The Australian not-for-profit and charitable sector is an important component in that country’s social capital. It delivers services and supports to some of the most vulnerable people in the community. However, up until recently, poor data sets related to the sector’s financial performance...

This paper focuses on financial reporting for the Australian Not-for-profit and Charitable Sector. It is principally concerned with raising sector-wide participation in the national discussion pertaining to Australian Accounting Standards and their impact on the Sector’s financial reporting...

Our analysis of the financial data of selected Queensland not-for-profit organisations for the financial years 2019, 2020 and 2021 show that Queensland’s not-for-profit sector is likely suffering from significant financial pressure. This pressure is a result of increasing costs of inputs - 19%...

The 2021 NDIS Pricing Review and Western Australian Pricing Review constitutes an opportunity for the Disability Services Sector to demonstrate the cost pressures impacting their operational sustainability and to inform the NDIA with respect to the nature of those pressures

Between 2016 and 2018 Grant Thornton Australia and the University of Western Australia invested in a three-year research program – The National Outcomes Measurement Research Agenda – designed to build the capacity of Not-for-profits in the area of outcomes specification, measurement and...

This study was funded and undertaken by Professor David Gilchrist, convener of the Not-for-profits UWA Research Team at the University of Western Australia. The Not-for-profits UWA Research Team is a multi-disciplinary academic group focusing on developing research outcomes that are intended to...

The 2018 dataset held by the ACNC was released on 9 June 2020. This initial review has been conducted in order to support the post COVID-19 recovery plan discussions. It is intended to give some insights into the economic and labour market size and value of the charitable Human Services sector...

Agricultural co-operation was one of the most important movements in the development of the economy of Western Australia. The establishment of some of the State’s most significant commercial concerns, including Westfarmers Ltd and CBH Ltd, emerged from this movement in the early decades of the...

This is the third report of the National Performance Benchmarking Project.1 It provides a summary of changes in the financial performance of a Panel of disability service providers between 2014/15 and 2016/172 as they transition into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Reported...