South Africa: Interfund launches Non-Profit Organisation Helpline
Interfund, with assistance from the European Union, is launching a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) Helpline to provide information and advice to NGOs and CBOs. The NPO Helpline will provide callers from NPOs with a range of information and details to assist their organisations to access support to better manage and support their activities.
The information provided by the NPO Helpline will include:
- Contact details of and information on important NPO regulatory
institutions, including the Department of Social Development NPO
Directorate, SARS, the Registrar of Companies etc.
- Contact details for NPO donors and referrals to information on donors
active in South Africa.
- An overview of the procedures for registration of NPOs, and referral of
necessary application details and formats.
- Provision of easy to use formats and systems for NPOs to use in their
operations and planning.
- Assistance with EU grantmaking and procurement modalities.
The NPO Helpline is monitored during normal working hours, and will operate
on a national "sharecall" basis (that is, the cost of a local call to the
caller). The operators are familiar with NPO environment, and will respond
immediately to queries wherever possible. More complex requests and queries
will be responded to within 3 working days.
The NPO Helpline can be reached by dialling the following number anywhere in
South Africa: