Tasmanian Council of Social Service

What Tasmanian Council of Social Service does

Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS) is an incorporated non-profit peak body founded in 1961 and headquartered in Hobart, Tasmania. It represents and supports the community services industry in Tasmania — an industry that employs approximately 28,000 people (the largest share of any Australian state by population share), is supported by 46,900 formal volunteers, and is 82% female. TasCOSS delivers advocacy to the Tasmanian Government, policy analysis, training and masterclass programs, biennial conferences, member networking events, and produces member-only resources, podcasts (Take Me To Your Board; Work with Purpose), a service-finder platform (FindHelpTAS), a community toolkit (HeLLOTas!), and an interactive housing performance dashboard (Tasmania's State of Housing Dashboard). It also coordinates the Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks to align sub-sector peak bodies on shared advocacy.

The business model is a hybrid non-profit model combining membership subscriptions with government and project grants. Organisational membership is tiered by member income, ranging from AUD $136 to $1,105 per year (2026/27 pricing, up 4.24% on CPI); individual membership is AUD $16 (concession) or $78 (waged) per year; associate membership is available for government bodies and consultants (non-voting). GTM is community-led: direct engagement with member organisations, government departments, and ministers; content-led member acquisition via enewsletter, podcasts, and digital platforms; and event-based member activation across Southern, Northern, North-West, and statewide Tasmania. Technology is non-proprietary — the organisation explicitly does not develop technology products, operating instead on standard web, email, and digital platforms. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Membership spans community services sub-sectors including housing and homelessness (Shelter TAS, Anglicare), mental health (Mental Health Council of Tasmania), aged care (COTA Tasmania), youth (YNOT), family violence, multicultural communities (Multicultural Council of Tasmania), carers, palliative care, ATOD, and faith-based providers (St Vincent de Paul, Uniting Victoria Tasmania, Hobart City Mission, City Mission). Recent strategic signals include the 2026 appointment of CEO Paula Wriedt, the launch of Tasmania's State of Housing Dashboard, expansion of the Changemakers Community Leaders Program and masterclass catalogue, and an active government advocacy posture around housing, energy stress, and cost-of-living pressures affecting the sector.

Name

Tasmanian Council of Social Service

Legal name

Tasmanian Council of Social Service Inc

Website

https://tascoss.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TasCOSS is a Tasmania-based non-profit peak body founded in 1961 that advocates for, represents, and provides training and resources to the state's 28,000-worker community services industry across housing, mental health, aged care, youth, and multicultural sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Services Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Business Associations (813910), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

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Emergency Response & Search-and-Rescue (SAR)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief

Keywords

• Community services advocacy
• Peak body representation
• Social policy advocacy
• Membership association services
• Nonprofit sector support

Headquarters

HQ city

Hobart

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Organisational Membership Fees: Tiered annual membership fees based on core annual income range of the organization. Tiers range from less than $50,000 to more than $5,000,000 annual income, with fees from $136 to $1,105 per year.
2. Individual Membership Fees: Annual individual membership fees — Category A (Concession) at $16.00 and Category B (Waged) at $78.00 per year. Membership runs annually from 1 July each financial year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TasCOSS is the peak body for Tasmania's community services industry, providing collective advocacy, policy analysis, government engagement, training, networking events, and member resources to community service organisations and individual professionals across the state. It delivers a unified platform of representation, research, and industry intelligence to address funding, workforce, and policy challenges facing the sector.

Product overview

TasCOSS is a peak body for community services in Tasmania, offering a unified platform of advocacy services, policy resources, training, and member support. The organization operates as a single integrated service rather than a modular platform, providing core advocacy and representation functions alongside supplementary resources including the State of Housing Dashboard (monitoring government housing performance), FindHelpTAS (community service finder), the HeLLOTas! Toolkit, podcast series (Take Me To Your Board, Work with Purpose), and an extensive members-only Resources Library.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FindHelpTAS: A service finder platform helping Tasmanians find local services and support
• Tasmania's State of Housing Dashboard
• HeLLOTas! Toolkit
• Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks

Products and services

• Tasmania's State of Housing Dashboard

Named customers19 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service PeakscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks brings together peak bodies from across Tasmania's community services industry to strengthen the industry's collective voice, share intelligence, and act on industry-wide issues. TasCOSS is a key participant in this coalition alongside other sector peaks.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Tasmanian Shelter (Shelter TAS): A Tasmania-based peak body for housing and homelessness — a TasCOSS member and Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks participant, providing a vertical sub-peak comparator and a key local advocacy partner.
• Anglicare Tasmania: A major Tasmania-based community services provider and TasCOSS member, illustrating the type of large frontline service-delivery organisation TasCOSS represents; comparable in operating geography but very different in operating model (direct service delivery vs. peak body).

Direct peers

• Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS): The Victorian state-level peak body for community services, operating an identical model to TasCOSS — membership-funded advocacy, policy submissions, training and sector representation — but for a much larger (Melbourne-centric) population.
• South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS): The South Australian state-level peak body for community services, with directly comparable advocacy, policy analysis, training and member representation functions to TasCOSS.
• Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS): Western Australia's peak community services body, operating an equivalent peak-body model with member services, policy advocacy and sector representation similar to TasCOSS.
• NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS): The NSW peak body for community services with the same advocacy, policy and member-support model as TasCOSS, scaled to the largest Australian state population and serving a comparable mix of NGOs, peak bodies and government stakeholders.
• Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS): Queensland's peak body for community services, providing the same suite of policy advocacy, sector representation and member services as TasCOSS, focused on poverty, housing and disadvantage in QLD.

Broad incumbents

• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS): The national peak body for community services in Australia, of which TasCOSS and other state councils are effectively affiliates. ACOSS operates at federal level with broader policy scope and larger budget than TasCOSS.

Regional players

• ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS): The ACT peak body for community services — same membership/advocacy model as TasCOSS but serving the small ACT jurisdiction rather than Tasmania, providing a useful size and scope comparator.
• Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS): The NT peak body for community services, comparable in scale and structure to TasCOSS, focused on remote and Indigenous community service delivery across the Northern Territory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tascoss
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCtTviPEmjfYyEN_-1pOaUYg
• Facebookfacebook.com/TasCOSS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tascoss

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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