We love our clients and we love the impact they have in the community.

We pride ourselves on our ability to offer a truly holistic service.

STRATEGY - Ensuring you have a cohesive strategic plan and can track its execution.

BUSINESS MODELS / BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS - We look at how your business model can be more effective and efficient and how you can rise to the constant changes, challenges and opportunities that are evident in the sector.

COLLABORATION - We believe effective collaborations are more important than ever but they are not easy to do. We can help across the wide spectrum of collaboration opportunities and get you ready for collaboration and help you execute opportunities to get great outcomes.

GOVERNANCE - We look at all aspects of your governance framework and practices. Boards play a critical role in the effectiveness of organisations and looking at the composition, dynamics, performance, culture, engagement, information and decision making from an outside-in view can provide significant insights and improvements.

RISK and FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - Good risk management and financial sustainability are core to any organisation. We work with you to understand your risks, how to manage them and how to define your risk appetite. We look at your financials from a sustainability point of view as well as how your finance area functions.

How do you know if your organisation is well-run?

Our many years of practical experience and research have told us that being well-run is a vital factor in ensuring your organisation delivers impact.

In order to help not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises assess their own performance, we have developed a process which identifies how well-run you are.

We provide you with a short-form report identifying the elements of your business that need the most attention in order to better run.

Find out more about the review here.

Here are some of our favourite client assignments

Good360 provide an online tool which allows charities to access goods donated by businesses at a fraction of their cost - the charity only pays the shipping & handling costs of transporting the goods to their preferred location. This saves charities huge amounts of money in their running costs, is great for companies to ensure obsolete or unused stock does some good, and serves the environment by making sure goods don't end up in landfill. What's not to love?

"When you are a busy team, it is reassuring to work with professionals like Good Foundations. They understand the NFP sector and have the commercial acumen to get the job done"

- Alison Covington, Founder & Managing Director, Good360 Australia

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The Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) works with sporting clubs and organisations of all sizes, across the country to raise money for Australian sport. The ASF Board had a vision to grow and reshape the ASF into the leading organisation for sports based philanthropy in Australia - it needed a transformation.

“The team was sensational, every dollar we spent with them was of great use to the ASF. The Good Foundations team have a real wealth of insight and experience in the NFP environment. I would not hesitate to suggest to any NFP organisation to talk to Good Foundations, I will certainly use them again, what they did for us was fantastic.”

- Alisa Camplin, former chair of Australian Sports Foundation

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The Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) organisation was established in 1987 thanks to funding from the UNHCR, to meet the increasing demand for legal assistance to people seeking asylum in Australia. RACS operates as an independent community legal centre, to provide free and specialist legal services for asylum seekers and refugees.

We were engaged by RACS to review their finance function, and to recommend appropriate changes.

“Good Foundations has really helped us do important financial spring cleaning and I really recommend you get Good Foundations into your organisation.”

- Tanya Jackson-Vaughan, Executive Director, RACS

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Food Connect is a social enterprise which works to encourage a fair, healthy and flourishing food culture, where food and the work of those who grow, produce, process, transport, pack and distribute are recognised and rewarded fairly. It home delivers local, sustainably grown food. Food Connect contacted us to help with creating a strategic plan for growth.

“On the sale of the business, Stephen's guidance throughout the process was invaluable. He helped navigate the many challenging stages and achieve the best possible result. He is somebody I trust completely.”