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20 January 2026

The fall and rise of donations to Australian development NGOs

by Terence Wood

Damage from flooding in Saga area, Niamey, Niger in 2012 (Valérie Batselaere-Oxfam International-Flickr)

30 January 2023

What happened to Australian NGO donations in the second year of COVID-19?

by Terence Wood

A hand removing Australian banknotes from a wallet

16 December 2021

What happened to NGO donations in the first year of COVID-19?

by Terence Wood

A photograph of a cream coloured building that was partially destroyed by a tsunami in 2004. Large letters hand-written on the walls say "Pemuk rumahini masih hidup. Tsunami 26 Des 2004. Ingat! Kita semua pasti mati." A red and white flag flies on the roof.

13 August 2021

Net public donations

by Stephen Howes and Terence Wood

The news – good, bad and uncertain – on NGO donations

11 November 2020

The news – good, bad and uncertain – on NGO donations

by Terence Wood

25 November 2019

The ongoing slide in donations to Australian NGOs

by Terence Wood

Credit: WooCommerce

1 February 2019

What’s behind the fall in donations to NGOs?

by Terence Wood

Trends in total donations to aid NGOs

13 April 2017

Good news for (most) of Australia’s aid NGOs

by Terence Wood

2 November 2015

An uptick in donations to Australian NGOs

by Terence Wood and Jonathan Pryke

21 January 2015

Australian public giving for international development flatlining

by Jonathan Pryke and Stephen Howes

29 August 2013

The other scale-up: Australian public donations for development over the last decade

by Sophie Roden, Michael Wulfsohn and Stephen Howes

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