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Westpac Backs Post-Disaster Community Recovery

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 13th August 2015 - Westpac has opened its 2015 round of Natural Disaster Recovery Grants,offering up to $300,000 in financial assistance to help communities recovering from natural disasters earlier this year.

Philanthropy to Help Shape Medical Research Fund

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 13th August 2015 - Federal Parliament has passed legislation to establish the Abbott Government’s landmark $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund with an amendment that requires a newly formed Advisory Board to have expertise in philanthropy.

Gina Rinehart Set to Change Philanthropy?

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 11th August 2015 - Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, could completely change the country’s philanthropic landscape, with reports the mining magnate is set to make a massive pledge to charity.

Matched Funding for Private Arts Philanthropy

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 11th August 2015 - Australian artists and arts organisations have succeeded in raising more than $3 million in private sector support for projects and philanthropic partnerships which have been matched with more than $2.5 million in Federal funding.

$5.2 Million Donation Boosts Mental Health

Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 7th August 2015 - The estate of a Melbourne stockbroker has given $5.2 million to Monash University, the largest ever donation to the institution, to support mental health research.

Ansvar Community Grants Open

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 4th August 2015 - Not for Profit Insurance provider, Ansvar has announced grant applications are open for their 2016 annual Community Education Program (CEP) worth up to $50,000 each.

Australia’s List of Million Dollar Donors Grows to 250

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 4th August 2015 - The number of Australians who have donated $1 million or more to causes has grown to over 250 and now includes 10 donors who have given more than $100 million and 57 who have given more than $10 million.

Philanthropists Make Record Donation to Victorian Museum

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 4th August 2015 - One of Australia’s most prominent philanthropic families has made the largest ever individual gift to Museum Victoria.

Not for Profits Pocket $1 Million Google Grants

Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 31st July 2015 - Technology giant Google has warned that Australia is falling behind other countries in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science as it awarded $1 million in grants to Australian Not for Profits to try to counter the problem.

World’s Richest Philanthropic Funds

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 30th July 2015 - Australia is notably absent from a list of the world’s top 10 ultra-wealthy philanthropists, despite 2014 being declared as a year of the “mega gifts”, with the largest donations made in the nation’s history.

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