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As of 4 November 2026, 8,170 charitable foundations companies are based in Australia; 93 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 8,170
- Hiring now
- 93 · 49 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Local social welfare foundations · 2,524
- Top city
- Melbourne · 180
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 34,450
Charitable foundations in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Local social welfare foundations | 2,524 | 31% |
| Patient support & health charities | 1,503 | 18% |
| Charity fundraising organisations | 805 | 10% |
| Conservation & environmental charities | 785 | 10% |
| International relief charities | 686 | 8% |
| Grantmaking foundations | 650 | 8% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 516 | 6% |
| Animal welfare charities | 448 | 5% |
| Medical research charities | 287 | 4% |
| Scholarship funds | 264 | 3% |
| Service & social clubs | 256 | 3% |
| General purpose charities | 251 | 3% |
| Food banks | 239 | 3% |
| Child sponsorship charities | 237 | 3% |
| Youth welfare organisations | 196 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 4,283 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,382 · 10 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,090 · 20 |
| 51-200 employees | 280 · 38 |
| 201-500 employees | 81 · 14 |
| 501-1000 employees | 29 · 4 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 22 · 7 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 180 | 2% |
| Haymarket | 103 | 1% |
| Adelaide Bc | 62 | 1% |
| Perth | 52 | 1% |
| Sydney | 48 | 1% |
| Petrie Terrace | 38 | 0% |
| Adelaide | 26 | 0% |
| Canberra | 26 | 0% |
| Carlton | 26 | 0% |
| Surry Hills | 23 | 0% |
| Brisbane | 22 | 0% |
| Geelong | 22 | 0% |
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The stack of charitable foundations in Australia
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Australia
Public, community & associations in Australia, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 11,370 →
Amateur sports clubs · 8,417 →
Membership associations & unions · 4,946 →
Churches congregations · 4,904 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 1,622 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,406 →
Municipal government · 421 →
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8,170 charitable foundations companies are based in Australia; 93 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/australia/charitable_foundations)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Charitable foundations in Australia: questions
How many charitable foundations companies are there in Australia?
8,170 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Charitable foundations → leaf niches such as local social welfare foundations, patient support & health charities, charity fundraising organisations. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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