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Australian Charities and Not- for Profits Commission – the six month report card

Catholic Health Australia 17 July 2013 Murray Baird Assistant Commissioner General Counsel Australian Charities and Not-for Profits Commission

An Australian Charities Commission

a new

independent statutory agency, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)

Federal Budget May 2011

Charity sector: Who is in?

• Welfare and disability;
• (Non Government) Schools, Universities etc;
• Churches, Religious organisations
• Conservation, Arts, Childcare, Community

infrastructure

Charities Commission

What will ACNC Do?

Registration Information Compliance Education and guidance

Guidance

Assistance Investigation

Graduated Sanctions

Deregistration

The Vital Signs

• 1 million hits on website;
• 52 guides and fact sheets;
• 57,000 charities from ATO;
• 740 new charities;
• 11.4 days to register a charity;
• 14,500 calls answered;
• 6,900 written queries answered
• 4,000 face to face presentations and consultation

attendees;

• 119 complaints about charities

What does a charity need to do?

• Keep records;
• Report annually;
• Notify changes.

Report Once, Use Often

• If you already report and the information

covers ACNC needs, we will work with other agencies to exchange reports

• 2013 AIS has no financial data;
• 2014 AIS has limited data fields with accounts

attached for medium and large.

Ducks in a row

Governance Standards

• A set of principle based

minimum governance standards;

• Charities must comply to

be registered

• Ensure a minimum level
• f accountability
• Basic Religious charities

are exempt

PRESENTATION TITLE | DATE

Basic Religious Charities

• A Registered charity
• For advancement of religion
• Not in another category (such as education or

welfare)

• Not incorporated under Association or Corporations

Acts

• Not a deductible gift recipient (except operating a

DGR with annual revenue of less than $250K)

• Not part of a reporting group;
• Not receiving more than $100k in government grants.

• Members, Donors,

Volunteers, Public

• Confidence that the

Charity is acting

• penly, accountably

and transparently

• For its stated

purpose

• In an effective and

efficient manner

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Why?

Five Governance Standards

• Purposes and character of an NFP entity
• Accountability to members
• Compliance with Australian laws
• Suitability of responsible entities
• Duties of responsible entities

Charities Act 2013

• Advancing health;
• Advancing education;
• Advancing social or public welfare;
• Advancing religion;
• Advancing culture;
• Promoting reconciliation/mutual respect/tolerance;
• Human rights;
• safety of general public;
• Suffering of animals;
• natural environment;
• Analogous purposes;
• Change or opposing change in the law to aid the above

purposes

Advancing social or public welfare

• Relieving poverty, distress or disadvantage;
• Caring for and supporting the aged, including

residential and non-residential care;

• Caring and supporting people with disability;
• Assisting Australia’s disadvantaged Indigenous people
• Refugees;
• Unemployed;
• Housing for special needs or housing disadvantage;
• Distress in natural disasters or sudden catastrphes;
• Overseas aid

Finding out more: www.acnc.gov.au

Providing you with access to information is a priority for us

• Weekly Commissioner Column (sent to 6,193 subscribers)
• Media alerts and releases and newsflashes
• Aboriginal Liaison officers
• podcasts and videos – coming soon
• Phone: 13 ACNC (13 22 62) 8 am to 8 pm AEDST
• Email: advice@acnc.gov.au
• Social media:

facebook.com/acnc.gov.au twitter.com/acnc_gov_au youtube.com/ACNCvideos