Australia Charities
Australia Charities: The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is the independent national regulator of charities. The ACNC has been set up to achieve the following objects: maintain, protect and enhance public trust and confidence in the sector through increased accountability and transparency, support and sustain a robust, vibrant, independent and innovative not-for-profit sector and promote the reduction of unnecessary regulatory obligations on the sector.
Amazing Australian Charities That Are A Force For Good
1. Australian Red Cross
Category: Australia Charities
The Australian Red Cross is a leading humanitarian aid and community services charity in Australia and an auxiliary to government. Tracing its history back to 1914 and being incorporated by royal charter in 1941. The Australian Red Cross Society is the Australian National Society of the International Federation of Red Cross, Red Crescent Societies, part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The Australian Red Cross is guided by the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and as such is a secular, neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organisation.
For more information please visit: redcross.org.au
2. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF)
Category: Australia Charities
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is a national charity that was founded and set up by members of the Australian book industry in 2005. It draws on the skills and expertise of the book industry to address children’s literacy levels in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
For more information please visit: indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au
3. Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA)
Category: Australia Charities
The Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA) is the peak body supporting almost 1000 Men’s Sheds and is recognised as one of Australia’s largest male based community development organisations. AMSA was established in 2007 by the Australian independent community-based Men’s Sheds to represent, support and promote the Men’s Shed movement.
For more information please visit: mensshed.org
4. Royal Flying Doctor Service
Category: Australia Charities
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, informally known as The Flying Doctor is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world. It provides emergency and primary health care services for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia. It is not-for-profit organisation which provides health care to people who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback.
For more information please visit: flyingdoctor.org.au
5. Lifeline
Category: Australia Charities
Lifeline is a non-profit organisation that provides free, 24-hour Telephone Crisis Support service in Australia. Volunteer Crisis Supporters provide suicide prevention services, mental health support and emotional assistance, not only via telephone but face-to-face and online.
For more information please visit: lifeline.org.au
6. The Smith Family
Category: Australia Charities
The Smith Family is an Australian, independent non-profit children’s charity whose goal is to create opportunities for disadvantaged children and their families and encourage them to participate more fully in society, using education as a key tool.
For more information please visit: thesmithfamily.com.au
7. Aboriginal Children’s Advancement Society
Category: Australia Charities
The Aboriginal Children’s Advancement Society is an organisation in New South Wales, Australia that aims to achieve aboriginal reconciliation by improving the education of aboriginal children. The organisation was founded in 1966 and funded by the Australian Government from 1970. The belief is that with improved education the children will be better able to compete for mainstream employment. To achieve this it founded the Kirinari Aboriginal Students Hostels. Many Aboriginal Secondary School students have been able to achieve tertiary qualifications through the experience learned at a Kirinari hostel.
For more information please visit: acas.org.au
8. Alzheimers Association Australia NSW
Category: Australia Charities
Alzheimers Association Australia NSW has grown rapidly from a small, volunteer based organisation to a professional peak consumer body offering a range of services to those with an interest in dementia. Throughout this period of growth, the organisation focused on and continues to be driven by the needs of people living and working with dementia.
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9. Alzheimer’s Australia SA
Category: Australia Charities
Alzheimer’s Australia SA is the peak body representing the interests of people affected by dementia in South Australia. The charity provides policy, advocacy, information and support services for people living with dementia and families and carers of people with dementia.
For more information please visit: dementia.org.au
10. Alzheimer’s Australia VIC
Category: Australia Charities
Alzheimer’s Australia Vic is Victoria’s peak body dedicated to supporting people with dementia, their families and their carers. Alzheimer’s Australia Vic work with people with dementia, their family and carers to understand dementia and put in place strategies to cope.
For more information please visit: dementia.org.au/vic
11. Bedford Phoenix Incorporated
Category: Australia Charities
Bedford Phoenix Incorporated was formed in 2014 as a result of the amalgamation of the Bedford Group and the Phoenix Society. It works statewide, across South Australia and also New South Wales providing support to people with disabilities. Total revenue in 2014-2015 was $62,056,000, with a profit of $3,600,000.
For more information please visit: bedfordgroup.com.au
12. Benevolent Society
Category: Australia Charities
The Benevolent Society, founded by Edward Smith Hall in 1813, is Australia’s first charity. It is an independent, non-religious, non-profit organization which aims to help people overcome barriers preventing them from participating fully in society. Many of today’s essential social services in Australia were pioneered by The Benevolent Society[citation needed] and since its earliest days it has advocated progressive, positive social change and this legacy informs their work today.
For more information please visit: beloved.benevolent.org.au
13. Berry Street
Category: Australia Charities
Berry Street is an independent Community Service Organisation and Australian charity. Established in 1877, protecting and caring for children has been the common thread throughout their history. Berry Street’s vision is that all children have a good childhood, growing up feeling safe, nurtured and with hope for the future.
For more information please visit: berrystreet.org.au
14. Mission Australia
Category: Australia Charities
Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian charity that provides a range of community services throughout Australia. In 2016-2017, Mission Australia employed approximately 2800 staff and 3200 volunteers, supported more than 140,000 children, young people, adults and elderly people across 470 programs and services. The organisation specialises in the areas of homelessness and housing, families and children, early learning, youth, employment and skills, alcohol and other drugs, disability, mental health and strengthening communities.
For more information please visit: missionaustralia.com.au
15. Marie Stopes International Australia (MSIA)
Category: Australia Charities
Marie Stopes International Australia (MSIA) is a non-profit social enterprise providing increased access to quality reproductive health services in the Asia-Pacific region. MSIA has tax deductible status, an Independent Board of Directors and is part of the Marie Stopes International global partnership. Over many years, Marie Stopes International (MSI) has provided life-changing sexual and reproductive healthcare to over 100 million people worldwide. In 2016, MSI delivered family planning, contraception, safe abortion and sexual health services to over 20 million women and men across 37 countries.
For more information please visit: mariestopes.org.au
16. Fred Hollows Foundation
Category: Australia Charities
The Fred Hollows Foundation is a non-profit aid organization based in Australia and founded in 1992 by eye surgeon Fred Hollows. The Foundation focuses on treating and preventing blindness and other vision problems. It operates in Australia, The Pacific, South and South East Asia and Africa.
For more information please visit: hollows.org/au/home
List of the Other Australia Charities
- Abhinay School of Performing Arts
- Amnesty International Australia
- ANFIN
- Anglican Board of Mission – Australia Ltd
- Anglicare NSW
- Anglicare SA
- Anglicare, Diocese of Brisbane
- Animal Welfare League NSW
- APEX Foundation Ltd
- Aquinas College
- Art Gallery of WA
- Arthritis Australia
- Arthritis Foundation of NSW
- Arthritis Foundation of Queensland
- Arthritis Foundation of SA
- Arthritis Foundation of Victoria
- Assistance Dogs for Australia
- Association for the Blind WA
- Asthma Australia
- Asthma Foundation of QLD
- Asthma WA
- AUSTCARE
- Austin Health
- Austin Research Institute
- Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation (ANZIOF)
- Australia for UNHCR
- Australian Bush Heritage Fund
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation
- Australian Catholic University
- Australian Childhood Foundation
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Australian Council for International Development Inc.
- Australian Cranio Maxillo Facial Foundation
- Australian Drug Foundation
- Australian Foundation for Disabled
- Australian Huntington’s Disease Association NSW
- Australian Kidney Foundation
- Australian Labor Party Victorian Branch
- Australian Red Cross
- Australian Rural Centre for Addictive Behaviours
- Australian Sports Foundation
- Autism Association of South Australia Inc.
- Baker Heart Research Institute
- Ballarat Health Services
- Baptist World Aid Australia
- Barnardos Australia
- Bedford Industries
- Bendigo Health Care Group
- Bethel
- Birds Australia
- Blue Care
- Bond University
- Box Hill Institute of TAFE
- Boy’s Town Family Care
- Boy’s Town Lotteries
- Breast Cancer Institute of Australia
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Legacy
- Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Burnside Hospital Foundation Inc
- CAF Australia
- Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Ltd
- Camp Quality Ltd
- Cancer Council Victoria
- CanTeen Australia Ltd
- CARE Australia
- CareFlight
- Carinya Society
- Caritas Australia
- Carmelite Centre
- Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Catholic Mission
- CENTACARE Adelaide
- CENTACARE Catholic Family Services
- Cerebral Palsy Association of WA Ltd
- Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland
- Child & Family Services Ballarat Inc
- Child Abuse Prevention Service
- Childhood Cancer Association
- Children’s Cancer Institute Australia
- Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation Inc
- Children’s Medical Research Institute
- Christian Blind Mission International
- Christian Children’s Fund
- Church Missionary Society
- Churches of Christ in SA & NT Inc.
- Clean Up Australia
- Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust
- CRC Churches International
- Crippled Children’s Association
- Cromwell College
- Crusader Union of Australia
- Crystal Cathedral Ministries Australia
- Curtin University of Technology
- Cystic Fibrosis NSW
- Cystic Fibrosis Queensland Limited
- Cystic Fibrosis Victoria
- Cystic Fibrosis WA
- Deaf Children Australia
- Diabetes Australia – NSW
- Diabetes Australia – Queensland
- Diabetes Australia – Victoria
- Disability Services Australia
- Dymocks Literacy Foundation
- Eagles Football Club
- Eastern Health
- Edith Cowan University
- Endeavour Foundation
- EPIC (Education Program For Infants And Children Inc)
- Epilepsy Association
- Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
- Epilepsy Queensland Inc.
- Faith Lutheran Secondary School
- Flinders University
- Foundation Daw Park Inc.
- Foundation for Aged Care
- Frontier Services
- Fundraising Consultancy Services (FCS)
- Garvan Research Foundation
- Gasworks Arts Park
- Gawler Health Foundation
- Glaucoma Australia
- Glennie School
- GO Fund
- Gold Coast Arts Centre Pty Ltd
- Good Samaritan Industries
- Good Sheppard Youth & Family Service
- Gould League of Australia
- Greening Australia Queensland Inc.
- Greening Australia WA Inc.
- Greenpeace Australia Pacific
- GROW (SA Branch)
- Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
- Guide Dogs Queensland
- Guide Dogs Victoria
- Habitat for Humanity
- Haemophilia Foundation Australia
- Helping Hand Aged Care Inc
- His Majestys Theatre Foundation
- Hope Healthcare Ltd
- Horizon Foundation Inc
- Hunter Medical Research Institute
- ICEE – International Centre for Eyecare Education
- INALA
- International Diabetes Institute
- International Fund for Animal Welfare
- International Women’s Development Agency
- Ipswich Hospital Foundation
- Jewish Care
- Jewish Communal Appeal
- Jewish Museum of Australia
- Jewish National Fund of Australia Inc
- K.I.D.S Foundation
- Kids Under Cover
- Kindergarten Parents Victoria
- Koorie Heritage Trust
- Leukaemia Foundation
- Lifeline Australia
- Lifeline Brisbane
- Lifeline Canberra
- Lifeline Sunshine Coast
- Lions Eye Institute Ltd
- Lord Mayors Charitable Fund
- Lord Somers Camp and Power House
- Lutheran Media
- Lyndoch Warnambool
- MacKillop Family Services
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund
- Masonicare The Grand Charity Fund
- Mater Dei Special School & Services
- Mater Hospital’s Trust
- Mecwa Community Care
- Medecins Sans Frontieres
- Melbourne Legacy
- Melbourne Theatre Company
- Mental Health Research Institute
- Mental Illness Fellowship
- Methodist Ladies College
- Minda Incorporated
- Mission Australia
- Modbury Hospital Foundation
- Monash University
- MontroseAccess – The Queensland Society for Crippled Children
- Moore College
- MS Society of NSW
- MS Society of QLD
- Murdoch Community Hospice
- Murdoch University
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Muscular Dystrophy Association of WA (INC.)
- Myer Community Fund
- National Centre for Citizenship and Volunteer Management
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
- National Museum of Australia
- National Trust St John’s Cathedral Completion Fund
- Neurosurgical Research Foundation
- New College
- Newcastle City Mission
- NISAD – Schizophrenia Research
- North Shore Heart Research Foundation
- NRMA Foundation
- NSW Paralympic Committee
- University of WA Development Office
- Open Doors With Brother Andrew
- Open Family Australia
- Opportunities International
- Opportunity International Australia
- Orchestra Victoria
- Ormond College
- Ozchild: Children Australia
- PA Research Foundation
- Paraplegic & Quadriplegic Association
- Paraplegic & Quadriplegic Association of QLD
- ParaQuad Victoria
- Parramatta Mission
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- Phoenix Society Inc
- PMH Foundation
- Police & Community Youth Club NSW Ltd
- Port Adelaide Central Mission Inc
- Powerhouse Museum
- Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
- Queensland Baptist Care
- Queensland Blind Association Inc
- Queensland Cancer Fund
- Queensland Community Foundation
- Queensland University of Technology
- R.S.L. Care
- Ravenswood School For Girls
- RDNS Foundation
- Redeemer Lutheran College
- Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
- Returned & Services League of Australia (QLD Branch)
- Returned & Services League of Australia (Victorian Branch)
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Rostrevor College
- Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund
- Royal Blind Foundation
- Royal Blind Society
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Royal Children’s Hospital Foundatio
- Royal District Nursing Service
- Royal Far West Children’s Health Scheme
- Royal Flying Doctor Service
- Royal Flying Doctor Service (Victoria Section)
- Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
- Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Royal South Australian Deaf Society Inc
- Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
- RSPCA (ACT)
- RSPCA (QLD)
- RSPCA (SA)
- RSPCA (VIC)
- Sacred Heart College Foundation Inc
- Saint Ignatius College
- Save the Children Australia
- Scope (VIC) Ltd.
- Scouts Australia (SA Branch)
- Scripture Union NSW
- Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
- Seymour College
- Shepparton Villages
- Shore School
- Sids and Kids
- Silver Chain Nursing Association
- Sir David Martin Foundation
- Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home
- Sisters of Charity Foundation Ltd
- Sisters of the Good Samaritan Foundation
- South Western Sydney Area Health Service
- Southern Health Care
- SPARC Disability Foundation Inc.
- St Aloysius’ College SJ
- St Andrew’s School
- St Giles Society Inc
- St John Ambulance Australia
- St John Ambulance Australia SA Inc
- St John of God Services Victoria
- St Joseph’s College Geelong Foundation
- St Paul’s Grammar School
- St Peter’s College
- St Peters Lutheran College
- St Vincent De Paul Society
- St Vincent De Paul Society
- St Vincent’s Hospital Foundation
- St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
- St. Catherine’s School
- Starlight Children’s Foundation
- Stawell Regional Health
- Stepfamily Association of Victoria
- Stewart House Preventorium
- Sturt Football Club
- Sunshine Coast Health Services Foundation
- Surf Life Saving Foundation
- Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation
- Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre
- Sydney Eye Hospital Foundation
- Sydney Jewish Museum
- Sydney Legacy
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra
- Telstra Child Flight
- The AIDS Council of SA
- The Alan Duff Charitable Foundation for Books in Homes
- The Archbishop of Sydney’s Appeal Unit
- The Asthma Foundation NSW
- The Benevolent Society
- The Bible Society in Australia
- The Bible Society in New Zealand Inc
- The Bionic Ear Institute
- The Cancer & Bowel Research Trust
- The Cancer Council ACT
- The Cancer Council of NSW
- The Cancer Council of Tasmania
- The Cancer Foundation of WA
- The Children’s Hospital At Westmead
- The Council for Christian Education in Schools
- The Deafblind Association
- The Exodus Foundation
- The Fred Hollows Foundation
- The Gawler Foundation
- The Heart Research Institute
- The Leprosy Mission (Australia)
- The Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home
- The Lost Dogs Home
- The Medical Foundation
- The Royal Life Saving Society
- The Royal Society for the Blind
- The Salvation Army
- The Shepherd Centre
- The Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Fund
- The Spastic Centre of NSW
- The Yooralla Society of Victoria
- Toowoomba Hospital Foundation
- TQEH Research Foundation
- Trust for Nature
- The Alannah and Madeline Foundation
- Amy Gillett Foundation
- Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia
- Anglicare
- The Aurora Group
- AUSPOL – Police Welfare Foundation
- Australia 21
- Australian Foundation for Disability
- Australian Freedom from Hunger Campaign
- Australian League of Immigration Volunteers
- Australian Legislative Ethics Commission
- Australian Rotary Health
- Bedford Phoenix Incorporated
- Benevolent Society
- Berry Street
- Beyondblue
- Blue Care
- Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation
- Bluey Day Foundation
- Brien Holden Vision Institute
- Cancer Council Australia
- Cancer Council Victoria
- Cancer Council Queensland
- CanDo4Kids
- Care for Africa
- CareFlight
- CBM (charity)
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance
- Channel Seven Perth Telethon
- Citizens Advice outside the United Kingdom
- Community Action for People with Disabilities in Africa
- Compassion Australia
- Deaf CanDo
- Deaf Children Australia
- Diabetes NSW & ACT
- Epilepsy Action Australia
- Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
- Everyman’s Welfare Service
- Eyes For Africa Charity
- FareShare (Australia)
- The Fred Hollows Foundation
- Fusion International
- Gift of Bread
- Global Poverty Project
- Hands On Learning Australia
- Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh
- Humane Society International Australia
- Intensive Care Foundation
- Josephite Community Aid
- Kerry Packer Foundation
- Kickstart Kids International
- Kokoda Track Foundation
- Langham Partnership
- Lent Event
- List of charities established by Australian athletes
- Living Legends (charity)
- Mahboba’s Promise
- James Mathers (missionary)
- McGrath Foundation
- Meal-a-Day Fund
- Men of League Foundation
- Minda Inc
- Mission Australia
- MS Australia
- Najidah (Australia)
- National LGBTI Health Alliance
- Northcott Disability Services
- Northcott Society
- Novita Children’s Services
- The NSW Society for Crippled Children
- NSW Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service
- Online Hate Prevention Institute
- Orange Sky Laundry
- Organisation Intersex International Australia
- Our Big Kitchen
- Our Community
- Oxfam Australia
- Prahran Mission
- Primary Club of Australia
- The Prince’s Charities
- Queensland Community Care Network
- The Reach Foundation
- Religious Sisters of Charity
- Royal Far West Children’s Health Scheme
- Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
- Royal Humane Society of Australasia
- St John Ambulance Australia Cadets
- Scosa
- The Smith Family (charity)
- Snow Foundation
- List of South Australian organisations providing support to people with a disability
- South Australian Olympic Council
- Souths Cares
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
- St John Ambulance Australia
- St John Ambulance Australia New South Wales
- SunSmart
- Sydney Leadership
- Top Blokes Foundation
- Traditional Healthcare
- Transgender Victoria
- United Way Geelong Inc
- United Way SA Inc.
- Uniting International Mission of the Uniting Church
- Uniting Care Burnside
- Uniting Care Share Community Appeal
- Uniting Church (NSW.ACT)
- Uniting Church in Australia
- UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide
- UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide Inc.
- Variety The Children’s Charity
- Very Special Kids
- Victorian Association of Youth in Communities
- Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University
- Villa Maria
- Vision Australia Foundation
- Ugly Men’s Association
- UnitingCare Australia
- Victorian Students’ Aid Program
- Women in League
- Women In Prison Advocacy Network
- WorkVentures
- Wrap with Love
- Walford Anglican School for Girls Inc
- Wesley Mission
- Wesley Mission Brisbane
- Wesley Mission Sydney
- West Gippsland Health Care Group
- Western Australian Museum Foundation
- Western District Health Service
- Westminster School
- Westpac Helicopter Rescue Service
- Wilderness School
- Wimmera Health Care Group
- Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
- Women & Infants Research Foundation
- Women’s & Children’s Hospital
- Woodcroft College
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
- World Society for the Protection of Animals
- World Vision Australia
- World Vision International
- World Wide Fund For Nature
- Yooralla Society of Victoria
- Youth Insearch Foundation (Aust) Inc.
- Youngcare
- Youth Off The Streets