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News and stories
Historic $50m Ainsworth family gift for endometriosis research ‘shows what’s possible in leadership for women’s giving’
Allison Harding
Fri, 30 May 2025
Like millions of women around the world, Lily Ainsworth and others in her family have been dealing with the distress of endometriosis for decades – and they don’t want the next generation to face the same problem. It’s this personal experience that’s behind their groundbreaking $50 million commitment to establish the Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Institute at the University of NSW.
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Philanthropy Australia to begin an Innovate RAP
Fri, 30 May 2025
This year’s National Reconciliation Week 2025’s theme is Bridging Now to Next, which urges us all to continue to ‘push forward as past lessons guide us’. With this in mind, Philanthropy Australia looks at the key learnings and outcomes from recently completing its Reflect RAP, while the organisation prepares to begin the Innovate RAP on the next stage of its learning journey.
Smart Collar, the service dog innovation that could ‘save charities millions of dollars’
Dee Rudebeck, Advisor, News and Storytelling
Fri, 16 May 2025
Imagine having a toddler and trying to predict the grades they’ll achieve in high school. This is akin to what animal behavioralists face when assessing which puppies are suitable to be trained as Assistance Dogs. But game-changing new technology, which three Australian charities are helping to develop, could make assessment possible up to a year earlier, creating unprecedented savings.
The Wyatt Trust: How we embedded lived experience into funding practice to change outcomes
Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Advisor, Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 16 May 2025
The Wyatt Trust has released a report on its learnings from the first four years of its journey to embed lived and living experience of financial hardship in its grantmaking, program design and beyond. In this Q&A, CEO Stacey Thomas shares key reflections to inspire and encourage others to explore this work more widely.
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Read our stories of givingPhilanthropy Australia Conference 2026
Tue, 8 Sep 2026
Brisbane, QLD
Brisbane has been chosen as the host city for the 2026 Philanthropy Australia Conference! More info to come.
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Transforming Grantmaking Through Evaluation & Impact Measurement
Melbourne,VIC
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Join Learning and Evaluation for Australian Funders (LEAF) and SmartyGrants for a transformative one-day learning event designed to enhance the capacity of grantmakers in evaluation and impact measurement.
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