To help people looking to donate safely and effectively, the National Bushfire Recovery Agency has published a list of registered charities that accept tax deductible donations and are running bushfire appeals.
Australians respond generously in times of crisis, but ensuring help goes where it is needed is important, warns the charities regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).
In this edition, the Hon Dr Gary Johns discusses charities and the bushfire disaster, further extension for bushfire affected charities, 2019 Annual Information Statement due date and more.
ACNC Commissioner, the Hon Dr Gary Johns, addresses concerns raised about charities' use of funds for bushfire relief in a column published by The Australian.
In this edition, ACNC Commissioner the Hon Dr Gary Johns discusses a recent charity visit, the Annual Information Statement due dates and his recent opinion piece published in the Australian.
In this fortnight’s edition, the Hon Dr Gary Johns highlights the role ACNC is playing in helping charities meet the challenges brought about by the recent bushfires.
If you are a researcher or are otherwise interested in using the ACNC Charity Register data to look at multiple charities, the most effective way to download this information is to use the datasets that we publish at data.gov.au.
The ACNC publishes a range of information on the Charity Register, mostly drawn from the Annual Information Statement charities complete each year. While the Charity Register is an important regulatory tool, the ACNC also uses the information on it to learn more about the charity sector, and about how charities contribute to the community.
