Four social enterprises or not-for-profit organisations will take home $1 million each in the annual Google.org Impact Challenge in Australia (googledownunder): #charity #donation #fundraising #giving #philanthropy generositymag.com.au/google-offers-…

The Ian Potter Foundation (IanPotterFoundation), Paul Ramsay Foundation (@prfoundation1) and LMCF (Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation) have donated $500,000 to an innovative #healthtech #research platform. #charity #donation #fundraising #giving #philanthropy generositymag.com.au/veritas-health…

Canberra will become the third Australian city to use the Vital Signs program to harness community knowledge and data to measure the vitality of its community, thanks to the Snow Foundation and Hands Across Canberra (Hands Across Canberra): generositymag.com.au/canberras-vita…

We're excited to have Thandi (pictured with Sarah and Lisa from our team) with us for an internship over the next few weeks. She is a heywire alumni and is joining to help out on the program.

Professor Muhammad Yunus (Muhammad Yunus), Nobel Laureate, inventor of microcredit and founder of Grameen Bank (Grameen Foundation), on how social entrepreneurship can lead us to a new world of zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions: generositymag.com.au/chasing-three-…

There is often a difference in intent between funders and research institutions. This leads to a number of critical issues philanthropists should consider before funding medical research. generositymag.com.au/funding-medica…

The Sidney Myer Fund and Myer Foundation's new strategic plan is very exciting - particularly the new program focused on Australia’s not-for-profit sector’s leaders (together with IanPotterFoundation) and the strong emphasis on advocacy/policy change myerfoundation.org.au/news/refreshed…

Tim Soutphommasane's (Tim Soutphommasane) Asian Australian Foundation Oration highlights diversity gap in leadership roles: bit.ly/2yj1yQj

New South Wales is the most generous state in Australia, according to new figures published by QUT's (QUT) Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS - QUT): bit.ly/2LSF6PP

The inaugural #QUTGivingDay (QUT) was a huge success, galvanising the university's community and the public to raise funds for 20 vital projects: bit.ly/2HNaEnK

Tim Fairfax AC (@Chancellor_QUT), founder of the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, was recognised by the Queensland Community Foundation for a proven record of exceptional financial generosity and leadership to Queensland-based nonprofit organisations: bit.ly/2Ifv7C1

#StatevsState Who gives more? #ACPNS research shows taxpayers in NSW are more generous than their counterparts in Qld & Vic bit.ly/2LSF6PP #QUTBusiness Generosity Magazine

Kennards Hire (Kennards Hire) launches a $7M foundation focused on children and the environment to formalise and strengthen its philanthropic efforts: bit.ly/2lDnvQQ

Sydney Water (Sydney Water) is pouring $80,000 of not-for-profit grants for fresh initiatives across two program streams: ow.ly/L9T830l05Zl

ANZ (ANZ Australia ANZ Media), in partnership with the FRRR (FRRR), have opened applications for $250,000 in grants to not-for-profits that help boost rural resilience: ow.ly/zAJe30l1ejs

An emerging Indigenous director, playwright or writer/director will receive a full year of support as they develop a new theatre production in 2019, thanks to Belvoir theatre (Belvoir) and The Balnaves Foundation: ow.ly/4J2N30l4hhV

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Here's a shocking first-hand account about how the US healthcare system discriminates against trans and gender-nonbinary people.