By Melissa Kovach of Anthem Branding (reproduced by permission) From the mightiest of globe-spanning organizations to the teeny-tiniest of startups, great brand building never fails to make a positive and meaningful impact in business. When it comes to nonprofits, however, there are a few highly distinctive differences from for-profit companies Read more…
The following information has been received from the Fundraising Institute of NZ 6 September 2022: “Notification to all Charities with donors who use Mastercard to contribute regular recurring gifts. Mastercard has announced changes to the requirements on charities who receive recurring donation payments via their Mastercard credit or debit Read more…
Auckland Foundation granting rounds opened15 August, and will close on 2nd September Are you or your organisation looking for financial support? Head over to the Foundation website to see if you reach the eligibility requirements of the various funds. Auckland Foundation run a number of contestable grant rounds every year, Read more…
New Zealand’s Lumo Digital Outdoor is teaming up with Canva, which provides a global visual-design platform, to supply charities with free outdoor inventory and creative support. New Zealand-based charities can apply for a free awareness campaign using Lumo inventory across LED screens in Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Christchurch and Wellington, along Read more…
We recently came across a Kiwi-led social enterprise offering a digital service that provides a quick and effortless way for your donors to access donation rebate funds. Although we have no personal experience with the service offered, we feel it may be worth at least investigating! “Through Supergenerous, your donors Read more…
Updated 14 Feb 2021 Steven Moe of ParryField facilitated a discussion session on the topic of Fund Holding to gain perspectives and to then create a white paper on this topic explaining what the issues are, as well as the answers (we hope). The Situation: A group of people want to Read more…
NFP Resource recently received an enquiry regarding COGS funding criteria changes. Although NFP Resource is not primarily focussed on fundraising, it was not a change that we were aware of, and our correspondent suggested that the changes seem to have been treated as an administrative matter and not something that required, Read more…
One-on-one online clinics available Charities Services and Hāpai Hapori Community Operations advise that they are holding online one-on-one clinics for charities every Thursday. “Come and talk to our team to get the answers to your questions about being a registered charity. We have a range of appointments available, depending on Read more…
The Funding Managers from Far North, Whangarei and Kaipara District Councils are arranging a series of Community Expos aiming to provide advice, opportunity to meet funders and others (including NFP Resource!) to discuss funding, volunteer resources, compliance and registration, and promoting your organisation. The expos are being run on 1,2,3 Read more…
DIA Charities services advise: “Change to donee assessment from 2019/20 income year. Most registered charities have donee status, granted by Inland Revenue. This means when a person makes a donation (over $5) to a donee organisation, they can generally claim a tax credit for that donation. A change to the Read more…
A new bequest service has launched for charities and estate lawyers wanting to ensure that bequest details in a will are correct.
The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report has just been published. The report is based upon a survey of over 6000 donors in 119 countries and summarises donor data across six continents It examines the impact of technology, gender, generation, ideology, religion, and donor size upon giving. The report also features Read more…