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Explore Register of Australian charities, ACNC

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Data: Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, Australian Government, ACNC Register of Australian charities, sourced 30 September 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/acnc-register, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Licence terms.

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What the fields mean

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In the explorer	Field name	Type	Note
ABN	abn	string
Legal name	charity_legal_name	string
Other names	other_organisation_names	string
Address type	address_type	string
Address line 1	address_line_1	string
Address line 2	address_line_2	string
Address line 3	address_line_3	string
Town or city	town_city	string
State	state	string
Postcode	postcode	string
Country	country	string
Website	charity_website	string
Registration date	registration_date	date
Date established	date_organisation_established	date
Size	charity_size	string
Responsible persons	number_of_responsible_persons	integer
Financial year end	financial_year_end	string
Operates in ACT	operates_in_act	boolean	Y when the charity operates in ACT. Blank otherwise.
Operates in NSW	operates_in_nsw	boolean	Y when the charity operates in NSW. Blank otherwise.
Operates in NT	operates_in_nt	boolean	Y when the charity operates in NT. Blank otherwise.
Operates in Qld	operates_in_qld	boolean	Y when the charity operates in QLD. Blank otherwise.
Operates in SA	operates_in_sa	boolean	Y when the charity operates in SA. Blank otherwise.
Operates in Tas	operates_in_tas	boolean	Y when the charity operates in TAS. Blank otherwise.
Operates in Vic	operates_in_vic	boolean	Y when the charity operates in VIC. Blank otherwise.
Operates in WA	operates_in_wa	boolean	Y when the charity operates in WA. Blank otherwise.
Operating countries	operating_countries	string
Public benevolent institution	pbi	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Health promotion charity	hpc	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Preventing or relieving suffering of animals	preventing_or_relieving_suffering_of_animals	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Advancing culture	advancing_culture	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Advancing education	advancing_education	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Advancing health	advancing_health	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Promoting or opposing a change to law or policy	promote_or_oppose_a_change_to_law_government_poll_or_prac	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Advancing the natural environment	advancing_natual_environment	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Promoting or protecting human rights	promoting_or_protecting_human_rights	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Other purposes beneficial to the public	purposes_beneficial_to_ther_general_public_and_other_analogo	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Promoting reconciliation and tolerance	promoting_reconciliation_mutual_respect_and_tolerance	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Advancing religion	advancing_religion	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Advancing social or public welfare	advancing_social_or_public_welfare	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Advancing security or safety of Australia	advancing_security_or_safety_of_australia_or_australian_publ	boolean	Y when this is one of the charity's registered purposes or subtypes. Blank otherwise.
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people	aboriginal_or_tsi	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Adults	adults	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Aged persons	aged_persons	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Children	children	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Communities overseas	communities_overseas	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Early childhood	early_childhood	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Ethnic groups	ethnic_groups	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Families	families	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Females	females	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Financially disadvantaged people	financially_disadvantaged	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
LGBTIQA+ people	lgbtiqa_people	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
General community in Australia	general_community_in_australia	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Males	males	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Migrants, refugees or asylum seekers	migrants_refugees_or_asylum_seekers	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Other beneficiaries	other_beneficiaries	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Other charities	other_charities	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
People at risk of homelessness	people_at_risk_of_homelessness	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
People with chronic illness	people_with_chronic_illness	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
People with disabilities	people_with_disabilities	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Pre or post release offenders	pre_post_release_offenders	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Rural, regional or remote communities	rural_regional_remote_communities	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Unemployed people	unemployed_person	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Veterans or their families	veterans_or_their_families	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Victims of crime	victims_of_crime	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Victims of disasters	victims_of_disasters	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Youth	youth	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Animals (beneficiary)	animals_beneficiary	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
Environment (beneficiary)	environment_beneficiary	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.
People of other gender identities	other_gender_identities	boolean	Y when this is one of the groups the charity says it helps. Blank otherwise.

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