Abstract
Firstly, this paper explores the term entrepreneurial leadership and the importance of it in the Non‐ governmental (NGO) sector. At the midst of organisational sustainability is an entrepreneurial mind‐ set, and it continues to be an enabler for economic development activities, that seeks to generate employment, search for opportunities to market expansion, and accelerated provision of product and services to communities. A quantitative research approach was adopted to determine if there is a relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and NGO sustainability. A sample of n = 143 NGO members located in South Africa was sought and obtained. The literature findings of the study indicated that the creation of collaborations and partnerships with multiple stakeholders resulted in the birth of public‐private partnership models, which has benefited the NGO sector through improved financial, technical and operational strengthening. Furthermore, the study revealed a strong significant relationship between Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurial Orientation and NGO Sustainability (performance). No evidence was found to support the relationships between Entrepreneurial Leadership and the number of years in the particular organisation, nor was there any evidence found that there is a relationship between Entrepreneurial Leadership and the number of years in the NGO sector. The study also revealed that there was no statistical significant difference between age groups and gender for the Entrepreneurial Leadership scores. Future research could focus more on the importance of the level of Entrepreneurial Leadership of on NGO before allocating resources to NGOs.