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News Article

Commissioner’s Column – 11 January 2018

In his first column for this year , ACNC Commissioner, the Hon Dr Gary Johns, discusses volunteering, terms of reference for the ACNC legislation review, and Recent compliance action.
Newsletter

The Charitable Purpose

The March edition of the ACNC's monthly e-newsletter, The Charitable Purpose, has now been sent to charities and subscribers. In this edition, ACNC Commissioner Dr Gary Johns discusses the official launch of the enhanced Charity Register. We also discuss a blanket extension for Queensland and New South Wales based charities affected by floods and look at who needs to apply for a director ID and an AAT ruling.
Factsheet

Public Benevolent Institutions

A Public Benevolent Institution is a type of charitable institution that has a main purpose of relieving poverty or distress.
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Merge your charity

There may be circumstances where you wish to merge your charity with another registered charity that has similar purposes, beneficiaries and activities. Merging is different to winding up a charity. It is also different to charities working together but staying legally separate, or charities reporting to the ACNC as a group.
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Wind up your charity

Winding up a charity is permanent, and means the charity no longer exists and must cease all operations. A charity can be subject to either voluntary or compulsory winding up. A charity may wind up voluntarily if it has achieved its purpose, or is unable to find people to govern the charity or carry out its work. There are also circumstances where a court may order that a charity wind up.
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Start a charity

Information about what you'll need to think about if you want to start a new charity.
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Other languages

Information about the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is available in multiple languages.