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Media Release: New alliance to help drive more impact investing in Australia

Mon, 29 May 2023

An alliance of some of Australia’s largest philanthropic foundations has launched to grow impact investing in Australia, enable partnerships, and unlock its potential to help tackle social and environmental challenges.

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What is progressive philanthropy?

Fri, 5 May 2023

Long-time philanthropic adviser and educationalist Jason Franklin first spoke about advocacy at Philanthropy Australia’s conference in 2016.

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The difficulty of assessing the “S’ in ESG

Fri, 2 Dec 2022

When global corporations turn their attention to ESG – environmental, social and governance – priorities, investments and decisions, there is one particular part of the acronym that poses challenges: the “S’ or social element.

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The Best of Giving – time and trust

Thu, 1 Dec 2022

In the remote part of western NSW, a partnership between a Sydney foundation and an Indigenous health provider shows just how powerful a long-term relationship can be.

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Entrepreneurial philanthropy: what Yvon Chouinard shows us about how founders give differently

Fri, 30 Sep 2022

Very few people are ever going to be able to do what Yvon Chouinard has done, but there are some useful things we can all take from this extraordinary act of giving. 

Little Phil’s goal to help transform giving

Fri, 24 Jun 2022

It was perhaps only a matter of time before a software platform would come along to help transform not only the security of donating but the broader goal of enabling an “impact platform’ to become a destination for donors, non-profits, and companies.

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