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\name{ato_charities}
\alias{ato_charities}
\title{Charity and deductible gift recipient data}
\source{
Australian Taxation Office charity statistics on
data.gov.au. Licensed CC BY 2.5 AU.
}
\usage{
ato_charities(year = "latest")
}
\arguments{
\item{year}{Income year in \code{"YYYY-YY"} form (e.g. \code{"2021-22"})
or \code{"latest"}.}
}
\value{
An \code{ato_tbl}. Monetary values in nominal AUD.
}
\description{
Returns the ATO's data on income tax-exempt entities and
Deductible Gift Recipients (DGRs): entity counts, income,
expenditure, and gift deductions by charity subtype and
state. Covers public benevolent institutions, health promotion
charities, environmental organisations, and other DGR
categories.
}
\details{
Used by Treasury (charity tax expenditure estimates),
researchers studying the non-profit sector, and civil society
policy analysts.
}
\examples{
\donttest{
op <- options(ato.cache_dir = tempdir())
try({
  ch <- ato_charities(year = "2021-22")
  head(ch)
})
options(op)
}
}
\seealso{
Other discovery: 
\code{\link{ato_catalog}()},
\code{\link{ato_cite}()},
\code{\link{ato_download}()},
\code{\link{ato_excise}()},
\code{\link{ato_fbt}()},
\code{\link{ato_help}()},
\code{\link{ato_irpd}()},
\code{\link{ato_payg}()},
\code{\link{ato_rdti}()},
\code{\link{ato_sme_benchmarks}()},
\code{\link{ato_tax_gaps}()},
\code{\link{ato_top_taxpayers}()},
\code{\link{ato_vttc}()}
}
\concept{discovery}
