Report on Care Australia: Areas of Operation, Analysis, and Issues

This report provides an executive summary and detailed analysis of Care Australia, a non-profit organization focused on social welfare and societal development. The report examines the organization's areas of operation, including fundraising, program management, and administration. Data from the organization's website and annual reports is used to analyze its performance, with benchmarks in finance, operations, processes, and government used for comparison. The analysis identifies key issues and weaknesses, such as a decline in funding and lower investment in fundraising activities. The report concludes with recommendations for Care Australia to capitalize on market opportunities, such as expanding into new countries to increase awareness and attract more support.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The following report is based upon analysis of a non profit organisation Care Australia. It
is a corporation which is executing its operational activities for social welfare and societal
development. The analysis covers various elements which are as follows:
 First and foremost element which is being assessed for the organisation is its areas of
operations. These are administration, program and fund raising. In order to reach the
organisation goals different types of programs are conducted by Care Australia. All of
them are related to ending hunger, reduction of poverty, spreading education etc.
 In order to analyse all the areas of operation different information is required. It is
collected from the website of the corporation and annual report of it.
 There is also a requirement of benchmark measures which can help to conduct the
analysis. For this purpose four different benchmarks are used. These are finance,
operation, processes and government. All of them have benefited to get an insight of the
enterprise and its operational activities.
 While conducting the analysis different issues and weaknesses are being identified. One
of the main issue which is being faced by Care Australia is continuous reduction in
funding for the organisation. The weakness is lower investment in the fund raising
activities. Both of them are interlinked with each other. If one of them gets resolved
another could be dealt properly.
 At the end of the analysis organisation is being recommended to grab the opportunities
available in the market place. It can open a new branch in a new country where its
services are highly required. With the help of it awareness regarding the business concept
could be spread and large number of trustees could be attracted towards the organisation.

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Analysis of areas of enterprise operations...................................................................................1
Data which is relied for the analysis............................................................................................2
Benchmarks which were used......................................................................................................3
Issues and weaknesses which were identified.............................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Non profit organisations are such enterprises which are not operating business for the
purpose of generating higher profits. Main motive of them is social welfare and societal
development. The incomes which is being earned by the entity is not distributed to the directors,
officers or any members. These are also known as non stock corporations. Care Australia is one
of the NPO which is an international humanitarian aid organisation and trying to improve the life
of individuals who are living in poverty by fighting against global poverty. The enterprise is
operating in the social welfare sector so that standard of living of such people could be improved
who are not able to live a happy life due to weak financial conditions. Main focus of this
enterprise is on women and girls. It was founded by Malcolm Fraser in year 1987 (Overview of
Care Australia, 2019). As it is an internal organisation therefore there are various countries
where it renders its services. These are Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Bangladesh etc. There
are various areas of operations in which Care Australia is operating all its business activities.
These are fund raising, programs and administration. Different types of programs which are
conducted by it are related to formulating strategies for ending hunger, providing lifetime
learning to poor people, focusing on health of individuals affected by poverty and making sure
that all the women and girls get proper care. Organisation fulfils all its responsibilities for the
persons who are being targeted by it to provide a better life. All these aspects are covered under
this project and along with this, benchmarks, data and weaknesses which are related to the entity
are also discussed under this project.
MAIN BODY
Analysis of areas of enterprise operations
Care Australia is one of the main non profit organisations which are providing care
services to the individuals who are dealing with hunger, poverty etc. There are three main areas
of operations of the enterprise which are analysed below:
Fundraising: It is one of the main area of operation which is appropriately handled by
members. There are various sources which are used by Care Australia to gather funding to
execute all its business activities. These are generated from charities, government grants etc. In
year 2018 around 44 million dollars were spent by the organisation to conduct different programs
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such as poverty reduction, education and ending hunger. In this year organisation reinvested 11%
of the funds to generate it for future.
Administration: In order to continue all the activities and processes it is very important
for organisations such as Care Australia to administer the fund appropriately so that possibility of
lack of monetary resources could be reduced. For this purpose experienced staff members are
hired by the enterprise who are responsible for effective utilisation of finance (Burmeister and
et.al. 2016).
Programs: There are various types of programs which are conducted by Care Australia
for welfare of society. It is one of the main area of operation which is highly focused by the
organisation. All the programs which are conducted by the enterprise are education to all, healthy
lives to all the individuals, women development and end hunger. According to Care Australia if a
women overcomes poverty then it can help more people to get the better of same situation.
Different educational programs are also conducted by the organisation as it can help the
communities to overcome poorness. Due to poverty most of the individuals are dealing with
health issues as they are not able to get proper medications due to lack of money. In order to
provide benefits to people different health programs are held by Care Australia all around the
world which helps them to liver healthy life. There are million of children who are dying due to
hunger as they are not able to get proper nutrition in their daily meals. Care Australia also
focuses on the arrangement of hunger reduction programs so that the increasing number of dying
kids could be controlled (Clifford and et.al. 2015).
Data which is relied for the analysis
In order to conduct the analysis of the organisation the website of the organisation is
being used. All the information is collected from it. The chart below shows proper information
regarding different areas of operation of Care Australia:
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Illustration 1: Segregation of expenditures, 2019
(Source: Segregation of expenditures, 2019)
From the above chart it has been analysed that 85% of the total expenses take place due
to different programs which are conducted by the organisation. 11% are reinvested for the
purpose of raising funds for future perspective and conduct other business activities. 4% is spent
by the business entity to conduct all the administration related processes so that all the areas of
operations could be managed properly. Such expenses also takes place due to hiring of different
talented individuals so that they can manage the whole organisation in systematic manner. Along
with this data from annual report is used for the purpose of analysis because it shows actual
amount of funding which is being acquired by the corporation (Segregation of expenditures,
2019).
According to annual report in 2018 Care Australia has generated revenues of around
57932782 dollars and total expenses which were faced by the organisation during the year were
$56801345. According to it comprehensive income of the enterprise was 131437 dollars. The
statement of financial position is showing that Care Australia is having $13821351 equities for
the year ending 2018. In the same year around 44 million dollars were generated by the
corporation in this year (Annual report of Care Australia, 2019).
Benchmarks which were used
Benchmark measures: It can be defined as a standard point which is set by the
organisations to compare their current position. While conducting the analysis of Care Australia
different benchmarks were used so that actual position of the business could be analysed. Four
major benchmarks are described below:
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 Financial: It can be defined as a tool of analysing that the business entity is having
sufficient amount for the purpose of executing all the plans which are formulated for
future. It is used in analysis in order to determine credibility of fund raising activities of
business. With the help of it, it has been assessed that 85% of the finance is used to
conduct social welfare programs which is helping the Care Australia to reach all its long
term business goals (Feltner and et.al. 2014).
 Processes: It can be defined as the technique which is used by organisations to determine
that all the activities which are related to business goals are being performed
appropriately or not. While conducting analysis for Care Australia this benchmark is used
to determine that app the processes are being focused by the corporation so that best
results could be gathered in the industry (Sharam and Hulse, 2014).
 Government: It is mainly related to rules and regulations which are imposed by legal
authority and other political parties. In the analysis of Care Australia this benchmark is
used for the purpose of assessing that the programs which are conducted by the
organisation are totally legal or not (Wentworth and et.al. 2014).
 Operations: This benchmark is used by non profit organisations to make sure that the
operational activities which are planned by them previously are performed appropriately
so that mission could accomplished successfully. It is also used in the analysis of Care
Australia to analyse that all the programs which are conducted by the enterprise are
contributing in the attainment of long term goals (Karanges and et.al. 2016).
Issues and weaknesses which were identified
While analysing Care Australia in detail different issues were identified which may create
issues for it in future. It is very important for higher authority of the corporation to formulate
effective plan to deal with them so that long run goals could be achieved. The weakness and
issue which were identified are as follows:
 One of the main weakness of the organisation is that the financial which is reinvested for
the purpose of fundraising for future perspective is very low as compare to the percentage
of programs. In order to conduct all of them appropriately it is very important to gather
higher monetary resources so that activities related to societal development could be
performed (Krajewski and et.al. 2015).
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 The issue which was identified while analysing Care Australia is that the funding in year
2018 is being decreased as compare to previous years. It may result in more problems
such as in appropriate execution of plans due to lack of funds for the organisation in
future (Mansfield, 2014).
CONCLUSION
From the above analysis it has been concluded that non profit organisations such as Care
Australia are operating their activities for the purpose of social welfare. The analysis is
significant because it helps to provide detailed information regarding Care Australia, it major
areas of operations, the data which is used to conduct the analysis etc. Along with this, it also
provides information regarding different benchmark measures and issues or weaknesses which
were identified while conducting the analysis. The analysis states that four main benchmark
measures are utilised so that detailed information could be gathered for it. These are financial,
processes, government and operation. With the help of all of them the analysis is conducted and
data is analysed. In order to identify the issues which are affecting the operational activities it is
very important to analyse all of them in detail. This analysis is conducted for same purpose so
that the issues which are currently impacting business and result in unfavourable situation in
future could be identified appropriate strategies could be formed for the purpose of their
resolution.
The main issue which may affect the organisation is continuous reduction in funds for the
organisation. The corporation have an opportunity to make improvement in it by formulating
strategies to attract investment for the business. For example, top level executives can take
initiative to cover new area where highest requirement of help. It will help to spread awareness
regarding the concept of Care Australia which may result in interest of different new trustees
who may will to be the part of such organisation. With the help of it the weakness of less
investment in the activities of fundraising could also be dealt properly.
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Online
Overview of Care Australia. 2019. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.care.org.au/>
Segregation of expenditures. 2019. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.care.org.au/where-the-money-goes/>
Annual report of Care Australia. 2019. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.care.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CARE-Australia-2017-18-
Annual-Report.pdf>
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