Six ways to maintain (and even improve) your health during COVID-19 Download the PDF version VOLUNTEER Volunteering has physical and mental health benefits. It can support you to feel happier and less anxious. There are many ways to support your community even if you are limiting your contact with others and not doing your normal…

Incorporated Association Reform In late November 2019 the Associations Incorporation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 was introduced into the Queensland Parliament. It will apply to some 22,000 incorporated association as well as some 3,200 ACNC charities that are also registered under the Queensland Collections Act for fundraising purposes. It will finally relieve Queensland charities of…

FREE WEBINAR: Incorporated Associations and Collections Act Amendments – An Honest Conversation, 15 April REGISTER This is your rare opportunity to join an online conversation with those in the know about the recent amendments to incorporated associations. You will hear from people with deep legal connection and experience and have the opportunity to put your thoughts…

Thank you to everyone who came along to last year’s Power of Community Conference – and for all the wonderful feedback! The Power of Community Conference was a great success and provided insights, strategies and tools to support community organisations. A special thank you to our expert speakers and the conference sponsor, the Queensland Government’s Gambling…

Thank you to everyone who attended this week’s webinar, What can Australian charities learn from Canadian audits of charities involved in advocacy? ACCESS THE RECORDING The webinar generated a lot of interest and conversation around the topic of auditing charities involved in advocacy – with many lessons to be learned from what’s happened in Canada thus…

Fundraising research continues to be helpful to fundraisers, but it can also be overwhelming in that it demonstrates the complex nature of giving and donor engagement. For example, studies show that past donation behaviour drives both donation decisions and generosity. Socio-demographic variables such as income, age and gender influence giving. Emotionally laden story telling can be…

Learn the tips and tricks to writing a winning grant proposal FIND OUT MORE AND REGISTER Grant writing is a skill nonprofit organisations and social enterprises need if they wish to gain government or philanthropic support for their project or venture. With billions of dollars given away each year by grant makers, it is essential people…

What can Australian charities learn from Canadian audits of charities involved in advocacy? REGISTER In its 2012 budget, Canada’s Conservative (Harper) government set aside a special allocation of $13.4 million dollars to audit “political activities” of charities. Over the next few years, the charity regulator, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), undertook audits of more than 50…

You heard it here first, folks! Check out the very latest data (out today!) on PAFs and PubAFs on our giving statistics page!

Three great resources grantseekers and fundraisers should be tapping into Are you a grantseeker or fundraiser? This month we’re making it super easy for you to tap into some great resources that you might not know about. Events – Past and upcoming! Upcoming: Free grant-seeking tutorials In 2020 we’ll be holding free quarterly tutorials for grantseekers…