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Category Archives: Legislation
Charity Fundraising in the 21st Century
There is a new Senate inquiry into Charity Fundraising in the 21st Century. Submissions close on 6 August and the committee is to report on or before 18 October 2018. This caught my eye because one of the terms of … Continue reading
Philanthropy & Democratic Societies
Perpetual Ltd presented a session on Philanthropy and Democratic Societies at the State Library of Victoria with a panel comprised of Krystian Seibert from Philanthropy Australia, Lucy Bernholz, philanthropy and data expert, Bill Birnbauer, investigative journalist and Rob Reich, Faculty … Continue reading
Posted in corporate social responsibility, donate, effective altruism, engaged philanthropy, grantmaking, impact and measurement, Legislation, philanthropy
Tagged Aidwatch, Bill Birnbauer, Bill Gates, Caitriona Fay, Carnegie Foundation, Charities Act 2013, Civicus, Climate Council, crowdfunding, David Callahan, Dead hand from the grave, dgr, Digital Public Library of America, Edith Campbell Walker, effective altruism, George Soros, Getup, Krystian Seibert, LGBTQI, Lucy Bernholz, menace to democracy, Open Society, Peter Singer, Philanthropy Australia, Philanthropy in Democractic Societies: History Institutions Values, Rob Reich, Rockefeller Foundation, Stanford Centre on Philanthropy and Civil Society, tax subsidised unaccountable power, The Givers: Wealth Power & Philanthropy in a new gilded age, The Most Good You can Do, Treasury, Treasury discussion paper
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DGR Reform
The Treasury Department has called for submissions commenting on a new discussion paper around Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) reform. Read the paper here. Submissions are due by 4 August – as per the website – the discussion paper had 14 … Continue reading
Community Foundations Forum 2102 – the ACNC
The first session of the Community Foundations Forum we attended was given by Vanessa Meachen, Director, Research and Policy at Philanthropy Australia on the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission. Vanessa is the poor soul who has to put … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation, philanthropy
Tagged ACNC, Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission, Community Foundations Forum, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Review of Companies Limited by Guarantee, Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs
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Tim Costello on issues in fundraising
Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision, was the guest speaker at a breakfast for not for profit CEOs at JBWere and jointly presented by Dakin Mayers and the Fundraising Institute of Australia. Tim spoke on a wide range of issues … Continue reading
What I learned about PAFs at the Community Foundations Forum Pt 1
Not so long ago I wrote about the new draft guidelines and legislation for Public Ancillary Funds. The new regime will come into effect on 1 January, but there will be a three year period for Public Ancillary Funds to … Continue reading
What the Victorian budget means for not for profits
Philanthropy Australia and the Office for the Community Sector invited Melbourne’s philanthropy community to hear the Treasurer, Kim Wells MP, speak about the impact of the Victorian state budget on the not for profit sector. The Treasurer was introduced by … Continue reading
Federal Budget 2011
Of interest to all of us in the not for profit and philanthropy sector is the announcement in the federal budget of the establishment of the “Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission” (ACNC) to regulate the sector. It is intended that … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Tax Office, Federal Budget 2011, government review, tax deductibility, Treasury
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Artsupport Australia
This post was updated in July 2018 (originally written in 2011). Artsupport Australia was a unit of the Australia Council from 2002 to around 2014. Its role was to assist in the development of philanthropy within arts organisations. For several … Continue reading
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