Whatever the size or scope of your grantmaking, perhaps it’s time to start paying more attention to an organisation’s capacity (and the budget it takes to support that) rather than focusing on administration costs.

PAF Guideline 43 allows reasonable operating expenses to be met from a private ancillary fund (PAF). The key word here is ‘reasonable’.

APS can work with you to ensure that all related party transactions are appropriately disclosed.

Even those of us who thought we knew what strategic philanthropy might be are often faced with the frustrating reality that achieving social change is a messy business.

We all know that philanthropy is a unique beast: it’s nimble, responsive and, as one of Australia’s leading evaluation experts, Dr Squirrel Main, told an APS audience earlier this year: ‘Philanthropy is totally cool.’