Charities and NFPs to benefit from free impact-measurement tool Federal The new Amplify Social Impact Online initiative is expected to save the charity and NFP sector a conservative estimate of $300 million per year.
Improvements to national charity register to better connect volunteers and donors Thursday March 10, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has revamped the searchability of its charity register.
Groups seeking charity status told to better prepare Thursday January 13, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commissioner has advised prospective charities to ‘do their research’ to ensure they meet the requirements to officially register. In a…
Campaign groups backing independents closely watched by government Tuesday December 14, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Federal MPs have received an email from special minister of state Ben Morton urging them to tip off the AEC about campaign groups ahead of…
Charities in crisis: Why we must help the helpers Monday June 14, 2021 By Suzie Riddell Community & Social Unlike commercial businesses, charity funding for services doesn’t rise in parallel with demand, and can in fact go down.
The overlooked rule of economic recovery: don’t take charities for granted Thursday August 20, 2020 By Kristy Muir and Suzie Riddell Community & Social Australian charities are important for all the social, care, cultural and environmental reasons you might think, but also and importantly for reasons less well understood:…
Australian charities need ‘tailored’ government support to survive, report says Wednesday July 22, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Social Ventures Australia and the Centre for Social Impact noted that their past research has shown a 20% drop in income would lead to one…
Opinion: why we need to save Australian charities to win the war on COVID-19 Thursday June 18, 2020 By Kristy Muir & Ioana Ramia Community & Social The latest ABS figures show 7.1% are now unemployed across Australia – the highest it’s been in 19 years. 227,700 jobs have been lost. With…
Good charity remains hard work despite government review Monday August 27, 2018 By Victoria Draudins Editors' Picks Government review urges the ACNC to use its carrot-and-stick powers but fails to fast-track fundraising reforms.
Not-for-profits must adapt as one arm of government’s ‘three-sector solutions’ Monday March 27, 2017 By The Conversation Features As government looks to 'three-sector solutions' to tackle wicked problems in public policy, two of those sectors know well the need for change. Not-for-profits are…
Why Australia needs to rethink the debate on charities Monday November 3, 2014 By David Gilchrist Features The data is in: the Australian charities sector is more diverse and economically important than ever given credit for. It's time to rethink how we…