The report is produced by the Centre for Social Impact and the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, in partnership with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). It is available on the ACNC website.
Key findings from Australian Charity Report 2016:
- Registered charities had a total revenue of $142.82 billion.
- Charities that provide education services, such as universities and non-government schools had the largest annual revenue. This group makes up 18.6% of the total number of charities, but accounted for 45% of the sector’s total revenue.
- Charity revenue was generated through:
- Membership fees, user-pays services, and other income sources – 49.7%
- Government grants and contract payments – 43%
- Donations and bequests – 7.3%
- The most common type of charity is religious groups (31%). However, this group of charities only takes in 6.6% of the sector’s total revenue.
- Most registered charities are small (67%) with annual revenues under $250,000.
- Breakdown of charities by size:
- Large charities (revenue of $1 million plus) – 17%
- Medium charities ($250,000 – $1 million) – 16%
- Small charities (revenue of $50,000 – $250,000) – 67%
- 6% of all Australian employees are employed by charities.
- 6% of charities have no paid staff.
- On average, each charity has 58 volunteers. In total, there are 2.9 million volunteers.
- Over half of all charities operate in either New South Wales (39.7%) or Victoria (31.1%).
- Only a small number of charities help communities overseas (8.4%).
- The top ten countries that charities assist overseas are:
- India
- Philippines
- New Zealand
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
- Cambodia
- United States
- Thailand
- Fiji
- Nepal
(Source: ACNC)
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