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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
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
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).



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