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Subscribe to updatesTopical Issues: Major Donations
Each year in Australia there are a handful of major philanthropic donations. These donations appear relatively prominently in the media, usually for a limited time.
On this page our aim is to gather all the information we can find on the individual donations at the time, providing somewhere you can go to find out the basics of the situation, and find links to further commentary and information.
Due to the comparatively brief coverage by the media of these major donations, information on them tends to not be updated beyond around a month after they occur. Dates have been provided to give you an idea of when information were last added.
The most recent donation is listed at the top.
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22nd May, 2008 |
Smorgons donate $15m to NGV Loti and Victor Smorgon have donated $15 million to the National Gallery of Victoria - the largest ever cash donation from an individual to an Australian art museum. The donation is part of the NGV's Masterpieces for Melbourne campaign. |
Once-mighty NGV yearns to restore buying power (Age, 22/05) Celebrating the Smorgon family, masters in art of generosity (Australian, 22/05) » See more articles in the Australian press via news.google.com |
3rd April, 2008 |
$35m collection given to Art Gallery of NSW by John Kaldor The collection, which has been built up by the prominent Australian art patron John Kaldor over 50 years, contains 260 works by a who's who of contemporary artists. |
$35m collection given to NSW gallery (SMH, 03/04) Gallery receives record art donation (ABC Lateline, 04/04) |
13th Feb, 2008 |
$6m gift to National Gallery of Victoria from Allan Myers Lawyer Allan Myers, QC, who is a long-time supporter of the NGV & president of its trustees since 2004, has given the gallery its biggest ever cash donation - $6 million towards a new fund for buying Asian art. |
$6m gift and new fund open doors for NGV to hot world of Asian art (The Age, 13/02) |
29/01/08 |
Clive Palmer pledges $100m for WA Medical Research Clive Palmer, a mining magnate, has pledged $100 million from his company to establish a new foundation for medical research in WA and for support of indigenous communities in the Pilbara. He is Chairman of Mineralogy Pty Ltd and of Austeel, and is also adjunct professor in business and law at Deakin Uni. |
Read the full announcement on WA Business News (29/01) Iron ore baron forms $100m Pilbara foundation (Age, 30/01)
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19/10/07 |
The Pauline Gandel Women's Imaging Centre Pauline Gandel, co-founder of the Gandel Charitable Trust, recently pledged a gift of $1 million to the Royal Women's Hospital to assist with the purchase of the first-ever MRI machine dedicated solely to women's healthcare. (June 2007) |
Press release from the RWH (PDF) Scans on the spot (Herald Sun) |
21/09/07 |
Andrew Forrest donates $80 million Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest (of Fortescue Metals Group & Poseidon Nickel Ltd) has donated $80 million in options and shares to a charitable trust he started with his wife. The Australian Children's Trust helps underprivileged children. |
Forrest gifts $80m to charity through share, option sale (WABN) FMG boss donates millions to charity (ABC News) Billionaire gives $80m to underprivileged kids (news.com.au) |
05/09/07 |
Arts Philanthropy In the week beginning September 3, 2007, a number of major donations were made to arts institutions in Australia. |