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Salvos Issue Challenge to Business Leaders

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 30th April 2009 - The Salvos have issued a call to the business community for generosity in personal giving, in addition to corporate giving, as 400 Sydney business leaders attended this weeks 2009…

Vale Richard Pratt

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 30th April 2009 - It is with great sadness that the Not for Profit and Corporate sector mourns the passing of one of Australia’s great philanthropists Richard Pratt. Known in Victoria as the…

Impact of the Financial Crisis on Philanthropy – A Cross Sector Analysis

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 9th April 2009 - Melbourne Community Foundation hosted a panel discussion of national and international economic and philanthropic experts to share insights and discuss promising trends to mitigate…

Granting Success – New Research

Staff Reporter, Monday, 30th March 2009 - In the UK, New Philanthropy Capital’s latest research report, called Granting Success, provides guidance on how to structure grants so that they have the most impact. The…

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Philanthropy – a Cross Sector Analysis

Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th March 2009 - By Krystal Lea, Pro Bono Australia Intern Melbourne Community Foundation hosted a panel discussion of national and international economic and philanthropic experts to share insights…

Disaster Donations Part of Our Culture of Giving

Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th March 2009 - The early outpouring of support for Victoria’s bushfire victims is typical of Australians’ generosity in the face of disaster, according to a Queensland University…

“The Giving Business” Report – Payroll Giving in Australia

Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th March 2009 - If just 10% of working Australians donated $5 per week through their pay an additional $260 million would be generated each year for the community according to the first comprehensive…

Australian Philanthropy and the Economy

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th October 2008 - Philanthropy Australia held its annual conference in Sydney last week and President, Bruce Bonyhady spoke about the current economic crisis and its effect on Australian philanthropy.…

“Sorry Day” Funds Continue to Help Indigenous Australians

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 11th March 2008 - A campaign to help pay the transport costs for those who were part of the stolen generations to go to Canberra for the Sorry Day ceremony was so successful that the additional funds will…

Suburban Scars – Report on Divide Between Rich and Poor

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 11th March 2008 - As the Federal Government prepares for its 2020 Summit to generate ideas for the future, a new report pinpoints hot-spots of Australia’s escalating rich-poor divide and identifies…

Survey of Pro Bono Legal Work Released

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 11th March 2008 - A survey of 887 solicitors conducted by the National Pro Bono (Legal) Resource Centre, has revealed that about $250 million of work was undertaken on a pro bono basis by Australian…

Prescribed Private Funds On the Rise

Staff Reporter, Saturday, 23rd February 2008 - The number of Privately Prescribed Funds (or PPFs) is on the rise with over $1billion dollars estimated in accumulated funds according to QUTs Australian Centre for Philanthropy…

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