An article in the UK press recently caught our attention, aligning as it did with comment in an earlier article on this site. The headline stated: “Charities at risk due to donors’ reluctance to cover ‘unexciting’ running costs.” Suspecting this to be the case in NZ, we searched online to Read more
1 May 2025 – from NZ Post: “Our Delivering for Good programme is back, and applications are now open! We’re proud to be giving up to 34,000 free courier services away this year to support local organisations across NZ to support initiatives that aim to improve connection, belonging and inclusion. Read more
A British podcast tells the story of the legendary fundraising efforts of Captain Sir Tom Moore and what follows. The podcast (42 minutes including promotions) contains lessons for those starting and running non-profit organisations and, indeed, lessons for donors: “When Britain entered its first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, many Read more
The Gift Trust recently published a blog post with the above title. “There are plenty of myths and misconceptions about ‘fundholding’ – a growing way of reducing the hoops community groups have to jump through to receive funding. As many of us who donate to good causes or who work Read more
Gift Collective is a charity fundholding service. Fundholding is where a project sits under the umbrella of an existing entity so that it doesn’t have to set up its own infrastructure. It’s also called fiscal sponsorship, fiscal hosting, or auspicing. Funding is then received by the umbrella organisation to be Read more
The JBWere Bequest Report 2025 was published on 26 February 2025. Its author is John McLeod who co-founded the JBWere Philanthropic Services trans-Tasman team. The Report can be downloaded here, but the main points are summarised below INTRODUCTION HEADLINE FIGURES KEY FINDINGS IMPACT OF BEQUESTS WHERE ARE PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR Read more
By NFP Resource Editor (acknowledging search assistance from Perplexity AI) As we enter 2025, charities and non-profit organisations in New Zealand are facing a number of significant challenges. These are little changed from problems we discussed in May 2023 but we thought that at the start of a new year Read more
Dr John Godfrey publishes a periodic blog, principally on fundraising matters. After an introduction, a recent blog starts: “The Third Sector in Aotearoa has significant size. It represents around 4% of GDP and about the same percent of the workforce. The workforce is larger than either Agriculture or Tourism, two Read more
Vanessa Longley, YoungMinds Vanessa Longley I’m one of the few fundraisers I’ve ever met who knew what they wanted to do. I come from a family who had used their working career to try and change the world for the better, in areas such as nursing, social work and teaching. Read more
Our thanks to Tony Lindsay, Vega Works, for permission to feature this blog article Your CRM Fundamentals For most charities the “CRM” is the beating heart of their: Thus the CRM is the fundamental system that helps drive the mission. It may support Volunteers, Client Care or other key specialist Read more
We recently asked some of our NFP colleagues about the challenges facing non-profits at the moment. In this blog post, we will explore some of the key challenges faced by charities and NFPs in New Zealand and discuss potential solutions to support them in overcoming these obstacles, though frankly, little Read more
Hubspot Asia Pacific have recently published a free report and resources in which, they say, they “share > Nonprofit marketing must-have content like user generated content, personalised campaigns and engaging social media challenges to maximise your audience impact> Case studies of successful nonprofit campaigns to inspire you – like #GivingTuesday Read more