Charities & Not-For-Profits

Ensuring the proper charities legal structures in place can help you maximise profits and minimise costs.

We advise our clients in relation to a broad range of charity and not-for-profit matters, including:

• structures;
• charitable trusts and ancillary funds;
• charity registration with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (‘ACNC’);
• policies and governance;
• compliance;
• tax deductible status (‘DGR’);
• income tax exemptions;
• employment;
• distribution of funds overseas; and
• fundraising licensing.

Beyond the law, our lawyers are actively involved in the charity and not-for-profit sector by way of:

• charity director/board positions;
• charity advisory roles;
• charity volunteering; and
• previous employment in the not-for-profit sector.

We work with charities and not-for-profits of all shapes and sizes. We service start-up organisations through to some of the biggest charities and not-for-profits in Australia.

Our firm has acted to:

• establish an Australian charitable fundraising arm for a major international charity;
• establish a tax-deductible fund for Australia’s leading online crowd-funding company;
• set up an Australian based tax-deductible fundraising structure with multiple funds for a leading international university;
• advise a peak body and preeminent Australian education provider in relation to its not-for-profit status;
• obtain fundraising licenses in all States and Territories;
• establish a public benevolent institution with capacity to send funds overseas for an international constituent member of the Red Cross;
• advise a religious group on purchasing property through charitable structures;
• assist a major Australian charity in responding to a breach of compliance notice issued by the ACNC;
• re-structure a well-known gym group as a not-for-profit company;
• assist a well-established health retreat to structure a tax-deductible social enterprise framework; and
• set up a major online crowdfunding foundation.

Working with our clients in mind

We work closely with each of our clients to provide advice that is:

• cost effective;
• solution oriented; and
• tailored to the clients’ identity and needs.