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Australian Philanthropy Awards 2024 – in pictures

Philanthropy Australia Fri, 19 Apr 2024 Estimated reading times: 2 minutes

Take a look at some of the highlights and key moments from the Australian Philanthropy Awards Showcase event.

Left to right: Jones Jones from The Aurora Group – A Ruby Foundation Ltd, Em Scott from GiveOUT and Ben Rodgers from the Inner North Community Foundation (and Chair of Community Foundations Australia). Em and Jones accepted the 2024 Community Philanthropy Award on behalf of the Amplify Pride Fund.
Centre: Steffi Chang from Plan International Australia, who, with partners in the Gender Compass initiative, were a finalist in the Collaboration Award category. 
Left to right: Michael Drapac and Professor Gary Rogers, Dean of the Deakin University School of Medicine. Michael was the recipient of the Inclusion Award 2024 for his philanthropy that created the Damion Drapac Centre at Deakin University. 
MC of the evening was ABC disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella
Left to right: Michael West who delivered the Welcome to Country and co-presented the First Nations Award, Adam Ognall from Philanthropy Australia and Kim Collard the Chair of the Bibbulmun Fund, recipient of the First Nations Philanthropy Award 2024. 
Left to right: Climate 200 Executive Director Byron Fay, Climate 200 donor Robert Keldoulis and Antonia Ruffell, who presented the Innovation Award 2024 to Climate 200.
Left to right: Laura McMillan from the Macquarie Group Foundation (who presented the Leadership Award 2024) and Ginette Snow (recipient of the Leadership Award with her husband Terry Snow AM). 
Left to right: Climate 200 Executive Director Byron Fay, Simon Holmes à Court (Climate 200 convenor) and Amanda Martin OAM from the Australian Environmental Grankmakers Network (AEGN) who presented the Environmental and Climate Award 2024 to Climate 200. 
Left to right: Jill Reichstein OAM, Sarah Bailey from MECCA M-POWER and Julie Reilly OAM (CEO of Australian Investing in Women). Jill and Julie presented the 2024 Eve Mahlab AO Gender-wise Philanthropy Award to MECCA M-POWER. 
Collaboration Award recipients left to right: Kristi Mansfield, CEO and Co-Founder of Seer Data & Analytics, Andrea Burazor, Project Manager at Seer Data & Analytics, Sandy Blackburn, Founder and Managing Director of Social Outcomes, Caroline Gurney, CEO of Future Generation.
Cambodia Children’s Fund received the International Philanthropy Award 2024 for the Neeson Cripps Academy. Pictured left to right are: Olivia Pigeot and Isabella Neal-Shaw from CCF.
Kim Collard from Bibbulmun Fund (left) with Stu MacLeod from the Fremantle Foundation accepted the First Nations Philanthropy Award 2024.
Left to right: Ginette Snow and Georgina Byron AM (CEO of The Snow Foundation)
Jenny Stephens (left) and Jon Cheung (far right) presented the Inclusion Award 2024 to Michael Drapac (centre). Second from left is Professor Gary Rogers, Dean of the Deakin University School of Medicine. Second from right is Jimmy Buck, Chief Advancement Officer at Deakin University. Michael was the recipient of the Inclusion Award 2024 for his philanthropy that created the Damion Drapac Centre at Deakin University.
Left to right: CEO of Australia Communities Foundation, Maree Sidey with Larissa Baldwin-Roberts from GetUp! Maree and Larissa accepted the Collaboration Award 2024 on behalf of the Voices for Impact initiative.
Michael Curran from NV Access, which was a finalist in the Inclusion Award category.

Photos with thanks to Daniel Kukec Photography.

If you have any additional requests for photos from the night, including high-resolution versions for print, kindly email [email protected].

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Engage, Inspire

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Collective giving, Communities, Direct giving, First Nations people, Research, Structured giving, Sustainability, Women's giving

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