Useful Links
Philanthropy Australia
Philanthropy Australia (PA) is the national peak body for philanthropy and is a not-for-profit membership organisation. Members are trusts and foundations, families and individuals who want to make a difference through their own philanthropy and to encourage others to become philanthropists.
Philanthropy Australia's mission is to represent, grow and inspire an effective and robust philanthropic sector for the community.
www.philanthropy.org.au
Changemakers Australia
Changemakers Australia (CMA) is a newly incorporated organisation which grew from the belief within the philanthropic sector that there is a need for an organisation which can support and encourage the growth of social change philanthropy in Australia, along the lines of Changemakers in the United States. It emerges from the previous work of the five organisations involved with the less formalised Horizons, the funders' network for social change.
Changemakers Australia's stated mission is to encourage, educate and resource philanthropic organisations and individuals to work for significant and long-term change through effective partnership with groups experiencing disadvantage and discrimination. The major assumption underlying the approach advocated by CMA is that to be really effective, philanthropy should direct its support to activity designed to address the underlying causes of social ills, such as poverty, inequality, abuse of human rights and environmental degradation.
www.changemakers.org.au
Swinburne University
Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment
Australian philanthropic, grantmaking, financial and corporate communities - learn about the power of the 'new philanthropy' and how to effectively and creatively direct your social investment.
www2.swinburne.edu.au/business/philanthropy
Australian Environmental Grantmakers
The AEGN works for primarily grantmakers. We aim to help member organisations and individuals become more effective environmental grantmakers through information sharing, collaboration and networking.
www.aegn.org.au
Jewish Funder Network
The Jewish Funders Network (JFN) is an international organization of family foundations, public philanthropies, and individual funders dedicated to advancing the quality and growth of Jewish philanthropy. JFN's members include independent philanthropists, foundation trustees and foundation professionals - a unique community that seeks to transform the nature of Jewish giving in both thought and action.
http://www.jfunders.org
Council on Foundations
This US based foundation's mission is to provide the opportunity, leadership and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance and sustain their ability to advance the common good.
http://www.cof.org/