ACPNS was once again involved in another push to #fixfundraising, this time at a recent senate inquiry into charitable fundraising. We thank journalist, Maggie Coggan at ProBono for this great article! Senate Hearing Finds Fundraising Laws Are Broken… But Can Be Fixed Key players in the campaign to fix state fundraising laws believe they have reached…

Canada Without Poverty v Attorney General Canada, 2018 ONSC 4147 (updated to 2019) Ontario Superior Court of Justice, E.M Morgan J, 16 July 2018 This was an appeal by a charity, Canada Without Poverty (CWP), seeking a declaration that provisions of the Income Tax Act RSC 1985, c.1 (5th Supp.) (ITA) which restrict political activities of…

Volume 9 Issue 3 – Open Access Journal. Free to view here. A US journal has recently published a whole issue devoted to developing a tool to assess the health of US nonprofit sector. In the context of the ACNC Commissioner’s initiative to define and measure Object 2 of the ACNC Act (The objects of this…

Brush up on your financial skills and learn how to quickly navigate through the numbers to reveal the strategic financial story of your organisation. Over four hours our experts in governance and director education will guide participants in applying a practical framework to analyse financial statements and formulate questions to raise at board meetings. Accounting concepts…

Unions NSW v New South Wales [2019] HCA 1  High Court of Australia, Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJ, 29 January 2019 This case answered the following question in the affirmative: Is s 29(10) of the Electoral Funding Act 2018 (NSW) (the EF Act) invalid because it impermissibly burdens the implied freedom of communication on governmental and…

Mon 4 Feb, 2019 10:00-11:00am (AEST) Can’t attend in real time? You should still register; all registrants will receive a recording of the webinar. REGISTER The New Year is a perfect time to reassess your organisation’s strategic plan; what’s your mission, what do you want to achieve, and how are you going to prioritise the areas deemed most important…

If you missed last week’s popular webinar, Nonprofit Leadership at its Best | Are You Hitting the Mark?, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. You can download a recording today. About the webinar Now, more than ever before, philanthropic, nonprofit and social enterprise organisations are facing numerous challenges, particularly in the areas of governance, fundraising and…

Thank you to everyone involved in last month’s FIA/ACPNS Alumni Anniversary Breakfast! As always, it was a sell-out occasion. This year the theme was Fostering an internal culture of philanthropy – why so important? The breakfast featured a fascinating case study – the #QUTGivingDay – and attendees gained insights and practical take-aways about how to nurture an organisation-wide philanthropic…

Research Handbook on Not-For-Profit Law Edited by Matthew Harding, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia This Research Handbook, published by Edward Elgar Publishing, provides a comprehensive overview of scholarship on nonprofit law. The chapters, written by world leading experts, including ACPNS Founding Director Emeritus Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes, explore key ideas and debates in relation to: theories…

If you weren’t already excited about next week’s FIA/ACPNS Alumni Anniversary Breakfast, this will get you going! (And by the way, it’s not too late to register if you haven’t already – this year’s topic is all about the importance of fostering an internal culture of philanthropy and what it means for YOUR fundraising FIND OUT…