Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Go to for more information. For more information: | 02 8272 5101 QUT | 07 3138 1020 Swinburne University of Technology | 03 9214 8000 This report on business giving and volunteering was prepared by the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs as part of its Giving Australia 2016 research collaboration with the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology. Patricia Toohey and Geoffrey Allen Burns, Wayne, Wang, Sophie and Arias, Daniel. 2017. Business giving and volunteering. Giving Australia 2016, report series commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Sydney, NSW: Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology, and the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology. We thank the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership for commissioning this important research and the Australian Government Department of Social Services for facilitating its funding and publication. Completion of the business component of the Giving Australia 2016 report series would not have been possible without the active participation and goodwill of the businesses, and business leaders (including SME [Small and medium-sized enterprise] owner/managers, CEOs (Chief Executive Officer), heads of business associations, managers of corporate foundations, and corporate community investment managers), who provided us readily with their time, experience and insights. We acknowledge also the hundreds of businesses who took the time to collect data about their giving and use this data to fill in online questionnaires informing this research. We acknowledge also the heads of public affairs and corporate responsibility in companies who coordinated interviews with CEOs and senior management, as well as data from their organisations.
Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Go to for more information. For more information: | 02 8272 5101 QUT | 07 3138 1020 Swinburne University of Technology | 03 9214 8000 This report on business giving and volunteering was prepared by the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs as part of its Giving Australia 2016 research collaboration with the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology. Patricia Toohey and Geoffrey Allen Burns, Wayne, Wang, Sophie and Arias, Daniel. 2017. Business giving and volunteering. Giving Australia 2016, report series commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Sydney, NSW: Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology, and the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology. We thank the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership for commissioning this important research and the Australian Government Department of Social Services for facilitating its funding and publication. Completion of the business component of the Giving Australia 2016 report series would not have been possible without the active participation and goodwill of the businesses, and business leaders (including SME [Small and medium-sized enterprise] owner/managers, CEOs (Chief Executive Officer), heads of business associations, managers of corporate foundations, and corporate community investment managers), who provided us readily with their time, experience and insights. We acknowledge also the hundreds of businesses who took the time to collect data about their giving and use this data to fill in online questionnaires informing this research. We acknowledge also the heads of public affairs and corporate responsibility in companies who coordinated interviews with CEOs and senior management, as well as data from their organisations.