‘Sharing knowledge will create generational change’
Fri, 25 Aug 2023
Kayla Baker-Peris is a proud Yolngu, Yawurru and Kidja woman born and raised in Darwin. She is an alumnus of the Yalari Indigenous scholarship program, which supported her until graduating from Kambala Girls School in Rose Bay, Sydney, in 2018. Below, she shares her experiences of being one of the first Indigenous students at Kambala and how the scholarship changed her life.
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Schools Plus gets $3m boost from Google
Fri, 23 Jun 2023
Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org has provided the funding to help children and young people from less advantaged backgrounds access the digital, AI and critical thinking skills they need to thrive in the future workplace.
How philanthropy is helping to tackle educational disadvantage
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 11 Nov 2022
11 years after the Gonski report was first published, one of its recommendations resonates more loudly than ever.
“How often can you get a half a billion dollar return on a $100,000 grant?”
Tue, 23 Mar 2021
Almost 12 months ago, the head of The Origin Foundation, Sean Barrett, had a telephone conversation with the then-CEO of The Grattan Institute, John Daley.