Not for profits

type: Submission
date: 12 Jun 2025
read time: 2 min to read

Rethinking fees and levies: The case for balance and fairness

The IoD’s submission on MBIE’s review highlights pressure on not-for-profit boards and calls for fairer funding of enforcement activity.

Not for profits

type: Article
date: 9 Jun 2025
read time: 4 min to read

Time to recognise the invisible asset

One million Kiwis volunteer each year – yet many boards still don’t quantify or track their contribution. That needs to change.

Not for profits

type: Article
date: 14 May 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Fields of change: Governing sport for climate resilience

As climate change disrupts sport across New Zealand, boards ensure adaptation strategies do not deepen existing inequalities.

Climate change
Diversity
Not for profits

type: Article
date: 30 Apr 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Charity governance reviews: A requirement and an opportunity

Governance reviews are now mandatory for registered charities, but more importantly, they can strengthen leadership, resilience and impact.

Not for profits

type: Article
date: 20 Mar 2025
read time: 3 min to read

A time-sensitive opportunity for charities to build financial sustainability

The JBWere Bequest Report 2025 highlights an opportunity for charitable organisations to strengthen financial resilience.

Family business
Not for profits
Purpose

type: Article
date: 6 Mar 2025
read time: 4 min to read

Multiplying the impact

Could collaboration ease the pain in the for-purpose sector? Suzanne Cookson believes it can and that change can be multiplied by doing so.

Board meetings
Chairing
Not for profits

Tax reforms stir debate among NFP directors

KPMG

type: Article
date: 27 Feb 2025
read time: 4 min to read

Tax reforms stir debate among NFP directors

Proposed changes to the treatment of unrelated income, donor control and mutuality may reshape tax compliance for the not-for-profit sector.

Compliance
Not for profits

type: Article
date: 13 Jan 2025
read time: 4 min to read

Climate as a purpose

Strategies to help NFPs integrate climate considerations without overextending capacity.

Climate change
Not for profits
Purpose

CPD

1 day • Face to face learning

Not-for-Profit Governance Essentials

Gain a confident grasp of robust board processes, good decision-making, and board operations in a not-for-profit context.

Board composition
Board meetings
Board-management relationship

CPD

6 hours • Online

Not-for-Profit Governance Essentials - online module series

Understand the boards’ role, processes and unique challenges in the not-for-profit environment.

Board composition
Board meetings
Board-management relationship

CPD

3 hours • Online

Not-for-Profit Finance Essentials - online module series

Explore the financial role of a not-for-profit board member.

Director duties
Due diligence
Not for profits

CPD

9 hours • Online

Not-for-Profit Governance & Finance Essentials online bundle

This bundle includes our online Not-for-Profit Governance Essentials modules and Not-For-Profit Finance Essentials modules.

Board composition
Board meetings
Board-management relationship