Partner with Sparrows
Sparrows Children’s Home in Tarkastad is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO 026-901) and public benefit organisation (PBO 93000-5523). We care for 30 children placed with us by the court. Companies support us through their corporate social investment (CSI) and socio-economic development (SED) budgets. This page shows who benefits from a donation and how your gift can be recognised, so that your finance and B-BBEE teams can decide with real figures in front of them.
Our B-BBEE profile
The labels follow the definitions in the B-BBEE Act and Codes, because that is the language your scorecard uses. These figures are refreshed every week, counted from the case file of each child in our care.
| Last refreshed | 9 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| B-BBEE contributor level | Level 1 (EME) |
| Black beneficiaries | 100% |
| Black female beneficiaries | 43% |
| Black Designated Group (BDG) beneficiaries | 100% |
| BDG: Black youth (14 to 35) | 27% |
| BDG: Black beneficiaries with disabilities | 7% |
| BDG: Black beneficiaries living in a rural area | 100% |
The B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice recognise an SED contribution in full when at least 75% of its value directly benefits people the Codes define as “black people” (Code Series 500, Statement 500, paragraph 3.2.2). Our sworn B-BBEE affidavit is available to your verification agency on request. Our audited financial statements for 2024 to 2025 are public.
Two ways your gift can be recognised
A donation can earn one benefit, not both. Please tell us which you need when you give, and we will issue only that one.
A section 18A tax receipt. Sparrows is registered with SARS as a public benefit organisation (PBO 93000-5523) and is approved to issue section 18A receipts. For a genuine charitable donation of money, or of goods, that has been paid or handed over and for which you receive nothing in return, we issue a receipt that supports your tax deduction. The deduction is limited each year to 10% of your taxable income, and any excess is carried forward to the following year. A contribution made to improve your own B-BBEE credentials is not a donation for section 18A purposes.
SED recognition on your B-BBEE scorecard. This applies to a contribution that we put towards an SED purpose under Code Series 500, such as education, skills development, or programmes for youth (14 to 35) and for people with disabilities. Under Statement 500 a company earns up to 5 B-BBEE points for SED spend equal to 1% of its net profit after tax. For a qualifying contribution we give you a letter stating the name of the donor, the amount or nature of the gift, the date we received it, the purpose it was applied to, and confirming that at least 75% of beneficiaries are black people as defined in the codes. We add a copy of our sworn affidavit and, once the contribution has been used, a written confirmation of what it did for the beneficiaries. Consult your own verification agency on whether and how much of your contribution is recognised for SED points.
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