The Robert Niven is a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) Trust and registered with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) accordingly and in turn the Trust only supports organisations that practice public benefit activities and are registered with SARS as a PBO.
The Robert Niven Trust is founded in perpetuity and only uses the income for grant distribution.
The Robert Niven is a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) Trust and registered with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) accordingly and in turn the Trust only supports organisations that practice public benefit activities and are registered with SARS as a PBO.
The Robert Niven Trust is founded in perpetuity and only uses the income for grant distribution.
ABOUT
Robert Niven
Robert Niven was born in Liverpool in 1886. He came to South Africa towards the end of the last century representing PW McClennen and Company an engineering manufacturing company from Glasgow. Robert later established his own company with his brother John. Throughout his life Robert was a distinguished businessman with a considerably strong sense of what was right, just and proper. He worked with innumerable charitable organizations and was a prominent member and elder of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa. The Robert Niven Trust was established by him and his sister Laura in 1942.
ABOUT
Robert Niven
Robert Niven was born in Liverpool in 1886. He came to South Africa towards the end of the last century representing PW McClennen and Company an engineering manufacturing company from Glasgow. Robert later established his own company with his brother John. Throughout his life Robert was a distinguished businessman with a considerably strong sense of what was right, just and proper. He worked with innumerable charitable organizations and was a prominent member and elder of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa. The Robert Niven Trust was established by him and his sister Laura in 1942.
Case Studies
Johannesburg
Children’s Home
The Johannesburg Children’s Home is a registered Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 001-034) and Public Benefit Organisation (PBO 130001111) which provides a safe refuge for up to 64 children who have been found in need of care by the Children’s Court. The children range in age from three to twenty-one years old and are admitted because they have lost parental care due to physical, sexual or emotional abuse, severe neglect or abandonment.
Johannesburg
Children’s Home
The Johannesburg Children’s Home is a registered Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 001-034) and Public Benefit Organisation (PBO 130001111) which provides a safe refuge for up to 64 children who have been found in need of care by the Children’s Court. The children range in age from three to twenty-one years old and are admitted because they have lost parental care due to physical, sexual or emotional abuse, severe neglect or abandonment.
Fred & Marties
Sopkombuis
Fred & Martie’s Soup Kitchen is a registered Public Benefit and Non-Profit Organistaion dedicated to supporting the less fortunate based in Claremont, Johannesburg. The Robert Niven Trust has been supporting Fred & Marties Soup Kitchen for over thirty years.
Addo Youth
Academy
The Addo Football Youth academy was formed in an attempt to remedy a community hindered by drug & alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancy and unemployment. The vision is to use the power of sports to give hope to this community and change lives positively. The objective is to provide the Addo community with a football program that prepares the youth emotionally and physically, not only for sport but also by providing life skills and tools to encourage these youths to pursue a career through university, to advance in their workplace and succeed in life.
It was founded in 2014 in a small location called Nomathamsanqa (Addo) neighbour to the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape.
Addo Youth
Academy
The Addo Football Youth academy was formed in an attempt to remedy a community hindered by drug & alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancy and unemployment. The vision is to use the power of sports to give hope to this community and change lives positively. The objective is to provide the Addo community with a football program that prepares the youth emotionally and physically, not only for sport but also by providing life skills and tools to encourage these youths to pursue a career through university, to advance in their workplace and succeed in life.
It was founded in 2014 in a small location called Nomathamsanqa (Addo) neighbour to the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape.
