Unlocking Impact: Strengthening Southeast Asia’s Nonprofit Sector Survey

Nonprofit survey questionnaire
Thank you for taking the time to participate in this regional survey conducted by The Bridgespan Group¹. The questions that follow seek to generate evidence-based insights on what enables nonprofits in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore² to achieve durable impact – and how funders and ecosystem partners can better strengthen the conditions for their success.

This survey is divided into three sections:

Section A – Organisational Strengths and Needs: Explores internal factors that shape your organisation’s effectiveness and resilience; including financial sustainability, leadership, talent, systems, and data use
Section B – Sector Conditions and Ecosystem Enablers: Examines external factors in your country that influence how nonprofits operate and grow; such as the funding landscape, policy and regulation, collaboration, and access to shared infrastructure and knowledge
Section C – Organisational Profile: Collects background information on your organisation’s size, focus areas, and operations to help ensure the study reflects the diversity of nonprofits in your country and enables meaningful comparative analysis

The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. It should ideally be completed by a CEO, Executive Director, COO, or another senior leader familiar with your organisation’s overall strategy and operations. Please submit only one response per organisation.

If you would like to receive early access to the final report and highlights from the report’s launch webinar in early 2026, please provide your email address at the end of the survey.

Eligibility and Participation
This survey is intended for legally registered, philanthropically funded organisations with a clear social and/or environmental mission operating in Indonesia, Malaysia, and/or Singapore. It is not intended for universities, hospitals, corporates, government-linked entities, or operating foundations.

Confidentiality and Consent
Your responses will be treated as confidential and reported only in aggregate. By ticking the box below, you consent to The Bridgespan Group using your anonymised responses for analysis and publication.(Required.)

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By submitting your response, you consent to Bridgespan processing your personal information in accordance with our privacy policy for the uses stated in the privacy policy, such as market research and follow-up interviews. You may withdraw your consent by contacting us at farih.rahim@bridgespan.org. Your personal information will be permanently deleted after the aforesaid uses have been completed unless The Bridgespan Group has a legal obligation to retain your information for a longer period.

1. The Bridgespan Group is a global nonprofit established in 2000 that works to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organisations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society’s most important challenges and opportunities. Our services include consulting to nonprofits, philanthropists and impact investors; leadership development support; and developing and sharing insights. What we learn from collaborating closely with social sector leaders, complemented by rigorous research, we share broadly to advance social change.

2. Our research focuses on Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore given the feasibility of this initial study and the momentum in philanthropy and nonprofit activity in the three countries. We aim to extend similar research to other Southeast Asian countries in the future.