The MBF Foundation is seeking to fund new health initiatives that provide clear benefit to the Australian community.
The 2010 Working Communities International Congress is now calling for case studies, innovative models and research papers that explore policy and innovation to improve global perspectives on addressing unemployment, through social and economic participation.
The global economic crisis has failed to dent community investment and charitable giving, with leading companies recording a staggering 86 per cent increase in contributions to the community in 2009.
As part of its work towards a National Volunteering Strategy, the Federal Government has appointed a Volunteer Policy Advisory Group and has also held the first meeting of the State and Territory Volunteering Ministers.
Philanthropy Australia, the peak national body for the philanthropic sector, has developed a comprehensive Private Ancillary Funds Trustee Handbook to assist current and future fund trustees to operate successfully.
The Cultural Ministers Council announced this week it will cease funding the Collections Council of Australia after five years of operations.
Over 200 not-for-profit fundraisers met at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for Pathway Australia's Funding Your Future conference.
The establishment of an Office for Not-For-Profit Sector Engagement and a Registrar for Community and Charitable Purpose Organisations are just two of many reforms put forward in the long awaited draft research report released (14.10.09) ...
At the first Social Inclusion Ministers Meeting held in Adelaide last month, local, state and federal governments expressed a commitment to incorporating social inclusion investment and reform in all areas of responsibility.
Australian charities have been put on notice to maintain transparency and accountability in light of a recent Federal Court ruling that resulted in the revocation of an organisation's charitable status.