GiveOUT Day aims to bridge the vast funding gap for LGBTQIA+ causes
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
GiveOUT Day, Australia's national day of celebration and fundraising for underfunded LGBTQIA+ organisations, is on Thursday 17 October 2024. This year’s GiveOUT Day shines a light on the strength, diversity and power of LGBTQIA+ organisations that are driving meaningful change, while raising much-needed funds to support their vital work.
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New gen generosity: How are Gen Z and Millennials changing philanthropy?
Bella Conyngham, New Gen Network Lead
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
New research highlights opportunities for the sector to engage and develop the Gen Z and Millennials cohort, who are ‘rewriting the rules of charitable giving’. Here, Bella Conyngham, Philanthropy Australia’s New Gen Network Lead, gives an overview of the findings from the US organisation Foundation Source – and how they apply to the Australian setting.
‘We’re developing future champions of theatre’
Allison Harding
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
A unique Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) program for young people is sparking young people’s interest in careers in the arts but also building the audiences and champions of the future, thanks to generous philanthropic support.
No time to lose: Groundswell and Australian funders forge strong relationships at Climate Week NYC
Arielle Gamble, CEO and Co-founder of Groundswell Giving
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
The team at Groundswell, a community committed to funding and accelerating strategic climate action in Australia, has just attended Climate Week New York, alongside other Australian climate funders. Here, Arielle Gamble, CEO and Co-founder of Groundswell Giving, reflects on the very busy and inspiring few days she had at the event with co-founder Clare Ainsworth-Herschell, who is also a founding member of Philanthropy Australia’s New Gen Network, and Chair Anna Cerneaz.
Philanthropy Australia CEO Maree Sidey appointed to WINGS board
Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Adviser
Fri, 4 Oct 2024
Philanthropy Australia is delighted to announce that CEO Maree Sidey has been appointed as a board director to WINGS. WINGS is an international network of more than 200 philanthropy support organisations from 58 countries committed to growing and strengthening philanthropy worldwide. WINGS was created 24 years ago by a group of grantmakers’ associations from all over the world who felt they needed a space to share knowledge and collaborate at the global level.
This month in philanthropy: September 2024
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of our gallery designed to showcase events, launches, project updates and activities happening in our busy member community.
Collaborative conservation: The story of Ned’s Forest
Peter Wilmoth
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
This is a story of a teenager’s crucial role in saving a precious parcel of remnant coastal bushland, the power of collaboration and the different skills and experience that helped it happen.
