations and application of funds overseas
Until now, non-profit organisations which have donee status with the IRD (where receipts for donations made to the organisation can be claimed for tax credits) have been permitted to expend up to 50% of their funds overseas. (Some organisations such as World Vision or Mercy Ships NZ have legislated approval Read more…
Administration
Do YOU spam?
Following some suggestions and requests, Not-for-profit recently commenced a monthly newsletter. One of the questions that we asked was how widely we should go in adding email addresses to the distribution. We get a large amount of spam and know how much time it takes to weed out and delete (our Read more…
Accounting
Free accounting assistance for registered charities in your area
This offer has now closed. See this allied post
Administration
Conflicts of Interest and Registering as a Charity
Charities Services publish a series of blogs. The first dealt with Conflicts of Interest and Related Parties, the second looks at Conflicts of Interest in more detail. Follow the links above to read them on the Charities Services website.
Administration
How Well Is Your Board Managing its Scarcest Resource?
An article published in the Better Board website poses the above question. The article by Brodie Woodland “starts: “As a board, the time spent together in meetings is scarce and managing it well is important for your productivity, director engagement and governance effectiveness. You only have a few hours together a Read more…
Administration
NFPs’ funding concerns increase
The publishing of the press release on this page does not represent endorsement (or otherwise) of any views expressed. The copyright of the publisher and sites to which we link is acknowledged. NFPs’ funding concerns increase: report Grant Thornton Press Release: 26 July 2016 The Not for Profit sector in Read more…