Introducing Wayne Green: National Engagement Manager (VIC & TAS)
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Philanthropy Australia is delighted to introduce Wayne Green to our members, partners and friends. He has recently joined the team as the National Engagement Manager (VIC & TAS) on a 12-month contract to cover parental leave for Mary Chackola.
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Like My Brother: The film that became a story of ‘reconciliation in action’
Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Adviser
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Co-director Sal Balharrie thought it would take 18 months to get her latest documentary Like My Brother ‘done and dusted’. The film, about female footballers from the remote Tiwi Islands following their AFLW dreams, ultimately took six years, with many lessons learned. It was nearly derailed by COVID, but it was actually the time needed to build relationships with First Nations communities that set the pace. The making of this inspiring film, released in cinemas 17 October, was philanthropically backed by 76 donors.
Youth voices ‘add authenticity’ to VFFF’s grantmaking
Allison Harding
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
The Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation is a multi-generational family foundation focused on its strategy of Backing Young People. We explore the foundation’s establishment of an advisory group to assess if grant applications pass the ‘youth pub test’. The initiative puts participatory grantmaking into lively practice in a bid to deliver better outcomes by incorporating community voices in the funding process.
‘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.
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.
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.
