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Applications open for Hamilton City Council’s Community Grants.

APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED. This post is retained for reference Are you part of a Hamilton-based not-for-profit community organisation? Applications are now open for Hamilton City Council’s Single-Year Community Grants. If your organisation needs a bit of extra funding to keep up the mahi, make sure you get your application Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years29 January 2022 ago
Administration

How long must trust documents be retained?

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

By NFP Editor, 4 years4 January 2022 ago
Non-profit FAQs

Applications for Catapult Sustainability Leadership Scholarships now open

This year Catapult is delighted to be offering some scholarships to the Not for Profit sector on the 2022 Sustainability Leadership Programme (SLP).  This programme gives you the skills, confidence and connections for your organisation, community and planet to thrive now and into the future.  Australasia’s most comprehensive sustainability leadership Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years6 December 2021 ago
Accounting

How to rely on your Treasurer less

Guest Post – By Barry Baker, Partner, GrantThornton NZ  In my line of work, I have come to realise most people feel more comfortable and confident talking about illness and medical conditions than they do about finance and accounting matters.  I also know that my chosen profession has a poor Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years ago
Non-profit FAQs

Annual Survey of the Aid Sector 2020-2021 – CID

In October the Council for International Development (CID) released its annual survey of the aid sector. According to the report, New Zealanders contributed $196million to aid charities in 2020-2021. This is less than the high of $215million in 2016 but similar to the amount given in the year before Covid. Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years15 November 2021 ago
Accounting

CRM Systems for your charity

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

By NFP Editor, 4 years11 November 2021 ago
Non-profit FAQs

Laying Foundations – Free download

Steven Moe has published a series of essays ‘reimagining better businesses’. A number of the essays espouse principles related to non-profit management and government. It is available as a free download and audiobook and can be purchased as a printed book. (click on the image for more details) “Using Law, Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years8 November 2021 ago
Non-profit FAQs

Incorporated Societies Bill –

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By NFP Editor, 4 years4 November 2021 ago
Non-profit FAQs

Podcasts for Non-profits

There is a vast resource of on-line courses and training available for nonprofits here in New Zealand. We feature a number of them here. An amazing number of podcasts are available on the internet with content for nonprofits, mainly from overseas but some also from NZ. We have been listening Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years8 October 2021 ago
Non-profit FAQs

2021 New Zealand Cause Report

The 2021 NZ Cause Report has just been published by JBWere. Four years have passed since JBWere released its first New Zealand Cause Report, recognised now as a leading reference resource for Aotearoa New Zealand’s multidimensional charitable and broader for-purpose sector. Head of JBWere New Zealand, Craig Patrick, says “We Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years7 October 2021 ago
Non-profit FAQs

Charities Act Review – update

We recently received an update from Dave Henderson, on behalf of himself and Sue Barker, who have been heavily engaged in submitting on, and monitoring progress on the government’s review of the Charities Act 2005. The update reads:   “It’s been a while since we have been in touch, but Read more

By NFP Editor, 4 years29 September 2021 ago
Governance

FAQ – Conflicts of Interest

(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

By NFP Editor, 4 years15 September 2021 ago

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