Reforming not-for-profit regulation - Collaborative Project

The project is funded by the Australian Research Council and supported by Philanthropy Australia (under the Strategic Partnerships with Industry program).  It is a three-year study of the appropriateness of the corporate legal framework for not-for-profit organisations, particularly in terms of accountability and good corporate governance.

Philanthropy Australia is the national membership organisation for grantmaking trusts and foundations.  Its mission is to promote and protect the interests of family, private, corporate and community giving in Australia.  Its members have an overarching interest and concern to ensure that grants made by them are distributed to well managed not-for-profit organisations.  Philanthropy Australia has been instrumental in the formation of the National Round Table of Non-Profit Organisations – a new organisation whose primary focus will be to represent the not-for-profit sector to government and the broader community.