Australia’s health system may be approaching one of its most significant structural shifts in decades: from hospitals as standalone institutions to health ecosystems designed around connected care. For decades, hospitals have been the centre of gravity in healthcare...
Image Source: ABC | Insights from Spark Strategy The 2026–27 Federal Budget has arrived, and for the social sector, the narrative is one of familiar paradox: record-breaking investment in critical areas contrasted against a tightening of the structural...
For purpose-led organisations, ambition is the fuel, but a resilient business model is the engine. At Spark Strategy, we’ve seen that even the best ideas struggle to survive without a viable operating system and strategic partnerships that unlock capacity for scale....
For many nonprofits, grants are the financial equivalent of oxygen. Essential? Absolutely. Sufficient on their own? Absolutely not. Grant funding plays a crucial role in powering social impact, but it can also be unpredictable, restrictive, and time-intensive to...
In the social sector, impact is the goal – but sustainable impact is the real challenge. Every day, purpose-driven organisations deliver programs, services and advocacy that make a genuine difference. Yet many are operating in environments of uncertainty:...
Author: Ankur Sadhwani In the not-for-profit space, complexity tends to creep in quietly. As organisations grow and take on more initiatives and well-meaning changes, new roles, processes, and systems, often accumulate. Over time, this results in duplication,...
