Australian Charities 2015 Annual Financial Statements

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission provides a record of the 2015 Annual Information Statements submitted by registered charities. The dataset covers financial information for the 2015 reporting year, typically for the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. Data from charities that applied to have their information withheld is excluded.

Use Cases

• Analyze charity finances and activities using the reported financial information fields.
• Compare financial positions across charities by filtering and sorting on AIS variables.
• Research charity sector trends for the 2015 reporting year with the collected AIS information.

Strengths

• Data originates from the national regulator of charities in Australia, the ACNC.
• Covers the standardized 2015 reporting year for registered charities.
• Available under a permissive CC BY 4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable for assessment.
• Excludes data from charities that successfully applied to have their information withheld.
• Financial information may be misinterpreted without considering each charity's unique context, especially for small charities.

Provenance

Source

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)

Collection Method

Mandatory annual submissions (Annual Information Statements) lodged by registered charities.

Time Range

2015 reporting year, typically covering 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Freshness

null

Geography

Australia