Australian Charity Register (ACNC) - Enriched Charity Data

Clean, structured Australian charity data from the ACNC Charity Register. ~60,000 registered charities with normalised subtypes, beneficiary categories, operating locations, and contact details.

What this actor does

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) publishes a weekly CSV file listing every registered charity in Australia. This actor:

1. Fetches the latest data from data.gov.au (updated weekly)
2. Normalises 69 raw columns into clean, structured JSON
3. Decodes binary flags into human-readable subtypes and beneficiary categories
4. Formats ABNs in standard Australian format (XX XXX XXX XXX)
5. Parses dates to ISO 8601 format
6. Combines address lines into structured fields
7. Adds computed summary fields for charity type and beneficiaries
8. Filters by state, size, name, subtype, beneficiary category, or ABN list

Use cases

• Fundraising and grant-making: Find charities by cause area, location, and size for targeted outreach
• Nonprofit SaaS sales: Generate leads for products targeting charities (CRM, accounting, insurance)
• Research and journalism: Analyse charity sector trends, geographic distribution, and beneficiary coverage
• Due diligence and KYC: Verify charity status and registration details
• Philanthropic foundations: Find aligned charities by subtype and beneficiary category
• Government and policy: Identify gaps in service coverage by geography and beneficiary type

Filters

• State: NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
• Charity size: Small, Medium, Large
• Charity name: Case-insensitive search
• PBI only: Public Benevolent Institutions
• HPC only: Health Promotion Charities
• ABN list: Bulk lookup by ABN
• Maximum results: Default 1000. Set to 0 for all ~60,000 charities.

Example output

{
  "abn": "20613885410",
  "abn_formatted": "20 613 885 410",
  "charity_legal_name": "Marradhali Aboriginal Corporation",
  "other_organisation_names": [],
  "address_type": "Business",
  "address_line_1": "73 Taylor Street",
  "town_city": "Dubbo",
  "state": "NSW",
  "state_name": "New South Wales",
  "postcode": "2830",
  "country": "Australia",
  "charity_website": "www.marradhali.com.au",
  "registration_date": "2023-10-11",
  "date_established": "2023-09-05",
  "charity_size": "",
  "number_of_responsible_persons": 5,
  "financial_year_end": "30-Jun",
  "operates_in": {
    "ACT": false, "NSW": true, "NT": false,
    "QLD": false, "SA": false, "TAS": false,
    "VIC": false, "WA": false
  },
  "operating_countries": [],
  "is_pbi": true,
  "is_hpc": false,
  "charity_subtypes": {
    "Advancing culture": true,
    "Advancing education": false,
    "Advancing health": false,
    "Advancing natural environment": false,
    "Advancing religion": false,
    "Advancing social or public welfare": false,
    "Advancing security or safety of Australia": false,
    "Preventing or relieving suffering of animals": false,
    "Promoting or opposing change to law, government poll or practice": false,
    "Promoting or protecting human rights": false,
    "Purposes beneficial to the general public": false,
    "Promoting reconciliation, mutual respect and tolerance": false
  },
  "beneficiary_categories": {
    "Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples": true,
    "Adults": false,
    "Aged persons": true,
    "Children": true,
    "Animals": false,
    "Environment": false,
    "Females": true,
    "Males": false,
    "Youth": true,
    "People with disabilities": true,
    "Financially disadvantaged": false
  },
  "charity_type_summary": "Advancing culture",
  "beneficiary_summary": "Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, Aged persons, Children, Females, People with disabilities, Pre and post release offenders, Rural, regional and remote communities, Unemployed persons, Youth"
}

Data source and licence

• Source: ACNC Charity Register via data.gov.au
• URL: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/acnc-register
• Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)
• Update frequency: Weekly
• Dataset size: ~60,000 charities, 14.3 MB

Commercial redistribution permitted with attribution to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).

Limitations

• Does not include names of Responsible Persons (only a count). Individual lookups are available on the ACNC website.
• Charity size may be blank for recently registered charities that have not yet submitted an Annual Information Statement.
• Some column names in the source data contain typos (e.g. "Advancing_natual_environment") which have been corrected in the output.