Strong financial systems and controls are very important in helping protect you and your charity, and in ensuring your charity runs effectively. This factsheet provides guidance on some relatively straightforward ways your charity can establish strong financial controls.
Charities play an important role in supporting the victims of natural disasters – from providing food and shelter to counselling those who may have lost loved ones. Across Australia, charities are always at the heart of responding to major emergencies. This guidance list some things charities need to do or consider when looking to support disaster relief.
This factsheet provides guidance for small charities on managing their money, including protecting against fraud.
This factsheet looks at various elements of the day-to-day running of a charity, including Responsible People, leadership, governing documents and engaging volunteers and staff.
Motions drive board and committee meetings. This factsheet looks at different types of motions, as well as providing tips on writing good motions.
This factsheet provides information on other regulators that may oversee small charities, as well as other obligations they might have.
A trust deed is a type of governing document.
One of the ACNC's functions is to improve public understanding of the work of charities and the not-for-profit sector generally. To aid this, the ACNC conducts research on topics relevant to the sector.
A charitable purpose is a mission or an object. It is the reason a charity has been set up and what its activities work towards achieving.
A trust is a legal structure that holds and uses funds, property or other assets for its beneficiaries.
