{"id":169011,"date":"2022-12-31T03:53:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=169011"},"modified":"2022-12-31T03:53:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:53:31","slug":"global-citizen-charity-reduced-to-one-australian-staff-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/global-citizen-charity-reduced-to-one-australian-staff-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Citizen charity reduced to one Australian staff member"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Key points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Global Citizen is a charity co-founded by Melbourne man Hugh Evans and others with the aim of eradicating global poverty. Its headquarters is now in New York.<\/li>\n<li>High-profile people who support the charity include former PM Julia Gillard, singer Rihanna, Prince Harry and wife Meghan and entertainer Hugh Jackman.<\/li>\n<li>The charity\u2019s 2021 annual report revealed expenses of more than $1 million exceeded revenue of about $995,000.<i class=\"c-icon c-icon--add-reaction\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li>It now has only one Australian staff member, after two staffers were made redundant and another two, including the Australian manager, resigned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Global Citizen, the poverty eradication charity famed for its all-star concerts and supported by figures from former prime minister Julia Gillard to Prince Harry and wife Meghan, has vowed to rebuild its Australian operations after its local staff was reduced to just one person.<\/p>\n<p>Redundancies and resignations at the charity come after its 2021 annual report revealed expenses of more than $1 million exceeded revenue of about $995,000. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.378%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/2554aa3ba52957a2897ace32f7abf9ce733eeeee\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Global Citizen chief executive and One World concert organiser Hugh Evans.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Pip Cowley<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Expenses for five employees totalled $548,143, in addition to other expenses of $529,909.<\/p>\n<p>The worldwide charity, which vows to end poverty, now has one remaining Australian staff member.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.303%2C$multiply_0.7487%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_136%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/7371bd9989ec37f8f109e504704ba82133b2bc93\" height=\"425\" width=\"283\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Hugh Jackman with Hugh Evans during the 2016 Global Citizen Festival in New York.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Getty Images <\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Two staffers were made redundant and two others, including its Australian manager, resigned.<\/p>\n<p>The charity also made a small number of people redundant from its global staff of 120.<\/p>\n<p>Global Citizen was co-founded by Melbourne man Hugh Evans, who in 2020 was paid $US334,615 ($490,740). The charity\u2019s aim is working towards the \u201ceradication of extreme poverty globally by 2030\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the charity, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Evans\u2019 pay was set independently by a board of directors and was comparable to global charities of similar stature.<\/p>\n<p>Evans, who was Young Australian of the Year in 2004 and Young Person of the World in 2005, counts former prime minister Kevin Rudd and former World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello as mentors.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared on the cover of this masthead\u2019s <em>Good Weekend<\/em> magazine in 2020 beside Gillard and was profiled as \u201cthe Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Accounts filed with charities regulator Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission showed that in 2021 administrative expenses for Global Citizen jumped from about $50,000 to $438,077.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deficit from operations amounted to $82,447,\u201d the annual report said.<\/p>\n<p>An international spokeswoman for the charity said fundraising efforts required additional funding in certain years and less in others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Australia we campaigned on polio eradication, which resulted in a new funding announcement \u2013 increased support to the Global Fund to Fight HIV Aids, TB [tuberculosis] and Malaria,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralia is a vital part of our global operations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.158%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_60%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/bc6d1a451c582328cdd8becf4964935fa7116507\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Singer Rihanna, Julia Gillard and Global Citizen\u2019s Hugh Evans visit a Malawi classroom in 2019.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Evan Rogers<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also leads our annual award programs, through which we grant more than $500,000 per year to grassroots advocates and organisations leading the fight against extreme poverty around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organisation was initiating a \u201cpan-regional and global approach\u201d so team members could drive policy work \u201cacross multiple markets\u201d, the spokeswoman added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently recruiting in Australia for a new lead for our policy and advocacy work, working closely with our Australia board to identify additional roles that will maximise our impact,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Global Citizen stages massive concerts and high-profile charity pledge drives. The Global Citizen Festival took place in September with Metallica and Maria Carey in New York, and Stormzy and Usher in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.252%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_16\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/5045888071191182265f700e0fe14144696d6f67\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Prince Harry and wife Meghan hosted a Global Citizen function in London in May 2020.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>The charity has its headquarters in New York and focuses on appealing to wealthy donors and striving to eradicate global poverty by promoting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p>It operates in the US, UK, South Africa, Canada, Germany and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The charity has claimed that, in the past decade, it has helped ensure more than $60 billion was distributed to UN agencies and international and grassroots nonprofit organisations around the world, \u201cimpacting 1.15 billion lives in the fight to end extreme poverty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, the local board is chaired by Mary Wooldridge, a former Victorian Liberal government minister for mental health, community services and women\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.224%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_63%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/de2d980b15a43d7c90e5aac2273e55680e256cb2\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Lady Gaga performs remotely for a Global Citizen event in April 2020.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Former Australian Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja is another board member. She and Wooldridge referred inquiries to the charity\u2019s spokeswoman.<\/p>\n<p>The charity in 2021 scored a significant victory when it successfully challenged a decision by the regulator to deny it \u201cpublic benevolent institution status\u201d because of its political advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Global Citizen appealed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which agreed that an organisation that engages in political advocacy should be allowed to have a benevolent status, allowing the charity to take tax-deductible donations.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. <\/i><\/b><b><i>Sign up here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in National<\/h2>\n<h3>From our partners<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/global-citizen-charity-reduced-to-one-australian-staff-member-20221124-p5c12s.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key points Global Citizen is a charity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":169010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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