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Inaugural $170 million Endowments for Impact Challenge announces winners
Fri, 4 April 2025
The winners of the inaugural Endowments for Impact Challenge are Australian Impact Investments and Koda. The Challenge is a first-of-its-kind open tender competition that brings together six of Australia’s leading philanthropic trusts and foundations who are seeking advisors to assist in managing a combined investment pool of $170 million.
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An Australian COP31 should be a ‘People’s COP with community at its core’
Fri, 21 March 2025
Climate Action Week Sydney (CAW.SYD) ended last week with a call to put people and communities at the Centre of COP31 as Australia and the Pacific bid to co-host the global summit. Leaders involved with the cross-sectoral COP31 Collaboration Group (CCG) said work must ensure that COP31 is a ‘People’s COP’ that has inclusivity, First Nations and community engagement at its core.
Sector news wrap-up
Fri, 4 April 2025
It has been a busy fortnight in giving and at Philanthropy Australia member organisations. There have been announcements across medical research, teaching, cultural conservation and diabetes. Below is a summary of sector news stories from the past two weeks, with links to the organisation’s media releases.
Reflections and 5 key takeaways – the Impact Investment Summit 2025
Michelle Di Fabio, Program Director, Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII)
Fri, 4 April 2025
The Impact Investment Summit was held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney over 26-27 March 2025. This year marked the 10th year since the Asia Pacific Impact Investment Summit was founded. The event brought together more than 650 delegates including institutional investors, advisors, foundations, family offices, government, organisations and enterprises to explore investment opportunities that couple financial returns, with social and environmental outcomes.
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Read our stories of givingPhilanthropy Australia Conference 2026
Tue, 8 Sep 2026
Brisbane, QLD
Brisbane has been chosen as the host city for the 2026 Philanthropy Australia Conference! More info to come.
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FGII meet and greet
12:00 pm – 12:40 pm AEST
Join us for our quarterly Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII) meet and greet. These sessions are an opportunity to meet the team, learn about FGII, and learn how to get involved. We’ll commence with an overview of FGII followed by an informal Q&A.
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2025 International Women’s Day Breakfast Brisbane
Brisbane,QLD
7:30 am – 9:00 am AEST
Join us for a morning of connection, inspiration, and celebration as we honour International Women’s Day 2025.
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QLD Funders Peer Network (Q2 meeting)
Brisbane,QLD
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm AEST
The Philanthropy Australia QLD team warmly invites you to join our next QLD Funders Peer Network meeting on Monday 28 April at 2:00pm. This session will be hosted by Perpetual, who will share a decade of insights from their IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program.
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