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.
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ACNC Annual Report 2020-21
The ACNC Annual Report 2020-21 provides an overview of the Commission's work in the 2020-21 financial year.
Charities, campaigning and advocacy
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.
Protecting your charity against fraud
Our October webinar, staged to coincide with Charity Fraud Awareness Week, looked at the different aspects of charity fraud examined the practical ways a charity can guard against fraud.
External Conduct Standard 3: Anti-fraud and anti-corruption
External Conduct Standard 3 encompasses anti-fraud and anti-corruption measures for charities operating overseas.
ACNC submissions
The ACNC occasionally provides submissions on matters of relevance to charities, such as to parliamentary inquiries, discussion papers, and reviews.
Reviewing charities' financial information and annual financial reports - 2021
Registered charities in Australia have an ongoing obligation to report annually to the ACNC. To do this, charities complete and submit an Annual Information Statement and, in the case of medium and large charities, an annual financial report. This report analyses charities’ reporting during the 2021 reporting period.
ACNC Annual Report 2021-22
The ACNC Annual Report 2021-22 provides an overview of the Commission's work in the 2021-22 financial year.
Protecting your charity from terrorism financing risks
All charities are vulnerable to the risk of having their funds and other assets misused for the purpose of terrorism financing. However, charities that operate overseas, or that send money overseas, are particularly vulnerable to terrorism financing risks. Ensuring your charity has appropriate governance, oversight and record-keeping measures in place can help protect it from having its assets misused.
Reviewing charities' financial information and annual financial reports - 2018
Australia's registered charities must report annually to the ACNC. They can do this through completing and submitting an Annual Information Statement and, in the case of medium and large charities, an annual financial report. Here we examine charities’ reporting during the 2018 reporting period.