A public benevolent institution (PBI) is atype of charity which is organised, conducted or promoted for the relief of poverty, sickness, destitution, helplessness, suffering, misfortune, disability or distress.
Examples of PBIs that provide disaster relief services include:
- non-government emergency services
- non-government search and rescue teams
- those whose relief of poverty and homelessness extend to disaster relief.
See also
Disaster relief through a PBI
If your PBI is already endorsed as a DGR, you do not need to establish an ADRF to collect tax deductible donations.
Otherwise, if your PBI wants to support community reconstruction efforts, you may choose to set up an ADRF to collect donations to provide money to other charities to fund their disaster relief activity. This may include acceptable community reconstruction efforts.
PBI constraints
If you choose to operate an ADRF as part of your PBI, any ADRF activity should be consistent with your PBI purposes.