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Taronga Zoo climbs into partnership with Fairfax Media

Andrew SadauskasJuly 17, 2018

Three-year deal will provide the zoo with editorial, commercial and marketing support. ...

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Sydney Water pours $80,000 into fresh initiatives across two program streams

Andrew SadauskasJuly 13, 2018

Grants include $30,000 to 15 local groups as part of the Beat the Bottle environment initiative. ...

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Bank Australia gives $110,000 to 12 social and environmental causes

Andrew SadauskasJuly 13, 2018

As a community-owned bank, Bank Australia has made supporting not-for-profit community groups a core part of its mission, with a giving strategy driven by feedback from its customers....

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Westpac opens applications for its 2019 Social Change Fellowships

Andrew SadauskasJuly 12, 2018

Westpac Bicentennial Foundation will provide 10 social innovators with up to $50,000 in tailored support, plus a six-month development plan and access to a leadership development program....

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Optus picks seven social entrepreneurs to pitch for $300,000 grant

Andrew SadauskasJuly 11, 2018

The 2018 Optus Future Makers program finalists will gain access to an accelerator program, where they will leverage technology to address social issues for vulnerable people....

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How building physical infrastructure can build social infrastructure

David BrookesJuly 4, 2018

The NSW infrastructure boom is a potential game changer for disadvantaged Australians....

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Taking a systems approach to teaching a person to fish

Sandra JacobsJune 28, 2018

Bennelong Foundation CEO Sandra Jacobs on what she has learnt about creating meaningful and lasting change....

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Heavy load: Kennards Hire launches $7M foundation focused on children and the environment

Andrew SadauskasJune 27, 2018

The Kennards Hire Foundation aims to formalise and strengthen the family-run equipment hiring company’s philanthropic efforts. ...

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Can soccer change the world?

Anne KarusoJune 25, 2018

Former Apple exec Sam Davy is betting his socially conscious soccer brand, PARK Social Soccer Co, and its Pass-A-Ball Project can. ...

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Impact investing: why gender matters

Anne KarusoJune 18, 2018

New research out of the US explores gender differences in impact investing and what those differences may mean for the philanthropic sector....

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Tim Fairfax is the Queensland Community Philanthropist of the Year

Anne KarusoJune 17, 2018

Tim Fairfax AC, founder of the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, was recognised by the Queensland Community Foundation for a proven record of exceptional financial generosity and leadership to Queensland-based nonprofit organisations....

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NSW leads the nation in charitable donations: study

Andrew SadauskasJune 15, 2018

New QUT research shows taxpayers in NSW are more generous than their counterparts in Queensland and Victoria, along with a gender divide in giving....

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#QUTGivingDay raises over $1.6 million

Anne KarusoJune 14, 2018

The inaugural #QUTGivingDay was a huge success, galvanising the university's community and the public to raise funds for 20 vital projects....

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Asian Australian Foundation Oration highlights diversity gap in leadership roles

Andrew SadauskasJune 14, 2018

Nearly a quarter of Australians have a non-European or indigenous background, yet account for around only 4% of the CEOs of ASX-200 companies. ...

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IMPACT100 Sydney North offering $100,000 grant to programs that cut through youth issues

Andrew SadauskasJune 7, 2018

Applications are now open for the collective giving group’s second annual primary grant, after supporting a project that helped young men on the razor’s edge sharpen up their work skills....

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Laughter, tears & pledges

fpanneJune 6, 2018

Find out how The Funding Network helped three women make the world a better place by pledging money to their causes: homelessness, refugee literacy and domestic violence....

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Crowdfunding explained

fpanneJune 6, 2018

Julie McDonald, CEO of The Funding Network, on how the giving landscape is changing and how to tap into new funding models. (more…)...

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Funding medical research: the risk of forgotten intent

Noel ChambersJune 4, 2018

There is often a difference in intent between funders and research institutions. This leads to a number of critical issues philanthropists should consider before funding medical research....

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Muhammad Yunus is chasing three zeroes

Anne KarusoJune 1, 2018

Nobel Laureate, inventor of microcredit and founder of Grameen Bank on how entrepreneurship and social business can lead us to a new world of zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions....

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Risky business

fpanneMay 30, 2018

It goes beyond valuing your donors and making sure they feel connected to your organisation. It’s about enhancing their wellbeing, explains Adrian Sargeant...

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