Australian Charity Annual Information Statements for 2018

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) provides Annual Information Statement data for registered charities for the 2018 financial year. This dataset contains financial and operational information submitted by charities, though specific row and column counts are unavailable. The data is published by the ACNC as part of its regulatory and open data commitments.

Use Cases

• Analyze charity financial information from the 2018 AIS to compare operational scales across the sector
• Filter and sort registered charities by variables reported in their Annual Information Statement
• Study the voluntary registration patterns of charities accessing Commonwealth tax concessions since 2012
• Identify charities that may have applied to have specific AIS data withheld based on defined sensitive circumstances

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the national regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
• Covers the 2018 financial year reporting period for registered charities
• Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia license for open use

Limitations

• Specific data volume (rows) and feature details (columns) are not provided in the input
• Data excludes information for charities that have successfully applied to have their AIS data withheld
• Information is subject to potential future withholding requests, which may affect historical consistency

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Mandatory annual submissions (Annual Information Statements) lodged by registered charities with the ACNC

Time Range

2018 financial year

Freshness

Updated weekly, with a last updated date of 2026-03-22.

Geography

Australia