For charities
More time for the cause.
A charity that is an incorporated association has two sets of duties: those of the association, and those of a registered charity with the ACNC – and with DGR status, receipts and donor records as well. Most of the work falls on the same few volunteers.
IncComms keeps the association side in order and gives the volunteers, supporters and partners one place to find what they need.
What helps a charity most
- Deadlines and renewals: the ACNC annual information statement, the annual return to Consumer Protection, insurance and grant acquittals – each with reminders.
- Committee records: the ACNC registration, DGR endorsement, rules, insurance and grant agreements in one place, logged and kept.
- Sub-committees for a taskforce, a working group or a project, each with its own decisions and meetings.
- The AI secretary for minutes, letters to partners and government, a briefing for a forum, a handout or a presentation – from your own records and public web pages, with the source of every fact.
- Fundraising campaigns with pledges and progress; donations still go through your bank or giving platform.
- Volunteers and supporters in groups, with notices and events, without needing a Facebook account.
Works with what you have
- Keep Microsoft 365 or Google for email and files; IncComms links to them and keeps the committee’s papers and dates.
- Keep your website and giving page; members find IncComms at your own address.
- It doesn’t lodge anything for you – it keeps the dates and the papers ready.
Pilot
Being piloted with a local housing charity.
IncComms is being piloted with a housing charity in the South West of Western Australia: committee, taskforce and volunteers in one place. Other charities are welcome to join the pilot – talk to us.