Sector news wrap-up
Fri, 4 Apr 2025
What's been happening in the philanthropic and not-for-profit sector in the past few weeks? This article includes a summary of four different media releases: the announcement of the 2025 Snow Fellowship to a WEHI medical researcher; the Teach For Australia alumni awards ceremony; a major gift to advance the conservation of objects with historical and cultural significance; and a new agreement to co-fund innovative diabetes research.
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Australian Schools Plus and Paul Ramsay Foundation announce $4.7m investment in success for remote kids
Fri, 7 Mar 2025
The Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) has provided Australian Schools Plus (Schools Plus) a $4.7 million grant over five years to shift the dial for kids who are often left behind in rural Australia. This initiative will support 7,000 students across remote communities with targeted programs and resources, fostering academic achievement and overall wellbeing.
War Child Canada: How a Caribbean conversation is leading to a better education for Congolese girls
Allison Harding
Fri, 25 Oct 2024
War has many victims and perhaps the most tragic are children. War Child Canada has established a radio education program so girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo can learn at home to avoid the risk of sexual attack on the way to school. The program is supported by DECJUBA Foundation after an unlikely meeting on Richard Branson’s island.
A fond farewell: How Raise and Zurich are ending their community partnership well
Dee Rudebeck, Adviser, news and Storytelling
Fri, 25 Oct 2024
In collaboration with the Z Zurich Foundation, Zurich Financial Services Australia has been supporting youth mental health charity Raise closely since 2017 to support their substantial phase of growth and capacity building. While the grant funding comes to an end, Raise is now well set to continue its work to support youth across Australia.
Operation Flinders: ‘It’s a bit of a headspin for the kids’
Nick Place
Fri, 30 Aug 2024
Raise: Research highlights pressures experienced by young people today
Dee Rudebeck, Adviser, News and Storytelling
Fri, 2 Aug 2024
Two important education reports were launched this week at an event hosted by David Gonski AC. The 2024 Australian Youth Barometer: Understanding Young People in Australia Today and the Independent Evaluation of the Raise Mentoring Program highlight the multiple demands on young people’s mental health. The Raise report outlined some of the philanthropically supported programs having positive outcomes the space.
Meet our new member: Queensland Theatre
Fri, 17 May 2024
In the first of a regular series, we’ll be introducing new members who have joined Philanthropy Australia in recent months. It is of perennial interest to see where the breadth of philanthropy’s work reaches across all sectors of the community and its ever-evolving nature is reflected in our members. Here, we kick off the Q&A series with Queensland Theatre. The answers have been provided its Executive Director, Criena Gehrke.
