About us

Cause we care

We’ve been collecting the know-how on volunteering for years, have access to some of the best Causes in South Africa and work with the most amazing Volunteers in the world! This is our journey to build a volunteering culture in the developing world. We cannot sit back and wait for governments to solve our problems – we need to get involved. We need to build our country together!

We provide our Volunteers with incredible opportunities to give back the way they want to – by enabling skills-based volunteering opportunities, goods donations and funding experiences.

Forgood Volunteers have access to a network of high quality, high impact and trustworthy Causes located throughout South Africa. Every day we create meaningful connections and facilitate social impact. Our technology then allows us to publish, track, and measure this incredible ecosystem to continuously monitor and enhance the experience for both the Volunteers and Causes we work with.

Be part of the solution – head over to the site to find an Opportunity that speaks to you and make some magic happen!

How it works - Causes & NGOs

For causes already registered on forgood

We have assembled a toolkit to help you run your profile as well as your organisation:

Manage your forgood profile – All you need to know if you are a Cause registered on forgood. How to sign in, how to edit your profile and how to upload new documents.

Keep your profile active – we measure your activity through your Cause Profile Quality & Engagement Score.

How to load new Needs – By adding new Needs you tell our donors & volunteers exactly how they can help you.

How to rate people who donate or voluntee – Letting us know how good/bad a volunteer is, helps us understand if we’re adding value to your Cause. RATINGS are a way to make your voice heard! That’s why you need to sign into your Cause dashboard regularly to RATE activities that have happened already.

How to make use of offers – Make sure you, as a Cause, understand Offers and how they work, so that you can make the most of them.

Adding your beneficiary details – (for South African Causes only) -show our corporate clients exactly who your beneficiaries are…

Managing volunteers – We’ve gathered valuable documents and guidelines on how to manage Volunteers coming to help at your Cause. These documents were put together by some of our friendly Causes who made them available for us to share! They have areas which overlap, but you can take a look and use individual sections and clauses as applicable to your specific Cause and purpose. Using and adapting these documents may help you plan and execute volunteer events better. Promote your Cause profil

Promote your Cause profil – Once you’ve added some great Needs to your forgood profile

Resources – Here are some interesting research reports which you can use to arm yourself with knowledge and keep up to date with what’s happening in the charity world!

Compliance – If your Cause doesn’t meet forgood’s requirements, you won’t be able to register with us. This is where you will find some useful information on what you have to do to become compliant to work with us.

For Causes NOT registered on forgood yet.…

To make sure that we are creating the best giving experiences for both the Cause and the Volunteer, we’ve created a set of requirements for our Causes in order to register:

Proof that the Cause is older than 1 year

Documentation that proves the Cause is older than 1 year (we accept the following: NPO certificate, NPC certificate, or Public Benefit Trust Deed)

Latest Tax Compliance Document from SARS. (Read why this is so important!)

PBO Certificate (your income tax exemption letter from SARS). Either Section 30 or Section 18A are accepted.

The Cause's logo (in JPG or PNG format).

Contact details

List of skills and resources that you need

*If you represent or manage a registered charity, forgood can provide your organisation with skilled volunteers, goods donations and valuable connections into corporate employee volunteering programmes. If you meet these requirements, click here!

Forgood gives our Causes the chance to connect with people who have the skills or goods they need to solve social problems and continue serving their communities. In addition, the platform acts as a marketing platform, exposing the work that you’re doing to the world.

To get the most benefit out of forgood – we ask our Causes to focus on creating, maintaining, and always adding fresh content. More importantly, be responsive and engaged – that’s how you’ll achieve maximum impact from our platform.

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