Philanthropy Australia CEO Maree Sidey appointed to WINGS board
Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Adviser
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
Philanthropy Australia is delighted to announce that CEO Maree Sidey has been appointed as a board director to WINGS. WINGS is an international network of more than 200 philanthropy support organisations from 58 countries committed to growing and strengthening philanthropy worldwide. WINGS was created 24 years ago by a group of grantmakers’ associations from all over the world who felt they needed a space to share knowledge and collaborate at the global level.
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This month in philanthropy: September 2024
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of our gallery designed to showcase events, launches, project updates and activities happening in our busy member community.
Collaborative conservation: The story of Ned’s Forest
Peter Wilmoth
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
This is a story of a teenager’s crucial role in saving a precious parcel of remnant coastal bushland, the power of collaboration and the different skills and experience that helped it happen.
Gifts in wills: How can charities ensure that promised bequests are realised?
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
In this joint Q&A, Morgan Koegel and Rohani Bixler, two of the specialist speakers at Philanthropy Australia and Include a Charity’s Legacy Lunch in October, share some findings from the latest research on unfulfilled bequests. Ahead of their upcoming report, they provide valuable insights on the cost of ‘missing gifts’ and what charities and advisers can do to ensure a donor’s legacy achieves the impact that was intended.
GiveOUT’s Emily Scott on receiving her Churchill Fellowship
Emily Scott
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Philanthropy Australia recently heard from two of the ‘bold change-makers’ who received 2024 Churchill Fellowships and will be enriching the sector with their international research. Here, fellow recipient Em Scott, CEO of GiveOUT, shares some of her plans for advancing LGBTIQ+ philanthropy in Australia – or ‘growing the pot of gold under the rainbow’.
Ngarrimili: ‘No red tape, no walls, just the best outcomes’ for First Nations enterprises
Nick Place
Fri, 20 Sep 2024
Anybody who has ever set up a business can tell you how hard it is, let alone the ongoing running and growth of a company. The paperwork, accounting, legal, staff management, tax management and other demands are remorseless. Now add to that the experiences faced by First Nations people, from the harm and hurt of colonisation and impact of the Stolen Generation, ongoing racism and discrimination.
Sector leaders among 103 ‘bold change-makers’ to receive Churchill Fellowships
Fri, 20 Sep 2024
A number of friends and colleagues of Philanthropy Australia have received 2024 Churchill Fellowships to do a study tour overseas. They include Erin Dolan, from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, Bernadette Black AM, CEO of Seed Futures, who spoke at the 2023 Philanthropy Meets Parliament Summit in Canberra, and Em Scott, CEO of GiveOUT. Here, Erin and Bernadette share more on their study plans and how they hope the research will feed into their work across the sector.
