APRIL  2020
www.not-for-profit.org.nz
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• Information on COVID-19 for registered charities
• Reviews of the Charities and the Incorporated Societies Legislation

News Items
Visit the webpage for links to selected news items about charities and non-profits in New Zealand.  

Recent articles linked from the page include:
     Philanthropic Sector Update 27 March
     Non-profit Institutions Spend More On Paying Employees
     Coronavirus: Pandemic creates huge hole in fundraising efforts
     Not-for-profit organisations left out of economic package
     Charities reliant on major fundraisers scrambling to find other sources of income
     (UK) Charity Commission releases advice for trustees meetings during Covid-19
     Coronavirus: Virus puts squeeze on charities' fundraising drives
     Coronavirus: Gatherings of 500 or more people will not go ahead - Prime Minister
     Quit Group charity still paying board members five years after shutting down

          Read these articles and others here
 
STATS NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa advise that the 2018 Non Profit Institutions Satellite Account (NPISA) was released on 27 March 2020. <Access the Report>  The publication includes the first release of 2020 data for the non profit sector in New Zealand as well as the revised 2013 data.

Key Facts: 

• NPIs’ (Non-Profit Institutions) contribution to GDP in 2018 was $8.1 billion (2.8 percent of GDP) compared with $6.2 billion (2.9 percent of GDP) in 2013.
• The value of volunteering is estimated at $4 billion.
• Membership, donations, and grants (including government grants) make up 29 percent of NPI income.
• The number of paid employees in the NPI sector has increased 10 percent to 150,630.
• Volunteer hours have remained stable at 159 million.

<Access the Report>

Covid-19
 

The Companies Office (Registrar of Incorporated Societies) advises: "If circumstances related to COVID-19 are affecting your ability to respond to our deadlines, please be assured that we will not take any action to remove entities from our registers or take any enforcement action for non-compliance with filing during these times."   <Updates will be posted on the website>

NFP Resource has enquired of the Registrar to establish whether the requirement for a Statutory Declaration during the incorporation of a trust will be waived during this period. The response will be added to the website when received.  

DIA Charities have placed extensive Covid-19 guidance on their website <go to website>

Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, and other Training

Details and links to selected conferences and events: