| Fact |
Data |
Date |
Source |
| Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs): |
|
2008 |
ATO1 |
| ● Total number |
700,000 |
| ●
Number in tax
system |
190,000 |
| ● % of Australians
employed by NPOs |
10% |
| Tax Concession Charities (TCCs): |
|
As at 31 October 2008 |
ATO3 |
| ● Number of TCCs |
51,671 |
| ● % increase in
number of TCCs on previous year |
2.1% |
| ● Main charitable
purposes: |
|
| -
social & community welfare |
45% |
| -
religion |
23% |
| Deductible Gift Recipients (DGRs): |
|
As at 31 October 2008 |
ATO3 |
| ● Number of DGRs |
25,292 |
| ● % increase in
number of DGRs on previous year |
3.7% |
| ● Main types of
DGRs: |
|
| -
public benevolent institutions |
44% |
| -
school or college building funds |
18% |
| Prescribed Private Funds (PPFs): |
|
As at 24 October 2008 |
ATO2 |
| ● Number of PPFs
approved |
769 |
| ● Total corpus value |
$1.2b |
| ● Donations received
in 2006-07 |
$472m |
| ● Distributions made
in 2006-07 |
$117m |
| ● Main recipients of
distributions: |
|
| -
cultural charities |
33% |
| -
welfare charities |
25% |
| Economic Contribution: |
|
2007 |
ABS1 and ABS2 |
| In
2006-07 Australia’s 41,000 registered (with an ABN) NPOs had: |
|
| ● $ contribution to
GDP |
$35.1b |
| ● % of contribution
to GDP |
3.5% |
| ● total income |
$74.5b |
| ● number of
employees |
884,000 |
| ● number of
volunteers |
2.4m |
| Fundraising % of GDP: |
|
|
Industry Commission1 |
| ● Australia |
0.49% |
1989 |
| ● USA |
2.17% |
1988 |
| ● Canada |
0.77% |
1986 |
| ● UK |
0.88% |
1989 |
| Income of major charities comes from: |
|
2007 |
Givewell1 |
| ● Government
(federal, state & local) |
47% |
| ● Fundraising |
19% |
| ● Bequests |
2% |
| ● Other (fees,
sales, investment income) |
31% |
| Average Fundraising Cost Ratio: |
|
2008 |
Givewell2 |
| (Fundraising
Costs/Fundraising Revenue) |
18% |
| Bequests: |
|
|
Givewell2 |
| ● Up by |
18% |
2008 |
| ● Ten year average |
7% |
1999- |
| |
|
2008 |
| Gross
Fundraising Revenue: |
|
2008 |
Givewell2 |
| ● Up by |
7% |
| Government
Funding: |
|
2008 |
Givewell2 |
| ● Up by |
11% |
| Total
Income: |
|
2008 |
Givewell2 |
| ● Up by |
11% |
| Individual
gift tax deductions: |
|
2007 |
Givewell3 |
| ● Total value of
gifts claimed |
$1,885m |
| - % increase on previous year |
21.1% |
| ● Number of
taxpayers claiming gifts |
4.28m |
| - % increase on previous year |
2.1% |
| ● % of taxpayers
claiming gifts |
36% |
| ● Average value of
gifts claimed |
$440 |
| ● % of total income
gifted by 58% of taxpayers |
>
0%-0.25% |
| Donor
Behaviour: |
|
1997 |
IOOF/ASSIRT1 |
| A
survey of over 2,000 adult Australians with $1.8 billion total donations: |
|
| ● Make donations of
$210 on average |
83% |
| ● Are regular donors |
50% |
| ●
Are passive
donors |
44% |
| ● Are volunteers |
7% |
| %
donors would give more money if there was… |
|
1997 |
IOOF/ASSIRT1 |
| ● More information
on charity efficiency |
60% |
| ● Assurance that
money was going to the cause |
79% |
|
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