Tag: Non-Profit Organisation (NPO)

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for corporate partners and funders to ensure the stability and sustainability of non-profit organisations (NPOs) by helping them to build the capacity they need. The role that NPOs play in society has never been more starkly illustrated than during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Painting classrooms and box ticking charitable endeavours are fast becoming a thing of the past. Instead, it’s time for corporate social investment (CSI) to take its place in the boardroom and for companies to see it as an integral part of their future business plans.

There are tax benefits for registering a non-profit organisation as a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), whether such organisation is a non-profit company, trust or association.

South Africa has a vibrant non-government sector – and yet, the prevalence of corruption amongst NPOs could be its undoing.