Every year 1 in 4 Australians volunteer for a NFP. Collectively, they make a huge contribution to the sector, however volunteering can also be a risk to the organisation due to the time and cost spent managing volunteers effectively.Conversely, volunteers are...
Effective partnerships can be the key to unlocking scale for an organisation. The matching of corporates and not-for-profits brings huge potential to provide both financial sustainability and also increase social impact. With these seemingly obvious benefits, why then...
NFPs of all sizes are doing their best to survive and thrive in this new permanent funding landscape. For some, it’s about taking new risks, for others it’s about fundamental change. For both it might feel like a bit of a gamble. Keeping a seat at the table is forcing...
We’ve all attended a workshop (or three) that went nowhere. A day wasted. Nothing achieved. Weak objectives set (and quickly forgotten). The first instinct for some facilitators who ran a less-than-successful workshop is to look at external factors. “The...
Earlier this year we developed the ’10 Question Business Model Diagnostic’ to provide NFPs with insight and goals. We’ve found that NFP orgs typically fit into 4 typologies: Walking Dead, Living on the Edge, Comfortable and Heroes. Walking Dead...
Organisations must recognise that achieving sustainability (including funding sustainability) at a point in time does not mean sustainability is assured for good. Take one of Stanford’s funding models as an example. The Beneficiary Builder model is used by...
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