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.
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Melbourne Women’s Foundation delivers 2024 Changemaker Grants with a difference
Sophie Marcard, Director, Marketing and Communications
Fri, 25 Oct 2024
Members of one of Australia’s longest running giving circles gathered in Melbourne last night to vote on its annual grantmaking round. Rather than a live pitch event commonly associated with collective giving, MWF is trialling an exhibition showcase to ease the stress on grantees, after feedback from participants.
Payment by Outcomes trial – social enterprises prove their worth
Mark Daniels, White Box Enterprises, Chief Operating Officer
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
Long-term unemployed individuals are more likely to start work sooner, earn more and stay longer, if they are employed by a social enterprise, compared to those supported through Disability Employment Services, says a new report. White Box Enterprises has run an Australian-first Payment by Outcomes trial for jobs-focused social enterprises in partnership with the Department of Social Services. In this Q&A, White Box’s Chief Operating Officer Mark Daniels, who led the project, outlines the results.
Road to success: Innovative MusicNT puts Territory musicians on the map
Dee Rudebeck, Adviser, News and Storytelling
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
If you’re driving the 1,500km from Alice Springs to Darwin, you’ll want lots of music to keep you company and you’ll need to stop for food and fuel. Cue the supremely innovative idea to scan different QR codes at roadhouses en route connecting you to digital playlists of local contemporary First Nations recording artists from each region you’re travelling through.
Mott Foundation: How can SDGs help philanthropy achieve greater social impact?
Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Adviser
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
Community Foundations Australia CEO Ian Bird and Philanthropy Australia’s CEO Maree Sidey spoke with Nick Deychakiwsky, senior program officer at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and Dr Larry McGill, philanthropic data expert, former VP at Candid in the US and founder of Ambit 360 Consulting, during an event in Sydney this week. The US-based Mott Foundation commissioned Larry to investigate how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could provide a ready-made shared framework for foundations to achieve greater social impact collectively. Philanthropy Weekly shares an overview of their fascinating conversation.
Allan Myers AC KC appointed Chair of Minderoo Foundation and changes at Social Ventures Australia and Coopers Foundation
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
The Minderoo Foundation announced this week that respected Australian barrister and philanthropist Allen Myers AC, KC will replace Chair Dr Andrew Forrest AO and Co-chair Nicola Forrest AO, who will both step aside but continue serving as non-executive directors of the Minderoo Foundation.
Youth voices ‘add authenticity’ to VFFF’s grantmaking
Allison Harding
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
The Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation is a multi-generational family foundation focused on its strategy of Backing Young People. We explore the foundation’s establishment of an advisory group to assess if grant applications pass the ‘youth pub test’. The initiative puts participatory grantmaking into lively practice in a bid to deliver better outcomes by incorporating community voices in the funding process.
