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Charities tables

Last updated 23 September 2020

To be a charity, an organisation must be not-for-profit, have a charitable purpose and be for the public benefit (other than where the charitable purpose is the relief of poverty). A charity may be entitled to seek endorsement from the ATO for various concessions.

The Charities section contains the following tables:

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Data presented in this section includes active tax concession charities as at 31 October each year.

The number of charities has been rounded to the nearest 5 and totals may differ from the sum of components, due to rounding.

Table 41: Tax concession charities by entity type

Entity type

31 Oct 2011

no.

31 Oct 2012

no.

31 Oct 2013

no.

Charitable institution

37,890

40,070

41,180

Public benevolent institution

10,225

8,910

9,160

Charitable fund

5,870

6,040

6,015

Health promotion charity

1,060

1,255

1,370

Total

55,040

56,280

57,730

Table 42: Tax concessions of charities, by main charitable purpose, as at 31 October 2013

Main charitable purpose

Tax concession charities

Income tax exempt

FBT exempt

FBT rebatable

GST concession

Social and community welfare

24,055

23,975

8,685

12,275

23,620

Religion

12,855

12,840

5

11,795

12,480

Education

10,085

10,075

5

8,810

9,750

Health

2,870

2,850

1,555

495

2,705

Culture

1,720

1,715

0

1,390

1,600

Natural environment

685

685

0

545

625

Other

5,460

5,435

10

3,610

5,090

Total

57,730

57,575

10,265

38,910

55,870

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