The Funding Network Australia Welcomes the Bupa Foundation as Flagship Partner
The Funding Network Australia (TFN) is pleased to announce Bupa Foundation as its newest Flagship Partner, backing TFN’s work supporting grassroots non-profits and social enterprises across Australia throughout the year […]
Collective Giving Comes of Age: What ‘Giving Together’ Tells Us About the Future of Philanthropy in Australia
Philanthropy Australia’s landmark new report Giving Together is the most comprehensive picture of collective giving ever assembled in this country. It offers the sector a national baseline, and with it […]
No budget reform works if grassroots organisations are left doing more with less
The biggest risk in this 2026-2027 Federal Budget is that already-stretched community organisations are once again expected to do more with less.
Thriving Young People events pass $1 million funding milestone
PRESS RELEASE | THE FUNDING NETWORK As The Funding Network (TFN) completes the third year of its Thriving Young People impact area, it is celebrating a major milestone: more than […]
Welcoming Bianca Stern to the TFN Board
We are delighted to announce that Bianca Stern (All Things Equal) has joined The Funding Network Australia Board as a Non-Executive Director, after serving as a Board Observer. Bianca brings […]
Australian Refugee Volunteers – Building Belonging in Western Sydney
AUSTRALIAN REFUGEE VOLUNTEERSTHRIVING YOUNG PEOPLE, 2025 When you are a teenager navigating a new language, new rules and a new city, belonging can feel very far away. Australian Refugee Volunteers […]
Left Write Hook — Reclaiming Self
In a boxing gym in inner Melbourne, small groups sit with notebooks, write what needs processing, share what they choose, then lace up for non-contact drills. Donna Lyon founded Left Write Hook to help adult survivors of childhood abuse and gendered violence reclaim body and voice. “We are a survivor-led charity that runs an eight-week, trauma-informed writing and non-contact boxing program as ways to regain agency and power,” explains Donna.
Tender Funerals – Community-Built Farewells
LOCAL COMMUNITIES | CANBERRA, 2024 At Tender Funerals Canberra Region, a funeral is not a product, it is a rite of passage built by your community. General Manager Catherine Prosser […]
Future Minds Network – Making Space for Young Creators
THRIVING YOUNG PEOPLE | MELBOURNE, 2025 Nathaniel Diong can still pinpoint the moment his ideas of education were reset. A school excursion took him from a classroom where he felt […]
Project:herSELF – Justice Begins with Care
Hope is often the first intervention. Few understand that like Tahlia Isaac. A criminologist, and mother of two, she founded Project:herSELF in 2024 after her own incarceration and post-release experience […]