Governance Hub

The ACNC Governance Standards are a set of standards for how a registered charity must be run – including aspects of its processes, activities and relationships.

• Go to the ACNC Governance Standards
• Use our self-evaluation tool

The ACNC External Conduct Standards are a set of standards that govern a registered charity’s activities outside Australia – including activities with third parties.

• Go to the ACNC External Conduct Standards
• Use our self-evaluation tool for charities operating overseas

The Governance Toolkit is a collection of resources that focus on four important areas of charity governance.

• Governance Toolkit: Cybersecurity
• Governance Toolkit: Financial abuse
• Governance Toolkit: Safeguarding vulnerable people
• Governance Toolkit: Working with partners
• Governance for Good: The ACNC's guide for charity board members

Managing money is an important aspect of good charity governance. We have a range of resources to help people in a charity manage its finances.

• Financial and other reporting
• Guide: Managing Charity Money
• Guide: Remunerating Charity Board Members
• Guide: Gifts and Honorariums
• Guide: Protect Your Charity from Fraud

• Ongoing obligations to the ACNC
• Duties of Responsible People
• Charities operating overseas
• Annual general meetings and the ACNC
• Holding meetings remotely
• Governing Charities online learning program

Most registered charities in Australia are small, and these organisations do not have the resources of their larger counterparts. Our Small Charities Library includes factsheets to help small charities understand their obligations to the ACNC and other issues of good charity governance.

• Go to the Small Charities Library