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Fact
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Data
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Date
|
Source
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Non-profit organisations (NPOs):
- Total number
- Number in tax system
- % in tax system who are companies
- % in tax system who are trusts
- Combined annual turnover of NPOs
|
700,000
170,000
94%
6%
$27 billion
|
2003
|
ATO
|
Significant role of 30,000 largest NPOs:
- % of Australian workforce employed
- PAYG tax paid by employees collected
- % of total PAYG withholding collected
|
8%
$5 billion
5%
|
2003
|
ATO
|
Fundraising % Gross Domestic Product
|
0.49%
2.17%
0.77%
0.88%
|
1988-89
1988
1986
1988-89
|
Industry Commission
|
|
Median Fundraising Cost %
|
22%
|
2001
|
Givewell Survey
|
Average Fundraising Cost %
- Merchandising
- Collectables/Events
- Sponsorship/Major Appeals
- Bequests
|
58%
39%
22%
11%
|
1995
|
CACOM
|
A survey of over 2000 adult Australians:
$1.8 billion total donations
- Make donations of $210 on average
- Are regular donors
- Are passive donors
- Are volunteers
|
83%
50%
44%
7%
|
1997
|
ASSIRT
|
% Donors would give more if there was …
- more information on charity efficiency
- assurance that money was going to the cause
|
60%
79%
|
1997
|
ASSIRT
|
Investors in managed funds
- who give over $500 per year
Households with income over $80,000
- who give less than $200 per year
|
71%
63%
|
1997
|
ASSIRT
|
Individual gift tax deductions:
- taxpayers claiming deductions
- % of taxpayers
|
$703m
3.35m
33%
|
2000
|
ATO
Givewell Survey
|
Income of major Australian charities comes from:
- Government (federal, state, and local)
- Fund Raising
- Bequests
- Other (fees, sales, investment income)
|
50%
19%
4%
27%
|
2001
|
Givewell Survey
|
Bequests:
|
9%
|
2001
|
Givewell Survey
|
Fundraising:
|
7%
|
2001
|
Givewell Survey
|
Government funding:
|
12%
|
2001
|
Givewell Survey
|
