While Basic Religious Charities are not required to meet the ACNC's Governance Standards, they still have various other governance and reporting obligations, including obligations outlined in the External Conduct Standards if they operate overseas.
As part of secrecy reforms for the ACNC's work, we are publishing further information about our regulatory activities within the sector. The ACNC has received Federal Government funding for this work.
The information we will publish through this work relates to our regulatory and compliance activities. And in the context of our registration activities, this information will be published in the form of ‘de-identified registration decision (DRD) summaries'.
Under certain circumstances, the ACNC can disclose information about charity investigations. This may include the fact that the ACNC is carrying out an investigation, and information relating to an investigation.
Today the ACNC confirmed it is investigating Shincheonji, Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, Peter Tribe, Australia Melbourne Church (Melbourne Zion Church) Incorporated (ABN 58378148030).
The ACNC has a number of official forms for a charity to notify of changes, complete reporting requirements and make requests. Most forms are online in the Charity Portal, some are downloadable as PDFs.
The Charitable Purpose is our monthly e-newsletter, with news about matters that impact the charity sector and resources to help charities meet obligations to the ACNC.
The ACNC holds a large amount of data on Australia’s registered charities. We are committed to sharing our data and insights as widely as possible to help inform stakeholders about the charity sector.
This Corporate Policy is issued under the authority of the Commissioner and sets out the ACNC’s framework for developing, categorising, approving and reviewing policies, operational procedures and other ACNC documents.
