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Sydney Women’s Fund emergency domestic violence appeal was ‘saving lives’ in weeks

Dee Rudebeck, Advisor, News and Storytelling Fri, 27 Jun 2025

Sometimes there’s only a window of a few hours to get locks changed and save a woman’s life. Weave Youth & Community Services, a Sydney not-for-profit that works at the ‘pointy end’ of keeping women and children safe from domestic violence, has a trusted team of trauma-informed tradies on call to do the job. The work is funded in part from an emergency appeal by the Sydney Women’s Fund that was in Weave’s hands within weeks.

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Canberra Foundations Collaborative boosts social projects with $1.94m in grants

Fri, 27 Jun 2025

As more Canberrans turn to community services for support, a local philanthropic collective has joined forces for the fourth year to deliver a $1.94 million boost to 71 vital community projects across the region.

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Congratulations to sector leaders recognised in King’s Birthday Honours list

Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Advisor Fri, 13 Jun 2025

Philanthropy Australia congratulates philanthropists and those working across the not-for-profit sector who are leading by example with ‘passion, generosity, energy and resolve’ to improve the lives of Australians.

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Queensland Philanthropy Awards 2025 cap off another inspiring week of highlights

Fri, 13 Jun 2025

Seven exceptional individuals and organisations were honoured at the 2025 Queensland Philanthropy Awards – the centrepiece of a week-long celebration of giving and events, including Genevieve Timmon’s Savvy Giving Essentials.

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Leadership Summit – meet the speakers: Dr Rebecca Huntley unpacks social trends behind the ‘polycrisis’

Dee Rudebeck, Advisor, News & Storytelling, Philanthropy Australia Fri, 13 Jun 2025

In the run-up to the Philanthropy Leadership Summit 2025, we talk to keynote speakers about what ‘leadership for our times’ means to them. This week is a fascinating Q&A with one of Australia’s foremost researchers on social trends, Dr Rebecca Huntley. At the Leadership Summit, Rebecca will be sharing insights from her latest research into voter sentiment as well as community expectations about what Australians expect from leadership today.

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Some good news in ACNC’s Charities Report shows importance of sector to the economy

Rebecca Moriarty, Knowledge Lead, Philanthropy Australia Fri, 13 Jun 2025

Philanthropy Australia’s Knowledge Lead Rebecca Moriarty digs into the findings of 2025’s latest research on the charities sector, highlighting that revenue reached a record high of $222 billion – a rise of 10.7%.

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Media Release: Philanthropy Australia encourages engagement with ‘Giving Fund’ reforms and cautions against ‘cherry picking’

Philanthropy Australia Wed, 11 Jun 2025

The Australian Government has commenced consultation on proposed reforms to the regulation of Public and Private Ancillary Funds, which are to be renamed as ‘Giving Funds’. These flow from the recommendations in the report of the Productivity Commission’s (PC) philanthropy inquiry, Future Foundations for Giving.

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