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04/02/2014

The Community and Public Sector Union has condemned the decision to wind up the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC) describing the move as short-sighted.

10/12/2013

Philanthropy Australia is the national peak body for philanthropy and is a not-for-profit membership organisation. Our mission is to lead an innovative, growing, influential and high performing philanthropic sector in Australia.

03/12/2013

I really don't want to criticize anything that encourages people to make charitable gifts. That's a good and important goal. But I do think most nonprofits should think twice before throwing in their lot with Giving Tuesday (which, in case you live on a frozen asteroid and haven't heard, it today).…

21/11/2013

New research reveals Australians use “giving” to beat the weekday blues and they feel most inspired on Wednesdays.

25/09/2013

Perhaps sometimes politicians are too dim or too arrogant to realise when democracy is saying "you've made a mistake"?!

ENVIRONMENT Minister Greg Hunt last night welcomed the decision by the former Climate Commission to work for free, just days after it was sacked by the new Coalition government.

03/06/2013

http://www.acnc.gov.au/ACNC/Comms/LN/LN_20130530.aspx

The new Commonwealth Grant Guidelines come into effect from 1 June 2013. All Commonwealth agencies including the ACNC are working together to implement the changes and reduce duplication and save time charities spend reporting to government.

22/05/2013

http://australiancharitiesfund.cmail5.com/t/ViewEmail/j/9ECCFA0097D89AF8/45DB67E5EEFC83B66A4D01E12DB8921D

After successfully leading The Australian Charities Fund (ACF) for four years, our current CEO Ted Kerr will be stepping aside from the day-to-day CEO role at the end of June 2013.

21/05/2013

Mobile aggregation App, GiveEasy has launched ‘Apps for Charities’ – allowing charities across Australia the ability to have their own branded App.

The GiveEasy Platform links to Facebook and Twitter and allows mobile users to search and select charities and appeals with donations being made in real-time via a credit card.

Read more here: http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2013/05/tailored-apps-aussie-charities

14/05/2013

The sister of US billionaire Warren Buffett has launched GivingWithPurpose, described as the first ever Open Online Course on effective charitable giving.

Doris Buffett who established The LearningbyGivingFoundation has launched MOOC - the Massive Open Online Course - a free course she says that offers everyone the opportunity to make real grants using the Foundation’s money.

Read more: http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2013/05/buffett%E2%80%99s-sister-funds-online-philanthropy

13/05/2013

http://philanthropy.com/article/Unleashing-the-Power-of/138891?cid=megamenu

Jennifer James has built a network of 1,000 mothers who write about health, education, hunger and other causes as a way to raise money and get attention for charities.

10/05/2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2013/may/08/sound-bites-impact-reporting

Joe Saxton tells CFG conference that 'tweets' and 'nuggets of information' are more effective in communicating impact than large 30-50 page reports

09/05/2013

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