nfp sustainability: why doing good work is no longer good enough! good beginnings – innovation...
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NFP sustainability: why doing good
work is no longer good enough!
Good Beginnings – Innovation Forum
David CrosbieCommunity Council for Australia
April 2014
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Community Council for Australia•independent, non-political member-based organisation
•dedicated to building flourishing communities primarily by enhancing the extraordinary work and effort undertaken within the not-for-profit sector in Australia
•seeks to change the way governments, communities and the not-for-profit sector relate to one another
•this includes establishing a regulatory environment that works for community organisations - not against them
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CCA Board•Benevolent Society – Anne Hollonds (Director)
•Drug Arm Australia – Dennis Young (Director)
•Good Beginnings Australia – Jayne Meyer Tucker (Director)
•HammondCare – Stephen Judd (Director)
•Lifeline – Jane Hayden
•Mission Australia – Toby Hall (Director)
•Musica Viva Australia – Mary Jo Capps (Director)
•RSPCA Australia – Heather Neil (Director)
•The Big Issue – Steven Persson (Director)
•The Smith Family – Lisa O’Brien (Director)
•Wesley Mission – Keith Garner (Director)
•World Vision Australia – Tim Costello (Chair)
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CCA current work
1. ACNC s m p
2. Charity definition s m p
3. Govt funding uncertainty m p
4. Financial System Inquiry s
5. Centre of Excellence s p
6. Commission of Audit s
s = submission
m = media
p = parliamentary hearing or representations
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CCA current work (cont)7. PMs Community Business
Partnership s p8. Better Targeting of Tax
Concessions - UBIT s m p
9. In Australia s p
10. Federal Budget s m p
11. Charitable Trusts s m p12. Act on reports – PC,
NFPTCWG, CAMAC, etc.
s = submission
m = media
p = parliamentary hearing or representations
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NFP trends in Australia
• growth in income over last 7 years consistently around 5%
• employing around 1 million Australians
• total income around $100 billion
• 30% government funded
• 30% service provision (not govt.)
• 30% philanthropy and fund raising
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government trends• demand for services increasing while GST and
stamp duty income stalling• increasingly seeking to leverage investment in
social issues • Social Investment Bonds (NSW)• Social Development Enterprise Investment Funds• taking success to scale• place based, sustainable, outcome driven, ‘return
on investment’ approaches increasing
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values
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values
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strength of NFPs = values
dignity respect courage pride
meaning community opportunity
change honesty
care love
hope responsibility
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loss of values in NFPs?• sales organisations competing for funding• lobbyists seeking government money• profit(surplus) making entities driven by bottom line
• semi-skilled managers of other people’s programs
they have contracted to deliver
• disconnected from their communities• disconnected from their clients• outcome blind feel good stand and deliver services
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moving ourselves forward?
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critical issuesCCA consultations about the future of the sector have highlighted five critical issues:
1.Changing the way we invest in the sector
2.Access to capital
3.Measurement
4.Collaboration / mergers
5.Capacity – leadership, staffing, etc.
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the need to challenge
• we have a responsibility, a professional responsibility, a responsibility to our clients, their families, our peers, our organisations, our community
• accepting this responsibility means striving to fully achieve our purpose rather than accepting imposed limitations and what we often know to be inadequate responses to our clients and our community
• accepting this responsibility means measuring and validating your experiences, the experiences of your clients, their families, their community, your organisation
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purpose and values• We need to sway and dance with the winds of change, but
not let go of the purpose or the values that make us strong and effective
• the most important struggle is to:
1. retain a commitment to purpose and the fundamental values of human experience, e.g. hope, community, and meaningful relationships
2. strengthen your clients, yourself and your organisation = measure and share how you achieve your purpose = be valued
3. BE AN ADVOCATE / SUPPORT ADVOCACY
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Community Council for Australia
www.communitycouncil.com.au
Twitter: @ComCouncil, @DavidCrosbie2
David [email protected]