Rules for an Unincorporated Charitable Association (Not For Profit)

This document sets out practical rules for an unincorporated charitable organisation with respect to key management and operational areas such as committee structure, decision-making processes, member registration, contracting and indemnification. Having a clearly-defined set of rules will help your charitable organisation establish transparency, clearly define decision-making processes and prevent future disputes.

This document allows you to clearly define the purposes of your unincorporated charitable organisation and the implications of deviating from these purposes.

These template rules may be useful for a small, member-based organisation which is governed by a committee, mostly does it work through volunteers, has minimal assets and does work which has minimal risk. The rules are not suitable for organisations with corporate members (for example, members that are companies).

This document has been adapted from an ACNC template, with changes made to the formatting of the document. For extensive guidance notes on NFP requirements and on using this constitution, see the ACNC guide.