As part of its partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) actively contributed to the Charities Landscape Survey for the upcoming World Giving Index 2025. PCP worked closely with CAF to review and refine the Urdu translation of the survey.

PCP also played a key role in shaping the Country Report for Pakistan by reviewing the preliminary data and drafting detailed feedback to guide its refinement. PCP disseminated the survey to over 900 nonprofit organizations across the country. Regular progress updates were shared with CAF, reflecting PCP's strong commitment to data quality, stakeholder inclusion, and collaborative impact.

A significant partnership was formalized as PCP signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) to strengthen institutional capacity across civil society organizations.

This collaboration will focus on governance, accountability, and performance enhancement through organizational assessments and capacity-building trainings.

As the sole certification agency for nonprofits in Pakistan, approved by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), PCP is working diligently to provide accreditation to NPOs, thereby enhancing their credibility and boosting donor confidence. In this quarter alone, PCP has granted certification approval to 160 organizations.

Beyond tax benefits, PCP certification helps to bridge the information and credibility gap between grant-makers and grant-recipients, builds NPOs' capacity to meet international standards of Governance, Transparency & Accountability and last but not the least, builds a credible pool of non-profits that are reliable and effective development partners.

To view the list of PCP-certified NPOs, please visit: https://pcp.org.pk/npo-directory

A Project Funded by WINGS and Co-funded by the European Union

1. Aligning Policy with Practice: Validation Workshop in Islamabad

Under its WINGS Project, PCP organized a validation workshop in Islamabad, bringing together key stakeholders to review the draft policy paper. The session aimed to gather insights and feedback on proposed recommendations to strengthen the legal and regulatory framework for nonprofits in Pakistan. Stakeholder input helped align the paper with the practical needs and realities of the sector.

2. Capacity Building on Regulatory Compliance for NPOs

PCP successfully conducted three training sessions on the federal and provincial regulatory landscape for nonprofit organizations, two in Lahore and one in Islamabad, engaging a total of 60 participants from across the sector.

These sessions brought together NPO representatives to deepen their understanding of Pakistan's evolving regulatory framework.

3. Strengthening NPO Capacity through Regulatory Toolkits

As part of project, PCP developed a series of toolkits and resources designed to help nonprofit organizations better understand and navigate regulatory frameworks. The toolkits include:

• Tax Guide Section 61

• Tax Guide Section 100C

• Tax Guide Section 159

• Tax Guide Section 2(36)

• Handbook on Opening Bank Accounts for Nonprofits in Pakistan

• A Handbook on Effective Governance of Not for Profit Boards

• Guidebook on Registration of Nonprofits in Pakistan

• Guide to Avail Tax Benefits in Pakistan for INGOs

To access these guidebooks, visit https://pcp.org.pk/guidebooks-for-npos-wings-project/

4. Tailored Mentorship for Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity

Individual mentorship sessions are currently being conducted with nonprofit organizations across Pakistan, offering customized guidance on a range of topics including governance, regulatory compliance, impact measurement, and organizational development. These one-on-one engagements are hands-on and responsive, addressing the unique needs and challenges of each organization.

By building individual capacities, the mentorship initiative is fostering a more accountable, resilient, and results-driven nonprofit sector in Pakistan.

An inception meeting was held at PCP to formally launch the impact assessment of OGDCL's National Talent Hunt Program, implemented at IBA campuses in Sukkur and Karachi. This five-month evaluation, led by PCP, draws on the methodology outlined in the Impact Assessment Handbook developed jointly by PCP and the School of Education at LUMS.

As the country partner for Pakistan in the Doing Good Index (DGI) 2026, an initiative led by the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS), PCP has successfully completed the first phase of data collection from nonprofit organizations across the country.
To support this effort, PCP convened an Expert Group Meeting featuring a distinguished panel. The discussion focused on contextualizing Pakistan's philanthropic and regulatory landscape. Key themes included regulatory frameworks, registration processes, governance standards, and transparency and accountability mechanisms. The panel also explored various funding avenues such as domestic and foreign funding, government grants, and crowd-funding platforms-offering valuable insights to inform the DGI 2026 analysis.

As part of the Introduction to Philanthropy and Community Services course offered by PCP, an experiential field visit was arranged for students of SZABIST Islamabad to the CHAL  Foundation.

The visit offered students a valuable opportunity to witness the Foundation's impactful work in physical rehabilitation and assistive healthcare. Students also interacted directly with patients, gaining meaningful, firsthand insights into the lives transformed by CHAL Foundation's services.