2014 ABS Third Non-Profit Institutions Satellite Account () On 30 June 2014 the ABS released its third Satellite Account. It found that NPIs contributed close to $55 billion to Australia's economy in 2012–13, an increase of $22 billion in original terms, since 2006–07, as measured by gross value added. NPIs received income of $107.5 billion and employed just over 1,000,000 people during the same period. The types of NPI activities that contributed to total gross value added were education and research (30.9%), social services (19.5%), health and hospitals (18.1%) and culture and recreation (13.2%). In relation to giving the Satellite Account disclosed the following: Source Income Donations, bequests and legacies $3,993 m Donations from businesses $863 m Donations from trusts and foundations $474 m Sponsorships $1,381 m Other fundraising $1,903 m TOTAL $8,614 m The release did not have the volunteer component because the appropriate data were not collected by a prior household survey. The ABS plans to collect these data in a household survey in 2015. Funding for this ABS product was provided by the DSS and the Australian Department of Health. We understand (at the date of publication) that funding is not assured for another Non-Profit Institutions Satellite Account. Chapter 4 Government Sources Table 2. Key studies from Government sources Study/Dataset Data Year/s Description Number of Cases Nonprofit Sectors Type of Data ABS Time Use Survey (, , ) 1992, 1997, 2006 Examines the daily activities of Australians both in paid and unpaid 2006 - 3,816 families and 3,643 Volunteering Interviews and self-completion diary.
work. households ) report Research study on the contributions of the NFP sector with a focus on improving the measurement. n/a n/a Quantitative. Also examines issues in methodology and measurement ABS () organisations 2006-7 2006-7 Information about nonprofit organisations in Australia 2,248 organisations n/a Quantitative ABS (, , ) Community Sector Series Examines the economic and financial performance of businesses and public and private sector organisations in the provision of community services. 2008-9 – 10,967 organisations Volunteering Quantitative Queensland Household Survey () 2004, 2009 Examines volunteering in sport and recreational activity. 3,594 respondents Volunteering Quantitative and qualitative ABS () Household Expenditure Survey 1984 - Conducted every six years, it includes questions on cash gifts to charity, family, and religious organisations 2009-10 households Giving Quantitative – collected through diary entries ABS (, , , ) Voluntary Work, Australia reports From GSS. 1995, 2000, 2006, 2010 Data collected via the General Social Survey 2010 - 13,375 (86.5% response rate) Volunteering Data Quantitative – personal interviewing ABS (, ) Census Data collected every 5 years from everyone in Australia on Census Night. n/a Volunteering Quantitative ABS () GSS vs. Census 2006 Compares the volunteering rates from the 2006 Census and GSS Same as GSS and Census Volunteering Quantitative ATO (, )Taxation Statistics Examines all individual tax returns submitted before October 31. Also examines the state of PAFs. n/a Giving Quantitative ABS (, , ) Data for the NFP sector All n/a Quantitative assisted 12 2011 profit
Chapter 5 Industry Sources Table 3. Key studies from Industry sources Study/Dataset Data Year/s Description Number of Cases Nonprofit Sectors Type of Data ) Corporate Volunteering Survey 2005 Surveyed why and how corporate volunteering programs work 50 companies (30% response rate) Volunteering Quantitative and qualitative AEGN Green Philanthropy report () 2010 Examination of donations to the environment from different donor types e.g. trusts, private donors 56 (20% response rate) Environment – Giving only Quantitative Catalyst What Gives report () 2010 Examined how, and how well companies are performing in terms of community investment 12 companies Giving and volunteering examined Quantitative Australia Council () It’s a Given report 2010 Examined private sector support for arts organisations 132 arts organisations Arts – Giving only Quantitative Philanthropy Australia Strategies for increasing HNW giving report () 2010 This report examines opinions from various sources about the ways to increase giving from HNW individuals 36 interviews Giving Qualitative AMPAG () Tracking Changes report 2011 Examined total income for arts organisations 28 arts organisations Arts – Giving Quantitative Volunteering Australia (, , , , ) National Survey of Volunteering Issues 2006, 07, 08, 10, 11 Examined volunteers, volunteer-involving organisations and companies with a corporate/employee volunteering program. In 2011 – 2167 (74.7% response rate) Volunteering Quantitative and qualitative – online survey ) Disasters, Donors and Giving report 2011 Examination of giving to disaster relief using workplace payroll giving 1,045 (59 organisations) Disaster Specific – Giving only Quantitative – online survey JBWere Annual Giving Trends (, ) Report based on ATO data and own research published elsewhere Unknown Giving – includes data on private foundations Quantitative ) 2013 Used a simplified LBG Giving and Quantitative
special case of gift giving () literature review of the research followed by an examination of deceased estates. estates examined Volunteers and Volunteering (Warburton & Oppenheimer) 2000 This book examines the implications of the spike of interest in volunteering research n/a Volunteering Quantitative and qualitative Giving Australia 2004 Investigated the giving of money and volunteering in the Australian community 6,209 Giving and volunteering Quantitative – survey Qualitative – telephone, personal interview, focus groups The relationship between religion and volunteering Lyons & Nivison-Smith 2004 Examined volunteering in terms of religion using data collected from the Giving Australia project 6,209 Volunteering only Quantitative – survey, qualitative - interviews Volunteering: Why we can’t survive without it 2008 This book provides a history of volunteering in Australia n/a Volunteering N/a Keeping Giving Going () 2008 This study examined the differences between donors who were also current bequestors and donors who currently were non-bequestors 1,030 (32% response rate) Giving - Animal welfare, environment and heritage, medical research, higher education, community welfare, palliative health care Quantitative – Survey Qualitative – Telephone interviews Charitable bequests and Australians () 2010-2012 This study examined publicly available probate data to capture information on how the estates are actually being distributed. 3793 files processed for probate in 2012 (5%) Giving Quantitative , , , ) the Value of Volunteering in SA, WA, VIC and QLD 2008,09,11 Three papers examine the state of volunteering in QLD, SA, VIC and WA by examining ABS and other government n/a Volunteering Quantitative - uses ABS data