The nonprofit sector is too important to Australia’s well-being and the well-being of Australians to allow it to languish any longer under myriads of contradictory, conflicting and complicated legislation which purports to regulate the sector but because of exemptions and other legislative issues fails in both its regulatory and public duties.
FIA welcomes the Senate’s current interest in charities and the nonprofit sector and hopes that the current inquiry will lead to action. We will be urging the Senate to act on the body of evidence put to its inquiry and not to allow it, like previous inquiries, to fall into oblivion.
FIA would like to see further work put into ‘model’ fundraising legislation, the shape of a national regulator and the elements of a compact to underpin the values and funding of the sector.
We’ve consulted our members – unanimously they agree that the current disclosure regimes are manifestly inadequate. The majority of Australians (in fact 86%) are committed to helping others through the charitable and nonprofit sector. We hope governments will support this huge community effort by addressing regulatory issues and enabling charities to deliver their work and benefit our communities.
Filed under: fundraising, nonprofit, policy, regulation | Tagged: legislation, nonprofit sector, Senate inquiry
Disclosure is inadequate in the U.S. as well, in my opinion. In order to further the legitimacy of all nonprofits, professionals must realize that disclosure is not the enemy.
http://www.charitynetusa.com/blog
I agree with your comment Melanie. Thank you.