# Australian Charity Register (ACNC) - Enriched Charity Data (`consummate_kinesis_jvt/acnc-charity-register`) Actor

Australian charity data from ACNC. ~60K registered charities with normalised subtypes, beneficiary categories, operating locations, and ABN. Filter by state, size, PBI, or name. Clean JSON. CC BY 3.0 AU.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/consummate\_kinesis\_jvt/acnc-charity-register.md
- **Developed by:** [Noah Park](https://apify.com/consummate_kinesis_jvt) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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# README

## 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

```json
{
  "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.

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

Filter by state of registration

## `size` (type: `string`):

Filter by charity size category

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Filter by charity name (case-insensitive). Leave empty for all charities.

## `pbiOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Return only charities classified as Public Benevolent Institutions (PBI)

## `hpcOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Return only charities classified as Health Promotion Charities (HPC)

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of charities to return. 0 = no limit. Default 1000.

## `abnList` (type: `array`):

Comma-separated list of ABNs to look up (11 digits, no spaces). e.g. 20613885410,45629238500

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "",
  "size": "",
  "nameContains": "",
  "pbiOnly": false,
  "hpcOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "abnList": []
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Link to the dataset containing all charity records as JSON

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("consummate_kinesis_jvt/acnc-charity-register").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("consummate_kinesis_jvt/acnc-charity-register").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call consummate_kinesis_jvt/acnc-charity-register --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=consummate_kinesis_jvt/acnc-charity-register",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/Y40feI0w3RS0NOY2a/builds/Ihj2x9hBwooYkVykX/openapi.json