Good Governance is at the core of our duty to any organisation – not-for-profit or otherwise – with which we have taken on a Board or a Management Committee role.

Salary packaging offers great benefits to employees of many not-for-profit organisations. The ability to salary package a maximum of $15,900 pre-tax to everyday expenses (such as rent, mortgage, school fees and more) delivers incredible tax savings. And there’s also the ‘extra’ $2,650 available to salary package towards holiday accommodation and dining expenses!

Feeling overwhelmed is common in any field of human endeavour, and particularly for those of us who work in the NFP sector which is often underfunded and under resourced.

We can be so determined to make a difference that it leads to a situation where we experience being overwhelmed.

If you’re not as confident as you’d like to be when presenting to key stakeholders, then it might be time to start channelling your inner George Clooney. In this article, Network member and Presentation Expert Zac Guberek, shares the story of how a simple change in perspective when auditioning, took George Clooney from a struggling actor, to a household name.

Benefolk’s Wellbeing specialist, explains what workplace wellbeing is, why it matters and some actions that organisations can take to enhance wellbeing.

Creating my not-for-profit consultancy practice from nothing, to be what it is today, has been the highlight of my career so far.

In our dynamic not-for-profit landscape, maintaining a steadfast commitment to our organisation’s mission is paramount. However, many NFPs find themselves grappling with the insidious challenge of ‘mission drift’, a phenomenon where the organisation unwittingly veers off course from the original purpose for which it was established.

There’s nothing I love more than that little fist-pump moment you get when you create something new, and you get to see that you’ve produced something of value for those for whom you created it!

History books are full of things we once thought to be true but are actually false. For centuries people believed that the earth was flat and that beyond the outer edge there were sea dragons. 

There’s a reason millions of us choose to spend time and money supporting gaggles of sporty folk as they chase balls around fields or Harry Styles prance about on stage.