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Study Predicts Strong Growth in US Charitable Giving

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 1st February 2017 - In the new Trump presidency era, charitable giving in the US is predicted to grow by 3.6 per cent in 2017 and by an additional 3.8 per cent in 2018, according to a new report by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Regional Projects Focus of 2017 Women’s Trust Grants

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 31st January 2017 - The Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust has opened its 2017 general grants program with a specific focus of supporting regional women and girls.

Feature

Working for the ‘Evolution’ of Australian Philanthropy

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 19th January 2017 - The country’s peak body for donors, Philanthropy Australia, is embarking on a strategic plan which includes a bold new business model around membership and changes to its legal structure while still retaining its core policy and advocacy work. Lina

2017 Aussie Farmers Foundation Grants Round Opens

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 18th January 2017 - Charities working to help rural and regional communities doing it tough can now apply for the Aussie Farmers Foundation 2017 Grassroots Grants.

Top Philanthropic Gifts of 2016

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 22nd December 2016 - Australia’s biggest philanthropists have favoured universities in 2016, donating record-breaking amounts towards all aspects of tertiary education and university life.

Potter Foundation $4M Gift to Melbourne Music

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th December 2016 - The Ian Potter Foundation has donated $4 million to the development of University of Melbourne’s new home for the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM) at its Southbank campus.

Westpac Foundation Awards $1.5m to Social Enterprises

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th December 2016 - Five not-for-profit social enterprises have been awarded up to $300,000 each over three years, through Westpac Foundation’s new social scale-up grants.

Navitas Education Trust Calls for 2017/18 Grant Submissions

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 8th December 2016 - Global education provider Navitas Limited has launched the 2017/18 Navitas Education Trust (NET) grant program with a call for submissions from education-focused charities and not-for-profit organisations in Australia.

Opinion

Donor-Centric Charities – It’s Time to Rethink Our Messaging

Shuie Gestetner, Thursday, 1st December 2016 - Not-for-profit organisations need to radically change the way they think about their story and how they tell it, writes fundraising specialist Shuie Gestetner.

What Motivates Australian Philanthropists?

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 1st December 2016 - In 2016 Australian philanthropists are keen to make a difference, promote an ongoing culture of giving but also want a much bigger say in the outcomes of their giving, according to the largest ever national research effort into philanthropic behaviou

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