Supporting charities responding to the bushfires
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.
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The ACNC Registered Charity Tick
The Registered Charity Tick was developed by the ACNC as a way for registered charities to promote their presence on the Charity Register.
About the ACNC Charity Register
The ACNC Charity Register contains information about Australia's registered charities. It is free to search and is available to everyone.
Download Charity Register data
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.
Information published on the ACNC Charity Register
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.
Disqualified persons register
If the ACNC suspends or removes a Responsible Person from a charity, we can also disqualify them from being eligible to be on the governing body of any other registered charity. That person's name would be placed on our disqualified person's register.
Commissioner's Interpretation Statement: Health Promotion Charities
The purpose of this Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement is to provide guidance to ACNC staff, charities and the public on the meaning and scope of the charity subtype of 'Health Promotion Charity' (HPC).
Commissioner's Interpretation Statement: Meaning of 'Government Entity'
The purpose of this Commissioner's Interpretation Statement is to provide guidance on the meaning of ‘government entity’ in the Charities Act 2013 (Cth). It relates to the definition of ‘charity’ set out in s 5 of the Charities Act, which provides that a ‘charity’ cannot be a ‘government entity’.
Commissioner's Interpretation Statement: Withholding or Removing Commercially Sensitive Information from the ACNC Charity Register
The purpose of this Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement is to provide guidance about the Commissioner’s power to withhold or remove information from the ACNC Charity Register.
Commissioner's Interpretation Statement: Indigenous charities
This Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement provides guidance on how the ACNC applies particular aspects of charity law to Indigenous organisations seeking registration as charities, and how those organisations can meet the ACNC’s requirements. This Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement is issued under the authority of the Commissioner.