Advocacy and campaigning is a complex area for charities. It is vital charities and their Responsible People take care when deciding the types of advocacy and campaigning they can appropriately undertake, as well as ensuring they are familiar with what they need to avoid.
This guide aims to help charities that are completing their 2023 Annual Information Statement.
This guide looks at artificial intelligence in the charity context, emphasising that while AI has the potential to bring about many benefits to those in the sector, and decision to harness AI is a strategic one that should be considered carefully by charities and their Responsible People.
This guide examines crypto-assets in the charity context and reminds charities that cryptocurrency is generally considered a high-risk investment. As a result, charities and their Responsible People should think carefully before either accepting donations of crypto-assets or investing in these assets.
This quiz is part of our charity governance online learning content. It covers the eligibility criteria for ACNC charity registration.
The Governing Charities online learning content is designed to support leadership and accountability in the charity sector. If you are on the board or committee of a charity, or in another leadership role, it will boost the skills and expertise you need to effectively perform the role.
When the ACNC registers an organisation as a charity, we register it with one or more charity ‘subtypes’. These subtypes are categories that reflect the charity’s charitable purpose.
To be registered as a charity, your organisation must have a charitable purpose or purposes. This guidance provides information about charitable purpose and ways your organisation can demonstrate that its purpose is charitable.
This guidance outlines the variety of tax concessions that may be available to charities, and provides information on how to apply for tax concessions from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
Generally, a not-for-profit is an organisation that does not operate for the profit, personal gain or other benefit of particular people (for example, its members, the people who run it or their friends or relatives).