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The Power of Decisive Leadership
Non-profit organisations often operate in a landscape of uncertainty—funding shifts, evolving community needs, and external crises can unsettle even the most stable teams. In these moments, leadership is tested not just by what decisions are [...]
Money that works while you do other things
We’d all like our money to work for us while we do other things. In finance terms, this is known as “passive income”. We chatted with some of our EM Solutions team to ask how [...]
Asset-Based Income for NPOs
Many NPOs advocate asset-based community development for the communities in which they work, but sometimes don’t realise that they themselves can use their own assets to create income streams for the organisation. We asked EM [...]
Leveraging Intellectual Assets
NPOs generate a huge amount of intellectual property – research, learning, training material, ways of working and more. How do you turn your intellectual property into an asset that brings in much-needed income to support [...]
Let’s Talk About Core Funding
In Michelle’s recent blog, she spoke about key sources of unrestricted income and the ultimate ‘unicorn’ donation – unallocated funding. Unallocated funding is not pinned to any one programme or expense. Unallocated funding can be [...]
Leave Pay Provision
Annual leave in South Africa is governed by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, which states that every employee is entitled to 1 day for every 17 days worked, or 1 hour for every 17 [...]
Retrenchment Provision
Every NPO, at some time, will have to restructure and possibly retrench a staff member. It’s vital that you hold enough funds to meet the legal requirements for retrenchment. Here’s a quick summary of the [...]
Building Relationships with Donors
In the world of fundraising, it’s tempting to think of applications and proposals as purely transactional. But the truth is, relationships matter just as much as numbers. When you’re building partnerships with donors, remember: real, [...]