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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No time to lose: Groundswell and Australian funders forge strong relationships at Climate Week NYC
Arielle Gamble, CEO and Co-founder of Groundswell Giving
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
The team at Groundswell, a community committed to funding and accelerating strategic climate action in Australia, has just attended Climate Week New York, alongside other Australian climate funders. Here, Arielle Gamble, CEO and Co-founder of Groundswell Giving, reflects on the very busy and inspiring few days she had at the event with co-founder Clare Ainsworth-Herschell, who is also a founding member of Philanthropy Australia’s New Gen Network, and Chair Anna Cerneaz.
‘We’re developing future champions of theatre’
Allison Harding
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
A unique Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) program for young people is sparking young people’s interest in careers in the arts but also building the audiences and champions of the future, thanks to generous philanthropic support.
New gen generosity: How are Gen Z and Millennials changing philanthropy?
Bella Conyngham, New Gen Network Lead
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
New research highlights opportunities for the sector to engage and develop the Gen Z and Millennials cohort, who are ‘rewriting the rules of charitable giving’. Here, Bella Conyngham, Philanthropy Australia’s New Gen Network Lead, gives an overview of the findings from the US organisation Foundation Source – and how they apply to the Australian setting.
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’.
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.
