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Leading with hope
Liz Gillies, CEO, Menzies Leadership Foundation
Fri, 22 August 2025
Liz Gillies, CEO of the Menzies Leadership Foundation, walked away from the Philanthropy Leadership Summit 2025 feeling the urgency of the polycrisis but also buoyed by a ‘wellspring of capability and imagination’, and a belief that leadership can still shift our trajectory. Here, she offers her reflections and provides a strong call to action for the future.
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Catch up on the Philanthropy Leadership Summit breakout sessions
Fri, 22 August 2025
From First Nations leadership to community-led solutions and the rise of AI, among a plethora of other topics from our ‘Deeper dive into real life leadership’ breakout sessions – our facilitators share their reflections.
How a leadership program creates catalytic connections across sectors
Katherine Ellis, CEO, Leadership Victoria
Fri, 22 August 2025
Fellows of the Williamson Community Leadership Program commit to ‘always take the call’ from another Fellow. This creates a web of influence that spans business, government and civil society lasting decades. Katherine Ellis, CEO of Leadership Victoria, which runs the program, says that investment in leadership is an ‘impact accelerator’.
The Canva mission: ‘We want our giving to grow as fast as the company is growing’
Dee Rudebeck, Advisor, News & Storytelling
Fri, 22 August 2025
Tech company Canva’s unique approach to corporate giving is baked into its business model – to provide its visual communication platform free to educators and not-for-profits. That mission has just passed some remarkable milestones. More than 100 million teachers and students, and 870,000 NFPs in 190 countries now benefit, a gift valued at $1.5bn annually. On top of this, the Canva Foundation gave out $50m+ last year. Head of Social Impact, Robyn King, says there is much more to come.
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Read our stories of givingPhilanthropy Australia Conference 2026
Tue, 8 Sep 2026
Brisbane, Array
Brisbane has been chosen as the host city for the 2026 Philanthropy Australia Conference! More info to come.
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Education Funders Peer Network
Melbourne and Sydney,Array
10:30 am – 12:00 pm AEST
The Education Funders Network meeting will provide a summary of the August workshop in Canberra and hear from guest speaker Dr Michele Bruniges, who will provide another angle on education inequity in Australian schools.
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First Nations Funders Network (Sept 2025)
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm AEST
Join us in the next peer network meeting of the First Nations Funders Network as we focus on the First Nations Economic Partnership to be established through an Agreement recently announced by the Prime Minister.
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