
Philanthropic sector sees challenge and opportunity in the year ahead
Posted on 20 Feb 2024
The cost-of-living crisis, better collaboration and harnessing the power of AI have been identified…
Want to make this year the one you achieve your organisation’s biggest goals? Then you’ve got to prepare. And we can help.
From this month, we’re hosting the Festival of Community Directors, “a year-long celebration of community governance”, with events and training aimed at inspiring and educating community leaders. Why? Well, Roman ancient Marcus Cicero stressed “diligent preparation” before action more than 2000 years ago. And US Speaker Nancy Pelosi last year urged more women to step into leadership, with the advice: “Organise, don't agonise.”
As our Community Directors Council chair Susan Pascoe (AM) says: “The organisations meeting and exceeding their goals are, almost without fail, well-governed by competent boards with a healthy culture and a commitment to continual improvement”. That's why our Festival is a packed program covering ethics, human resources, communications, policy, strategy, finance, testing impact, whistleblowing, fundraising, AGMs and much more.
Talking of preparation, in this edition we've asked Ms Pascoe and several other not-for-profit experts to predict the biggest challenges and opportunities you’ll face this year. Completing our new national survey of the sector’s big issues will help that knowledge grow too, alongside a chance to win great prizes – including tickets to the unmissable Communities in Control Conference on May 20-21.
Posted on 20 Feb 2024
The cost-of-living crisis, better collaboration and harnessing the power of AI have been identified…
Posted on 19 Feb 2025
Leading philanthropists say major social and political issues will shape the giving landscape in…
Posted on 28 May 2024
A quartet of philanthropic organisations has banded together to help regional not-for-profits…
Posted on 22 Apr 2025
Philanthropy Australia (PA) has begun turning the screws on whichever party forms federal…
Posted on 28 Jan 2025
The announcement of a new multi-million-dollar children’s medical research facility has been hailed…
Posted on 13 Nov 2023
Inflationary pressure, high staff turnover and cyber security threats are three of the top issues…
Posted on 06 Aug 2024
The federal government has signalled support for major tax donation reforms, a big push for the…
Posted on 30 Jun 2025
Not-for-profit innovation is keeping girls safe from online sexploitation and helping them realise…
Posted on 10 Feb 2025
The targeting of a Geelong food relief charity by brazen thieves who cleaned out the organisation's…
Posted on 06 Feb 2024
As one of the nation’s largest youth employers, Domino’s says it is invested in the mental health…
Posted on 24 Oct 2023
In a speech delivered at the Benefolk Foundation's Reimagining Resilience breakfast in Melbourne,…
Posted on 01 Jul 2025
A new group of young philanthropists has awarded its first grants after pooling donations of just…