This month in philanthropy: June 2024
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of our gallery designed to showcase events, launches, project updates and activities happening in our busy member community.
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Conference update: your opportunity to ‘pay it forward’ to a not-for-profit leader
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
Philanthropy Australia Conference registrations are selling fast, so it’s an important time to think about who is ‘in the room’. At each conference, a variety of generous members, people and organisations choose to ‘pay it forward’. They do this by donating to help cover the cost of conference registration for leaders of smaller not-for-profit organisations who would not otherwise be able to attend.
50 Lives 50 Homes: the modest grant that led to hundreds leaving homelessness
Peter Wilmoth
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
The 50 Lives 50 Homes project was conceived to help alleviate homelessness. Its name suggested its initial ambition, but support grew to include a collective of 30 community service agencies and the Western Australian Government. It wasn’t long before it outstripped its aim of helping 50 people into homes. It’s now 427 and growing.
Farewell to Sam Rosevear
Sophie Marcard, Director, Marketing and Communications
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
In news that is both sad and exciting, Philanthropy Australia’s Executive Director of Policy, Government Relations and Research, Sam Rosevear has accepted a senior role as Head of the Research Division in the Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Canberra. Sam will be leaving PA in mid-July and will commence this fantastic opportunity in late July.
Q&A with Peter Walton
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
Peter Walton commenced as CEO of Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation in April 2024. Prior to joining the Foundation, Peter was CEO of global humanitarian organisation CARE Australia. Before that he was Director, International with Australian Red Cross, and CEO of Infoxchange. Here, Philanthropy Weekly asks Peter about his first weeks in the role.
The build-up continues… Conference side events schedule launched
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
Following hot on the heels of the release of the draft program for the 2024 Philanthropy Australia Conference, comes the evolving side events schedule.
Social impact evaluation gets $2.1m boost from Paul Ramsay Foundation, announces Andrew Leigh
Dee Rudebeck, Adviser News and Storytelling
Fri, 21 Jun 2024
Expanding the use of social impact evaluation in the for-purpose sector that include trials and other experimental, ethically performed, components, received a significant boost this week in a new grant round from the Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF). The grants, totalling $2.1million, were announced by Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, and Treasury, the Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP.
