FUNDING BY GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS
BUSINESS GENEROSITY SURVEY 2000-01
There are three types of support which businesses can provide. These are:
- Donations - money, goods or services given unconditionally by a business in order to show support, not receive a benefit
- Business to community projects - cooperative arrangements involving the provision of money, goods or services in exchange for strategic business benefits such as improved staff expertise, wider networking and enhanced community reputation
- Sponsorship - the provision of money, goods or services in exchange for advertising or promotional benefits.
The total value of business support for all activities during 2000-01 was $1,446.6m, of which the largest share ($628.0m or 43.4%) went to fund Sports and recreation. The majority of the Sports and recreation funding ($479.8m or 76.4%) was provided through Sponsorship. The remainder was made up of $108.8m in Donations (17.3%) and $39.4m (6.3%) from Business to community projects.
The industry division which provided the most funding to Sports and recreation was Manufacturing with $179.8m. This was 28.6% of the total. Other divisions to provide at least $60m in funding were Wholesale trade ($91.1m), Property and business services ($79.9m), Accommodation, cafes and restaurants ($62.0m) and Finance and insurance ($60.0m). The least funding came from Education with $0.5m and Health and community services with $1.1m.
Manufacturing was the industry division which provided the most funding through Sponsorship, and also through Business to community projects. However, its $7.8m in Donations was exceeded by three other industry divisions: Property and business services which donated $38.1m; Accommodation, cafes and restaurants which donated $28.6m; and Retail trade which donated $9.7m.
9.2 BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR SPORTS AND RECREATION - 2000-01 |
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| TYPE OF SUPPORT | |
| Donations | Business to
community
projects | Sponsorship | Total
funding | |
Industry | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
| |
Mining | 840 | 137 | 2 843 | 3 821 | |
Manufacturing | 7 840 | 23 986 | 147 982 | 179 809 | |
Electricity, gas and water supply | 130 | 680 | 6 652 | 7 462 | |
Construction | 2 661 | 715 | 6 264 | 9 639 | |
Wholesale trade | 4 719 | 480 | 85 916 | 91 115 | |
Retail trade | 9 748 | 3 548 | 31 380 | 44 675 | |
Accommodation, cafes and restaurants | 28 578 | 4 693 | 28 778 | 62 049 | |
Transport and storage | 2 912 | 183 | 36 518 | 39 613 | |
Communication services | np | np | 21 168 | 21 505 | |
Finance and insurance | 4 023 | 66 | 55 920 | 60 009 | |
Property and business services | 38 082 | 3 446 | 38 344 | 79 871 | |
Education | 52 | np | np | 473 | |
Health and community services | np | np | np | 1 118 | |
Cultural and recreational services | 5 250 | 916 | 14 070 | 20 237 | |
Personal and other services | 3 112 | 304 | 3 163 | 6 579 | |
Total | 108 765 | 39 436 | 479 776 | 627 976 | |
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np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated |
Source: Generosity of Australian Businesses, 2000-01 (cat. no. 8157.0). |