- What is fundraising?
- Fundraising law reform
- Do you need a licence and in which states or territories?
- What are your fundraising requirements if your organisation is an ACNC-registered charity?
- What are the fundraising application processes and requirements in each state and territory?
- Other laws you should be aware of
- Auditing of fundraising accounts
Note
Fundraising is defined differently under the various regulatory regimes in each state and territory, and may be referred to by a different term. (For example, in the Australian Capital Territory, fundraising is referred to as 'charitable collections').
- requesting donations to help a person, cause or organisation (whether in person or online)
- selling merchandise or memberships where some or all of the profits will go towards helping a person, cause or organisation, or
- holding events to raise money for a person, cause or organisation
- Single point for registration - if a charity is registered with the ACNC and is complying with its ACNC requirements, it should have ‘deemed authority’ to fundraise (and shouldn’t have to apply for an authority to fundraise in every state and territory)
- Single place of reporting - fundraising charities should only be required to report once a year, to one regulator (the ACNC)
- Single set of rules to help ensure ethical fundraising practice
- which activities are considered fundraising activities
- when your group will need to register to fundraise
- ongoing obligations for all fundraisers (whether required to be registered or not)
- other laws you need to consider when fundraising (such as lottery permits)
- when your group needs to consider fundraising laws and licensing requirements in other states
- issues to consider when fundraising online, and
- issues to consider when using third party fundraisers
- an overview of the fundraising application process and requirements in each jurisdiction, and
- a checklist of documents required for fundraising applications in each jurisdiction
Don’t forget to refer to our state and territory based guides to fundraising as well.
More information
For more information about the ACL, see our guide, 'The laws of advertising and your community organisation' on our advertising page.
