We are a social consultancy firm whose only priority is to help those who want to do good, better.
We help non-profit organisations secure more funding, drive innovation and develop smarter strategies. Partnering with over 200 NGOs and IGOs, we are a recognised leader in building efficient, agile non-profit organisations.
Via our parent company, Human Planet Ventures, we help our business clients achieve sustainable success by ensuring their operations are beneficial for people and the planet. From eliminating harmful operations to decarbonising, we support those who want their business to be a force for good in the world.
Latest insights and updates
June 2022
“Preparing for an Uncertain Future” with Reana Rossouw
In this episode of Chasing Impact, MzN Senior Consultant Carolin Gomulia interviews Reana Rossouw, the owner of Next Generation Consultants, a leading South African Management Consulting firm with a wealth of experience in the social innovation, shared value, humanitarian and sustainable development environments. They discuss how professionals in the development and humanitarian ecosystem can prepare for an uncertain future.
May 2022
An interview with Sam Worthington, CEO of InterAction, the largest alliance of INGOs and partners in the US
In this episode of Chasing Impact, MzN interviews Sam Worthington, CEO of InterAction, the largest U.S.-based alliance of INGOs focused on people around the world. Sam shares his experiences and insights, reflecting on localization vs. global aid, challenging the requirements donors have for giving and reminding INGOs of their original purpose and values.
How to Unlock Innovation in Your Organisation
To fulfil the social impact sector’s mission, we need to think outside the box to generate creative ideas and see past ‘same old’ solutions. But where do you start if you spend most of your time caught up in the day-to-day running of your organisation? Here we suggest a number of small, practical steps to unlock dormant drivers of creativity and stimulate fresh thinking in your organisation.
What we do
For NGO, UN, governmental and social purpose organisations
Better funding diversity
We support NGOs with strategic funding advice, business development strategies and proposal writing support. Our Funding and Proposal Support identifies funding opportunities, helps to write more and better proposals and scales funding pipelines.
Better organisations
We implement successful institutional reform and restructuring projects. We work closely together with organisations to transform them into agile, efficient and effective global impact leaders.
Better capacity
We deliver a wide range of training courses, delivered both online and in the classroom to help build skills, team spirit and capacity. Most of our training courses are subsidised or offered for free.
Workshops, training and events
We run training courses, workshops, knowledge exchange events and Strategy Sprints to help both NGO and corporate leaders discuss and plan successful transformations.
Our training offers range from large-scale Strategy Development Sprints which tackle issues such as decarbonisation, to personal support in which we help NGOs to streamline processes or diversify their income. Most of our workshops are free or subsidised.
Who we work with
Our values
Transparency
Wherever we can, we publish what we do together with our results, both good and bad.
Sustainability
We have built a strong and durable company that is here to stay. We take full account of our environmental impact.
“Can-do” attitude
We attract, retain and develop the best talent worldwide. We challenge each other to do better and adopt a “can-do” attitude.
Integrity
We take responsibility, are unyieldingly honest, say what we mean and match our behaviour to our words. Always!
Feedback on our work
“MzN provided us with training and subsequent capacity building and it made a huge difference to us. We are very pleased with the support we got and will certainly use them again.”
“Our experience with MzN has been very positive. The team has been professional, highly attentive and demonstrated a strong understanding of our needs… We contacted MzN in need of interim financial management personnel and permanent staff. We chose to go with MzN because the quality and promptness of service was far and above the others.”
“They are very professional finance and operational experts but their passion for development and effective/efficient humanitarian aid really showed through. Not what you would expect from a bunch of chartered accountants…”
“MzN has only been working on difficult assignments. I’ve enjoyed a trust relationship which has facilitated the process and an openness to listen to requirements. MzN has posed relevant challenging questions and given feedback on the market which is useful to benchmark against.”
“You clearly understand NGOs, their internal workings and the challenges NGOs and the sector is facing in general. MzN very quickly grasped the issues that our organisation was facing and built a rapport with the team that gave confidence in your ability to accurately represent the issues, collectively and individually, which ensured the success of the project.”
“MzN International has been providing funding support for War Child Deutschland’s institutional fundraising since August 2020. We are a small start-up NGO and, with the help of MzN, we were able to secure a larger grant from the German government, improve our systems and develop a number of boilerplate texts for future applications.Thank you MzN for the professional and reliable support over the past months.”