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By Greg Thom, journalist, Institute of Community Directors Australia
It’s been an action-packed year in the charity and not-for-profit sector.
If you think you’ve been paying attention, try your hand at our 2024 sector quiz.
You’ll find the answer to each question hidden in the drop-down tab at the end of the quiz.
Good luck!
1. What does the acronym BERG stand for?
2. What words did the Productivity Commission's philanthropy report, Future Foundations for Giving, use to describe the Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) rules?
3. Which organisation's chief won the Not-for-Profit Executive of the Year Award at the CEO Magazine 2024 Executive of the Year Awards?

4. Which groundbreaking report published by Our Community took a deep dive into understanding Australia’s views of and engagement with the community sector?
5. What is the title of the book by Charities Minister Andrew Leigh that offers an economist's view of world history?
6. Of the 150,000 not-for-profit organisations required to lodge a self-review tax return, how many have already done so?
7. What issue was Shadow Charities Minister Dean Smith’s 2024 private member's bill designed to address?
8. What company was named the top corporate giver for the fifth year in a row in the recently released Giving Large report?
9. According to Infoxchange's 2024 Digital Technology in the Not-for-Profit Sector Report, what percentage of NFPs are using generative AI: 69%, 76% or 81%?
10. What is the name of the editor of Community Directors Intelligence and Grants Management Intelligence, both published by Our Community? Tip: He is also known by some as "Hoff".
11. What is the name of the longtime CEO of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) who recently announced his departure from the organisation after 15 years?
12. According to the Report on Identified Social Enterprises (RISE), what percentage of certified social enterprises spend their total revenue delivering impact?
13. Which organisation hosted the international charity regulators meeting attended by ACNC commissioner Sue Woodward in London in October?
14. Which organisation recently launched an Australia-first philanthropic fund managed by women, for women?
15. In its annual report, the ACNC revealed that 2309 concerns about charities were raised with it in 2023–24. This represented what percentage increase on 2022–2023?
16. What largely volunteer-run service sector celebrated its 50th anniversary in October?
17. Which charity was revealed as the organiser of a controversial arms expo in Melbourne that led to a push by the Greens to have it deregistered by the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC)?
18. Which organisation lost a Federal Court battle with the ACNC over the right to be registered as a Public Benefit Institution (PBI)?
19. According to the 10th edition of the ACNC's Australian Charities Report, what level did total charity revenue pass for the first time in the reporting year (2022)?
20. What two food charities merged in May in a bid to tackle the nation's hunger crisis?
1. Blueprint Expert Reference Group
2. Not fit for purpose
3. Louise Baxter, Starlight Foundation
4. Community Compass
5. The Shortest History of Economics
6. 15,000
7. Food insecurity
8. Coles Group
9. 76%
10. Matthew Schulz
11. Marc Purcell
12. 27%
13. Charity Commission for England and Wales (CCEW)
14. Future Generation Australia
15. 10%
16. Community broadcasting
17. AMDA Foundation
18. Equality Australia
19. $200 billion
20. SecondBite and FareShare
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