Australian Centre For Philanthropy And Nonprofit Studies

Dr Gavin Nicholson looks at evaluating the effectiveness of nonprofit boards and discusses ways in which your nonprofit board can benefit from work that a CPNS research team is currently undertaking. Bernie Morgan, Chief Executive of the UK's Community Development Finance Association discusses community development finance, financial inclusion and social investment with Associate Professor Jo Barraket. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes examines the latest tax-deductible gifts data from the ATO and lets us know who the most generous people in Australia are.

Following on from the Modernising Charity Law conference hosted by CPNS in April 2009, Senator Ursula Stephens, Bob Wyatt, Professor Dennis Young and Laird Hunter QC, reflect on the thoughts and insights gained by attending the conference.

Bob Wyatt, Professor Helmut Anheier and Robert Fitzgerald AM provide a three continent discussion of the impact of the global economic crisis on nonprofit organisations and the Third Sector in general.

Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes and CPNS researchers Rhonda Richards, Frances Hannah and Anne Overell discuss recent legal cases involving nonprofit organisations and their implications for other organisations in the sector. Stephen Hutchinson also joins the podcast to speak on the current Community Door website and a currently running survey asking for your input into a revitalised site.

Associate Professor Jo Barraket considers the drivers the debates surrounding social enterprise and the impact that divergent concepts of social enterprise affect the way we understand how social enterprises work, their social value and the potential of social enterprises in the network era.

Grounded in a discussion of the differences between nonprofit and for-profit business models, Dr Diana Leat looks at ways in which to manage the expectations of outcome-driven philanthropists looking to invest in the third sector.

Focusing on recent CPNS research on planned giving in Australia, Dr Wendy Scaife provides a brief summary of her and Dr Kym Madden's report, Keeping Giving Going: Charitable Bequests and Australians. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes introduces listeners to his and Frances Hannah's report Every Player Wins a Prize? Family Provision Applications and Bequests to Charity.

Helmut Anheier examines social investment in the context of the newly established Centre for Social Investment at the University of Heidelberg. For those in the educational and fundraising arenas, Wendy Scaife provides a snapshot of fundraising figures in Australian educational institutes, including schools and universities. Rachael Truscott discusses the hot topic of corporate social responsibility (CSR), looking at the emerging CSR industry in Australia.

Mark Lyons examines the dimensions of the nonprofit sector in Australia, David Thompson provides a review of Jo Barraket's publication 'Strategic Issues for the nonprofit sector' and Harry Zaphir discussess generational issues within the American philanthropic sector.

Helen O'Neill discusses changes in corporate sponsorship and private donations in the Arts. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes provides an overview of the latest ATO statistics on Prescribed Private Funds and Dr Gavin Nicholson presents findings on key governance issues for funded nonprofit organisations in Queensland.

Dr Harry Zaphir discusses the values of a new generation of workers, otherwise known as 'Bright Young Things. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes discusses a recent legal case between the ATO and the Victorian Women Lawyers Association, as well as recent reports on charities from the UK.

Professor Adrian Sargeant discusses public trust and confidence in nonprofit organisations and Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes discusses recent government activity that may impact on nonprofits.

Julianna Koksarova discusses civil society in Eastern Europe and Dr Diana Leat discusses a recent report on strategic philanthropy.

Achi Kushnir, Jenny Woodburn and Paul O'Callaghan discuss the new trend of direct philanthropy. Myles McGregor-Lowndes discusses the latest gift statistics from the ATO.

Daniel McDiarmid, Kym Madden and Wendy Scaife discuss findings from two recent released CPNS research studies.

Jennifer Bartlett discusses her research and Myles McGregor-Lowndes analyses the latest figures for PPFs.

Updates on the Word Investment court case, the legal definition of charity, the nonprofit standard chart of accounts, book review on investment strategies.

Recent research about formal partnerships or compacts between government and NP sector; cautions about investing in collateralised debt obligations; and defining constitutional corporations.

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