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Philanthropy Australia's Annual Report
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Annual General Meeting, 2012
Philanthropy Australia's AGM was held on Wednesday 18 April, when President Bruce Bonyhady reported on achievements against the previous Strategic Plan and outlined the Strategic Plan for the next three years. There have been transformative changes in the philanthropy sector over recent years and Philanthropy Australia has set three goals: to Lead, Grow and Strengthen. These goals will form the blueprint to guide Philanthropy Australia over the next three years.
Council and Management believe the Goals and Priorities as set out in the Strategic Plan 2012-2014 will provide a strong strategic direction. Philanthropy Australia is poised and well-positioned to respond to and help shape the changing landscape by providing a strong leadership role in the philanthropic sector and to promote giving. On behalf of the Council and Management we look forward to working with all stakeholders to build a stronger philanthropic sector towards A Giving Australia.
The Strategic Plan 2012-14 is titled A More Giving Australia, which has become the new vision for Philanthropy Australia, and can be accessed on the Philanthropy Australia Vision and Mission page.
Download Bruce Bonyhady's 2012 AGM speech
At the Luncheon after the AGM, Dr Peter Yule gave a fascinating talk on the lives of W L Baillieu and Sir Ian Potter, and discussed similarities and differences in their lives and their involvement in philanthropy.
Download Dr Peter Yule's address
Annual General Meeting, 2011
Philanthropy Australia's 2011 Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday April 27. Philanthropy Australia's President, Bruce Bonyhady, presented Members with the President's Report for 2010, outlining the organisations leadership changes, intense respresentation activities, the launch of A Grantmakers Guide and successes of Philanthropy Australia's membership engagement throughout the year. He then provides thoughful analysis of the current state of philanthropy in Australia.
Download Bruce Bonyhady's 2011 AGM speech
Annual General Meeting, 2010
Philanthropy Australia's 2010 Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday April 28. Philanthropy Australia's President, Bruce Bonyhady, presented Members with the President's Report for 2009 and then provided some thoughtful comments on the factors which make Australian philanthropy distinctive and on how the sector might grow in the future. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes of the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT then launched the study 'Australian Foundations and the Downturn' by Dr Diana Leat, examining the response of Australian foundations to the global financial crisis.
Download Bruce Bonyhady's speech
Download Myles McGregor-Lowndes' presentation
Life Membership Presented to Mr Charles Goode AC
Philanthropy Australia is pleased to announce that Charles Goode AC has been appointed an Honorary Life Member of Philanthropy Australia.
Charles Goode AC is the long-standing Chairman of the Ian Potter Foundation. After a distinguished career at Potter Partners, including as its Senior Partner, he has had a long career as a prominent director and Chairman of major public companies. He has also held board and committee appointments at the Austin Hospital, the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, the Australian Ballet School, the State Library of Victoria and the Library of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He has served as a member of Council of Monash University and as a director of its Centre for Molecular Biology and Medicine. He is also a former member of the Finance Committee of the Australian Academy of Science. From 1987, he was director of Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine and was Chairman from 1997-2004. In 2001 he was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to business, particularly through major achievements in the area of finance, for guidance in his position on the Boards of charitable and health-related organizations, and for outstanding direction of philanthropic policy in the community.
The Council and Members of Philanthropy Australia would also like to thank Charles for the tremendous support Philanthropy Australia has received from both ANZ and Charles personally.
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