Reflections Beyond the Celebration Dinner
Jones Jones (they/them), Acting Co-CEO, Rainbow Giving Australia; Ruth McNair AM (she/her), Outgoing Chair, Pride Foundation Australia; Ayan Dasvarma (he/him), Incoming Chair, Pride Foundation Australia; and Equality Australia
Fri, 4 Sep 2026
The Celebration Dinner at Philanthropy Australia Conference 2026 brought together philanthropy, advocacy and community leaders to mark 10 years since the marriage equality campaign and reflect on what can happen when people unite behind a shared vision.
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Love, leadership and philanthropy: reflecting on the marriage equality campaign
Stacey Knott, Senior Lead, Content & Media, Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 7 Aug 2026
Ahead of a special dinner at Conference 2026 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the marriage equality campaign, Philanthropy Australia, Equality Australia and Rainbow Giving Australia reflect on one of the largest collective achievements of philanthropy in this country.
Gender Compass Stage 2 offers practical tools for gender-wise practice
Fri, 5 Sep 2025
Australians Investing in Women and Plan International Australia continue to expand and develop their inspiring work on supporting gender-wise practices through the next stage of the Gender Compass research. Here we give a summary of the discussion on 2 September.
Catch up on Philanthropy Leadership Summit 2025 breakout sessions – Part 2
Fri, 5 Sep 2025
Here’s your chance to catch up on what you missed in the second set of our ‘Deeper dive into real life leadership’ sessions. Read reflections on investing in leadership to collective solutions to climate change and emerging approaches to addressing inequality.
Sector leaders react to Gates Foundation’s historic plan to spend down US$200bn
Fri, 16 May 2025
Bill Gates has announced that the Gates Foundation plans to spend its endowment and ‘virtually all’ of his personal wealth totaling US$200 billion in the next 20 years to accelerate its mission of ‘saving and improving lives around the world’. Here, four leaders from the Australian philanthropic sector, Daniel Petre, Audette Exel, Peter Johnstone and Maree Sidey react.
New State of Gender-wise Giving Survey reveals key insights
Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Australians Investing In Women (AIIW) has released the findings from the second annual State of Gender-wise Giving Survey. It provides an important benchmark to better understand the degree of gender-focused philanthropic giving in Australia. AIIW have also released the seventh video in their Empowered Giving for a Fairer Future series.
Future Generation launches women’s investment fund to drive gender equality
Fri, 6 Dec 2024
In an Australian first, Future Generation has launched an investment fund that aims to deliver both financial returns and progress towards gender equality in Australia. Managed by women portfolio managers, Future Generation Women will bring a gender lens into investment decisions, while directing 1% of its assets annually to not-for-profit organisations working to advance economic equity and opportunities for women and their children.
