About Us
Our Members
The WA Children’s Funders Alliance (The Alliance) is made up of eight philanthropic organisations committed to working together for better outcomes for children, young people, and families across Western Australia.
Minderoo Foundation
Minderoo Foundation
Minderoo Foundation is working to forge a fair future by courageously challenging inequalities and campaigning for meaningful change. Determined to remove barriers that prevent the creation of a fair future, we focus our efforts on three core systems change levers – Communities, Gender Equality and Natural Ecosystems. We also respond rapidly to existential threats and urgent challenges through our Impact Missions work. Through our Communities efforts, we are seeking to ensure that all children, regardlesss of gender, ethnicity, wealth or geography, can reach their full potential. Our membership in the WA Children’s Funders Alliance reflects this goal. Big problems require big collaboration, and we hope to leverage our experience in delivering place-based programs, driving systems change and forming strong alliances within the early childhood development sector, to the benefit of all West Australian families and children.
Stan Perron Charitable Trust
Stan Perron Charitable Foundation
The Stan Perron Charitable Foundation was established in 1978 to support a range of charitable causes especially those related to the health and wellbeing of Western Australian children. The Foundation provides support to organisations and individuals with a significant focus on its late Founder Stan Perron’s heartfelt desire to help Western Australian children battling illness, disability and disadvantage. Grants range from small gifts to larger funding used tackle the causes of health problems and build research capability within Western Australia.
Fogarty Foundation
Fogarty Foundation
Fogarty Foundation is a social venture, advancing change through education by providing opportunities for individuals to reach their potential. The Foundation supports programs and develops initiatives to achieve a ripple effect with a wide and long-term impact. The Foundation is committed to creating long-term impact through meaningful collaborations and ongoing involvement within the education ecosystem, to ensure that our initiatives effectively address evolving needs and continue to provide valuable support to students.
Fremantle Foundation
Fremantle Foundation
By working with our donors and supporters, Fremantle Foundation aims to strengthen WA communities with grants for passionate local charities to help meet the current and future needs of those communities. This is done through the generosity of our donors, who have been helping support and strengthen the Fremantle and broader WA community for over 15 years. As a community foundation, the focus of the Fremantle Foundation’s granting is to support WA not-for-profit organisations, big and small, that are making a real difference in our community.
Whilst it has its roots in Fremantle, the Foundation works across the State and has supported projects from as far north as the Kimberley all the way to Esperance in the south. It is currently focusing on helping to nurture and support community-led giving across WA, working closely with other community foundations.
Lotterywest
Lotterywest
Lotterywest isthe only government-owned lottery in the nation, and one of the few in the world, where all profits are returned back to the community. Its vision is to build a better Western Australia together. It does this by working with organisations across the State to deliver projects and initiatives that achieve outcomes for our communities. Applications are open year-round and support can be provided to initiatives that contribute to an inclusive, thriving community; connected cultural experiences; protected sustainable ecosystems or a smart innovative society. More information is available on the Lotterywest website.
Philanthropy Australia (WA)
Philanthropy Australia
Philanthropy Australia is the national peak body for philanthropy. Our members include trusts, foundations, families, individual donors, professional advisers, companies, intermediaries and not-for-profit organisations. We provide advocacy, networking, services and resources to the philanthropic and not-for-profit sector, as well as information and research for the Australian community. We are a growing movement of people and organisations who believe in the importance of giving and are proud to leverage their wealth and influence to create social change.
Telethon Trust
Telethon Trust
Established in 1968, Telethon has been created by and belongs to the community of Western Australia who over five decades has generously donated more than $688 million to ensure a better life for WA’s children now and in the future. Funds raised through Telethon have supported medical research into childhood diseases, provided equipment, critical services and life-changing opportunities for sick, vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
Sister of St John of God
Minderoo Foundation
Minderoo Foundation is working to forge a fair future by courageously challenging inequalities and campaigning for meaningful change. Determined to remove barriers that prevent the creation of a fair future, we focus our efforts on three core systems change levers – Communities, Gender Equality and Natural Ecosystems. We also respond rapidly to existential threats and urgent challenges through our Impact Missions work. Through our Communities efforts, we are seeking to ensure that all children, regardlesss of gender, ethnicity, wealth or geography, can reach their full potential. Our membership in the WA Children’s Funders Alliance reflects this goal. Big problems require big collaboration, and we hope to leverage our experience in delivering place-based programs, driving systems change and forming strong alliances within the early childhood development sector, to the benefit of all West Australian families and children.
Stan Perron Charitable Foundation
The Stan Perron Charitable Foundation was established in 1978 to support a range of charitable causes especially those related to the health and wellbeing of Western Australian children. The Foundation provides support to organisations and individuals with a significant focus on its late Founder Stan Perron’s heartfelt desire to help Western Australian children battling illness, disability and disadvantage. Grants range from small gifts to larger funding used tackle the causes of health problems and build research capability within Western Australia.
Fogarty Foundation
Fogarty Foundation is a social venture, advancing change through education by providing opportunities for individuals to reach their potential. The Foundation supports programs and develops initiatives to achieve a ripple effect with a wide and long-term impact. The Foundation is committed to creating long-term impact through meaningful collaborations and ongoing involvement within the education ecosystem, to ensure that our initiatives effectively address evolving needs and continue to provide valuable support to students.
Fremantle Foundation
By working with our donors and supporters, Fremantle Foundation aims to strengthen WA communities with grants for passionate local charities to help meet the current and future needs of those communities. This is done through the generosity of our donors, who have been helping support and strengthen the Fremantle and broader WA community for over 15 years. As a community foundation, the focus of the Fremantle Foundation’s granting is to support WA not-for-profit organisations, big and small, that are making a real difference in our community.
Whilst it has its roots in Fremantle, the Foundation works across the State and has supported projects from as far north as the Kimberley all the way to Esperance in the south. It is currently focusing on helping to nurture and support community-led giving across WA, working closely with other community foundations.
Lotterywest
Lotterywest isthe only government-owned lottery in the nation, and one of the few in the world, where all profits are returned back to the community. Its vision is to build a better Western Australia together. It does this by working with organisations across the State to deliver projects and initiatives that achieve outcomes for our communities. Applications are open year-round and support can be provided to initiatives that contribute to an inclusive, thriving community; connected cultural experiences; protected sustainable ecosystems or a smart innovative society. More information is available on the Lotterywest website.
Philanthropy Australia
Philanthropy Australia is the national peak body for philanthropy. Our members include trusts, foundations, families, individual donors, professional advisers, companies, intermediaries and not-for-profit organisations. We provide advocacy, networking, services and resources to the philanthropic and not-for-profit sector, as well as information and research for the Australian community. We are a growing movement of people and organisations who believe in the importance of giving and are proud to leverage their wealth and influence to create social change.
Telethon Trust
Established in 1968, Telethon has been created by and belongs to the community of Western Australia who over five decades has generously donated more than $688 million to ensure a better life for WA’s children now and in the future. Funds raised through Telethon have supported medical research into childhood diseases, provided equipment, critical services and life-changing opportunities for sick, vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
