May 22, 2020
Philanthropy New Zealand is releasing a weekly update to share philanthropic and grantmaking activity and insight as the sector seeks to support communities in the wake of COVID-19. This update is a general public document,… Read more »
May 15, 2020
By Sue McCabe, Chief Executive of Philanthropy New Zealand The Government gets a pass mark for Budget 2020, which outlined significant spending to stimulate the economy, with a huge focus on jobs and training. This… Read more »
May 8, 2020
The Council of Christian Social Services, Social Service Providers Aotearoa and Philanthropy New Zealand have written a letter to the Prime Minister and senior Cabinet Ministers requesting that: Government addresses the social sector funding gap so… Read more »
May 8, 2020
Kate Frykberg is a Philanthropy and Community Advisor, chair of Te Muka Rau and board member of the Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand. In her most recent blog she discusses the need for funding relationship agreements to be seen in a… Read more »
April 24, 2020
Hui E! Community Aotearoa, Volunteering New Zealand, the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy New Zealand met this morning to progress the development of a survey of the community sector. The purpose of the survey… Read more »
March 23, 2020
The philanthropic and grantmaking sector has released an open letter in the wake of COVID-19, which its now collecting signatures for. The purpose of this letter is to: • Outline the situation of many philanthropists… Read more »
March 19, 2020
Written by Sue McCabe Philanthropic funders are now heavily engaged in the impact of COVID-19 on the communities they support, and also the implications of declining capital returns, often the source of their grants and… Read more »
March 13, 2020
We wanted to share some ideas and resources on what philanthropy can do to respond to COVID-19. You can also head to the Members Hub to discuss more on our COVID-19 forum. Please share any helpful… Read more »
February 27, 2020
By Sue McCabe, Philanthropy New Zealand Chief Executive Business giving is up, funding to the environment is low, fewer people are donating but they are giving larger amounts, and a small proportion of charities… Read more »
February 26, 2020
Come along to this thought leadership event to discuss the evolving role of funders in advocacy and systems change. This event supports the growing understanding that advocacy is critical to systems change, which in turn… Read more »