Next-gen philanthropists join Prince Harry at NEXUS 2025 Global Summit
Lucy Steggles, Executive Officer, NEXUS Australia
Fri, 25 Jul 2025
A delegation of 14 next-gen leaders has returned from the yearly gathering in New York with ‘hearts full and minds ablaze with inspiration’. The summit brings together young philanthropists, impact investors and social change innovators from over 25 countries to connect, learn and collaborate on the world's greatest challenges. Among the highlights was a special workshop with Prince Harry, writes Lucy Steggles, Executive Officer of NEXUS Australia.
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2025 NEXUS Summit – reflections, key outcomes, and what’s next for NEXUS
Lucy Steggles, Executive Officer, NEXUS Australia
Fri, 4 Apr 2025
NEXUS recently hosted the 7th NEXUS Australia Summit, 3-5 March in Melbourne. 230 next generation and emerging philanthropists, impact investors and exceptional young social change leaders united for 2.5 days of education, inspiration, innovation and connection. In this article, NEXUS Australia Executive Officer Lucy Steggles writes about the Summit and what’s coming up for NEXUS.
‘Passion over power’: Top 5 takeaways from the NEXUS Australia Summit
Saska Coote, Marketing Lead, Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 7 Mar 2025
More than 200 members of the next gen philanthropic community, impact investors and young social innovators from across Australia and the world came together in Melbourne this week for the 2025 NEXUS Australia Summit under the banner Brave Voices, Bold Ideas. Saska Coote, Philanthropy Australia’s Marketing Lead, shares her top 5 takeaways from the inspiring event.
NEXUS Australia gears up for Melbourne summit in 2025
Fri, 13 Dec 2024
The 2025 NEXUS Australia summit will be held 3-5 March in the Victorian capital under the banner Brave Voices, Bold Ideas. The objective of the summit is to ‘connect across sectors, inspire through shared experiences and activate new pathways to accelerate change and achieve lasting impact’.
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.
2024 Philanthropy Australia Conference – plenaries
Philanthropy Australia
Mon, 2 Sep 2024
Recordings of the plenary sessions of the 2024 Philanthropy Australia Conference in Adelaide, 6 and 7 August 2024.
$150bn will be inherited this year: JBWere Bequest Report
Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Adviser
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Latest research on inheritance trends, the Bequest Report from wealth management company JBWere, makes compulsive reading for the philanthropic sector. While figures show that inheritance to family, friends and charity is expected to reach at total of $5.4 trillion by 2044, only 1% of wealth transfer in Australia currently goes to charitable causes. The report considers the impact of these findings across the sector and opportunities for growth.
