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FUTURE NEEDS NOW?What does the future need from us now?

Philanthropy AustraliaNational Conference 2021

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21-22 April

05-06 May

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Introduction1 #PA2021Conf

It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2021 Philanthropy Australia National Conference. There has never been a more important time for Australian philanthropy than now. We were already facing extensive, escalating issues well before the bushfires and COVID came on to the scene at the beginning of last year. The world is changing dramatically and it’s changing fast.

Trust in our institutions continues to decline and our planet remains under existential threat. The democratic project is at risk in countries previously bastions of democracy. Rates of mental ill-health are on the increase. There’s growing inequality across societies. Fearful, we increasingly seek refuge in tribe in a way which diminishes a sense of our common humanity.

Standing still is simply not an option and standing by is not the responsible thing to do. We don’t know exactly what lies ahead of us all, but we do know that how we respond will determine the future. Philanthropy must continue to step up to the plate.

That’s why this year the theme of our conference asks the vital question, ‘what does the future need from us, now?’

Over the course of this event – including two days of dynamic plenary sessions, followed by two days of interactive workshops – we are bringing the philanthropic sector and broader community together with the world’s best thinkers, strategists and leading voices to take stock of our collective reality and act as a catalyst for change.

We will challenge, motivate and provoke big-picture thinking as we hear leading international and Australian perspectives on the future needs of our society and the role of philanthropy in addressing these needs.

There are palpable reasons to be hopeful too. People are coming into their own power in essential ways. There’s an increasingly assertive voice from our First Nations brothers and

sisters across the world. The female voice is in crescendo too, addressing a system and culture that has failed to exercise the most basic levels of respect. And while COVID forced many of us to slow down and come to appreciate the things closest to us – family, friends, neighbours and our local community – its ongoing impact will be varied and very tough for far too many.

We also have an anniversary to celebrate, as 2021 marks 20 years since the introduction of private ancillary funds. In a session facilitated by Sam Meers AO, we will hear from the architects of this landmark philanthropic structure, former Prime Minster, the Hon John Howard OM AC, and David Gonski AC, before looking to the future as we present the ‘Blueprint to Grow Giving’ which provides a 10-year strategy to grow structured giving in our country by 2030.

The development and implementation of this event has been a comprehensive collaborative effort in an environment in constant flux. This effort was made possible through the continual support of our partners, so I’d like to thank our Principal Partners, Paul Ramsay Foundation and Perpetual; our Presenting Partners, Sidney Myer Fund & Koondee Woonga-gat Toor-rong; our Learning Partner, Australian Executor Trustees; our Media Partner, Pro Bono Australia and our Creative Partner, SixTwo Creative. I also thank our conference organisers, ICMS, and the entire Philanthropy Australia team.

There will be many important conversations for you to get involved in across all four days and I hope you have a fantastic conference. I really look forward to engaging with you all, as we come together online to explore, interrogate and respond to the future - together.

Jack HeathCEO Philanthropy Australia

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Day One / 21 April4 #PA2021Conf

DAY one / 21 April

10:00am Acknowledgement of Country and Introduction

Jack Heath CEO, Philanthropy Australia

Nolan Hunter Head of Engagement, Uluru Dialogue

Ann Johnson Co-Chair, Philanthropy Australia

Jeni Whalan Chief Program Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation

10:35am What does the future look like?

George Megalogenis Author & Journalist

11:00am Global Perspectives

What does the future need from us?

Phil Buchanan President, Center for Effective Philanthropy (US)

Naina Batra CEO & Chairperson, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (Singapore)

Caitriona Fay Managing Partner, Community and Social Investment

Nicholas Moore Former Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group Limited

12:00pm Morning Tea & Partner Showcase

12:20pm Panel


Moderator Virginia Haussegger AM Journalist, Author & Presenter

Panellists Phil Buchanan President, Center for Effective Philanthropy (US)

Naina Batra CEO & Chairperson, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (Singapore)

Caitriona Fay Managing Partner, Community and Social Investment

Nicholas Moore Former Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group Limited

1:00pm Response

What do we need for the future?

Tom Webster Arbizu Youth climate leader and advocate

1:30pm Lunchtime networking

2:30pm Panel

Building back better

Moderator David Crosbie CEO, Community Council for Australia

Panellists Natalie Egleton CEO, Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal

Rachel Nolan Former Queensland Minister for Finance, Transport, Natural Resources and the Arts

Dean Parkin Director, From the Heart

John Wylie AM Founder and Chair, Tanarra Philanthropic Advisors

3:10pm Afternoon Tea

3:30pm Live entertainment Kirli Saunders Writer | Artist | Educator

3:40pm Presentation

Blueprint for Philanthropy

Moderator Sam Meers AO Co-founder and trustee, the Nelson Meers Foundation

Panellists David Gonski AC

Jack Heath CEO, Philanthropy Australia

Hon John Howard OM AC 25th Prime Minister of Australia

4:30pm Summary and Day 1 wrap

4:45pm– 5:15pm

Online Delegate Drinks (BYO drink)


The opening keynote address from George Megalogenis, one of Australia’s leading thinkers and author of The Australian Moment and Australia’s Second Chance, will set the scene for the conference, promising to open our minds and stimulate our thinking, as we look towards the future of Australia and Australian philanthropy.

As we approach the quarter-way mark of the 21st century, George will explore important questions about where we are headed as a nation. What shifts can we expect to see and what impacts will they have on our society? Are we ready to embrace the positive ones, and are we doing enough to address to the negative ones?

By exploring these questions, we can better understand what the future needs of philanthropy, and whether as a sector we are ready to deliver.

What does the future look like?

KEYNOTE / 10:35am

George MegalogenisAuthor & Journalist

George Megalogenis is an author and journalist with three decades’ experience in the media. His book The Australian Moment won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction and formed the basis for his ABC documentary series Making Australia Great. George is also the author of Faultlines, The Longest Decade, Australia’s Second Chance, and Balancing Act, which contains his two Quarterly Essays, No. 40: Trivial Pursuit – Leadership and the End of the Reform Era and No. 61: Balancing Act – Australia Between Recession and Renewal. His latest book is The Football Solution.


This session will involve four 15-minute keynote addresses by philanthropic sector leaders from Australia, Asia and the United States.

Each will share their perspective about what the future needs from philanthropy. Is philanthropy ready to deliver on what the future needs from us? What are we doing right and what needs to change? They will conclude by each identifying one challenge for the philanthropy and one opportunity.


Global perspectives / 11:00am

Phil BuchananPresident, Center for Effective Philanthropy (US)

Naina Subberwal BatraCEO & Chairperson, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (Singapore)

Nicholas MooreFormer CEO, Macquarie Group

Caitriona FayManaging Partner, Perpetual Private

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Following their keynote addresses, this session will dig deeper into the themes and issues raised by each speaker from the last session, as well as the big picture context outlined by George Megalogenis.

Moderated by the 2019 ACT Australian of the Year, Virginia Haussegger AM, the discussion promises to be frank, engaging and with practical relevance for philanthropy of all shapes and sizes as well as the broader not-for-profit sector.


Virginia Haussegger AMJournalist and adjunct professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra

Virginia is Chair and Founding Director of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, at the University of Canberra and Chief Editor of BroadAgenda, Australia’s leading research-based Gender Equality media platform. She is an award-winning broadcast journalist and social commentator on women, power and the challenges of 21st-century leadership, and is the 2019 ACT Australian of the Year.

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Phil BuchananPresident, Center for Effective Philanthropy (US)

Phil Buchanan, President of CEP, is a passionate advocate for the importance of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector and deeply committed to the cause of helping foundations and individual donors to maximize their impact. Hired in 2001 as the organization’s first chief executive, Phil has led the growth of CEP into the leading provider of data and insight on philanthropic effectiveness. CEP has been widely credited with bringing the voices of stakeholders to funders and with contributing to an increased emphasis on key elements of effectiveness. Phil is also the author of Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count.

Caitriona FayManaging Partner, Perpetual Private

Caitriona joined Perpetual’s Philanthropy team in January 2013 and is responsible for supporting Perpetual’s commitment to Philanthropy and the not-for-profit sector. With over a decade of philanthropic and grantmaking experience in both Australia and Europe, Caitriona has an extensive understanding of national and international funding approaches and mechanisms, and a high level of understanding relating to the trends and challenges in the philanthropic sector within Australia.

Nicholas MooreFormer CEO, Macquarie Group

Nicholas is a former Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group Limited. He retired after 33 years at Macquarie, and 10 years as CEO from 2008 - 2018. Nicholas has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from UNSW. He is Chairman of Screen Australia, The Centre for Independent Studies, The Smith Family, Willow Technology Corporation, the National Catholic Education Commission, a Member (and former Chair) of the University of NSW Business School Advisory Council, a Non-Executive Director of QBiotics Group, and part-time Chair to the Markets Taskforce Expert Advisory Panel within the Department of the Treasury.

Naina Subberwal BatraCEO & Chairperson, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (Singapore)

Naina joined AVPN as CEO from September 2013 and has been appointed as Chairperson in May 2018. Naina’s leadership over the past 5 years has grown the AVPN membership by more than 3x and elevated the organization into a truly regional force for good. Under her direction, the organization has grown from focusing only on Venture Philanthropy to supporting the entire ecosystem of Social Investors from philanthropists to impact investors and corporate CSR professionals. She was instrumental in developing AVPN’s innovative services that connect, empower and educate the now 500+ members of AVPN.

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To conclude the morning, this response from a young Australian leader will challenge philanthropy to step up and ensure it’s ready to meet the needs of communities across Australia, so it can be an effective partner for creating positive change.

What do we need for the future?

Tom Webster ArbizuYouth Climate Leader & Advocate

Tom Webster Arbizu is a climate leader and advocate from Adelaide, Australia. He has been a youth leader in the Adelaide School Strike for Climate movement for the last 20 months. Tom has organised rallies, given speeches in schools and on the steps of Parliament House, spoken to politicians and striked every Friday from school (until COVID-19).

RESPONSE / 1:00pm


The COVID-19 pandemic shook the roots of Australian society, and the global community. In doing so, it has exposed many of the underlying challenges and fault lines in our social and economic model. Some groups in our society have been hit harder than others, and the crisis has highlighted the problems of precarious employment and gender inequality, with the temporary increase in the rate of JobSeeker/Newstart being a stark recognition that our social safety net in Australia is inadequate.

As we emerge from the crisis, we have a choice as a society. We can return to the social and economic model we had before, or we can actively seek to reshape it so that we ‘build back better’. If we take the second option – what changes do we need to see in Australian society, and importantly, how do we make ideas become reality? What role do different sectors need to play and can we rely on government to deliver all the changes we need to see?

This panel of Australian leaders and thinkers from different sectors will address these questions, helping to shape the way forward for Australia.

Building back better

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David CrosbieCEO, Community Council for Australia

David is the CEO of the Community Council for Australia. He has spent more than 20 years as CEO of significant charities including eight years in his current role at CCA, four years as CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia, seven years as CEO of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia, and seven years as CEO of Odyssey House Victoria. In addition to the work he leads at the Community Council for Australia, David served on the inaugural Advisory Board of the Australian Charities and Not for profits Commission (ACNC), the Advisory Board of Impact Investing Australia, the Board of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.

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Dean ParkinCEO, Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition & Project Director, Uluru Education Project

Having been closely involved in the process that resulted in the historic Uluru Statement From The Heart, Dean continues to advocate for constitutional and structural reform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the CEO of Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition and Project Director of Uluru Education Project. Formerly an investment analyst at alternative asset investment firm Tanarra Capital, Dean also has extensive experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.

Rachel NolanFormer Queensland Minister for Finance, Transport, Natural Resources and the Arts

Rachel Nolan was Member for Ipswich in the Queensland Parliament from 2001 to 2012 and served as Minister for Transport, Finance, Natural Resources and the Arts. She also served during this time as a Member of the University of Queensland Senate and the board of The Brisbane Institute. She now writes and serves as a director of a number of organisations.

John Wylie AMFounder and Chair, Tanarra Philanthropic Advisors

John Wylie is Principal of advisory and investment firm Tanarra Group. He was previously CEO of the Australian business of global financial services firm Lazard. He co-founded advisory and investment firm Carnegie Wylie & Company in 2000 which was acquired by Lazard in 2007, and before that was Chair of investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston in Australia. In these roles, Mr Wylie has advised companies and governments globally for over 30 years. Additionally, John is the Chair of the Australian Sports Commission, President of the Library Board of Victoria, a Trustee of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust at Oxford University and a Director of the Melbourne Stars Big Bash League cricket team. He was formerly Chairman of the Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust, and in that role chaired the MCG Redevelopment Steering Committee for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Natalie EgletonCEO, Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal

Natalie Egleton is passionate about facilitating effective responses to issues facing rural communities. She was appointed CEO of FRRR in November 2015, after joining FRRR in 2012 and is responsible for shaping FRRR’s strategy, designing new programs and developing and nurturing new funding partnerships. In her previous roles with FRRR, she was responsible for managing natural disaster recovery and preparedness programs as well as those addressing social innovation.

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Join Gunai woman, Kirli Saunders, an award-winning writer and artist as she reflects on the need for creativity now and in the future.

The need for creativity…

/ 3:30pmLive entertainment

Kirli SaundersWriter, Artist & Educators

Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai Woman and award-winning international writer of poetry, plays and picture books. She is a teacher, cultural consultant and artist. In 2020, Kirli was named the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year.

Kirli created Poetry in First Languages, delivered by Red Room Poetry. Her debut picture book The Incredible Freedom Machines was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and CBCA notables. Her poetry collection, Kindred was shortlisted for the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards and ABIA 2020 Book Awards. Her verse novel, Bindi (Magabala Books) was the inaugural winner of the WA Premiers, Daisy Utemorrah Award.

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2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of private ancillary funds in Australia. An important policy reform, together with other initiatives they have helped philanthropy grow and flourish in Australia. As we look towards the next 20 years, what changes in policy and practice do we need if we are to see philanthropy truly make the impact that the future needs from it?

In this session, Sam Meers AO will facilitate a conversation between former Prime Minister John Howard OM AC and David Gonski AC, two of the key players behind the introduction of private ancillary funds in Australia, as they look back on 20 years in Australian philanthropy and forward to the future.

Following this, Philanthropy Australia CEO Jack Heath will present Philanthropy Australia’s Blueprint to Grow Giving, which provides a 10-year strategy to double giving by 2030. Based on extensive stakeholder engagement and consultation, the Blueprint provides a roadmap for enhancing Australia’s culture of philanthropy and capitalising on the $2.4 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer expected to happen over the next few decades.

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PRESENTATION

Sam Meers AOCo-founder and Trustee, the Nelson Meers Foundation

Samantha Meers AO is co-founder and trustee of Australia’s first Prescribed Ancillary Fund, the Nelson Meers Foundation. Sam’s current not-for-profit board appointments include chair of Belvoir St Theatre, chair of the Brett Whiteley Foundation and a board member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Over the past 20 years, she has held board roles across a broad range of organisations, reflecting her broad range of philanthropic interest: these include the Art Gallery of NSW, Documentary Australia Foundation, the Federal Gover nment’s Creative Partnerships Australia, the State Library of NSW, and The Climate Institute.the Advisory Board of Impact Investing Australia, the Board of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.

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Jack HeathCEO, Philanthropy Australia

Jack has been a leader in the charitable sector for over two decades. He brings to Philanthropy Australia a deep-seated belief in the ability of philanthropy to change lives. He sees philanthropy as a driving force for good in a time of diminished trust in institutions and huge societal challenges. He advocates for a philanthropy that is big-hearted, clear-headed and joyful. Jack has served in Government as a diplomat, speechwriter and senior adviser to Federal Ministers including Prime Minister Paul Keating. Then, following the suicide of his young cousin, Jack led the establishment of the ReachOut youth mental health organisations in Australia, Ireland and the USA before serving as CEO at SANE Australia for over eight years.

Hon John Howard OM AC25th Prime Minister of Australia

John Winston Howard, served as Australia’s 25th Prime Minister between March 1996 and November 2007. He is the nation’s second longest serving Prime Minister, was a Member of Parliament for 33 years, and was Treasurer in an earlier government. Under his leadership Australia enjoyed continued economic growth averaging 3.6% per annum. His government delivered major economic reform in the areas of taxation, workplace relations, privatisation and welfare. $96 billion of government debt was repaid during the time in office of the Howard Government. When it left office in November 2007 the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia had no net debt, and its budget was in surplus. This strong fiscal position was a major reason why Australia suffered relatively few consequences from the global financial crisis.

David Gonski ACTBC

David is Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, President of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust, Non-Executive Chairman of Barrenjoey Capital Partners Group Holdings Pty Limited, and Chairman of the UNSW Foundation Ltd. He is a Director of Sydney Airport Limited board, a member of the board of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a non-executive Member of LeapFrog Investment’s Global Leadership Council, a Patron of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and Raise Foundation and a Founding Panel Member of Adara Partners.

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Day Two / 22 April15 #PA2021Conf

DAY TWO / 22 April

9:40am Introduction Jack Heath CEO Philanthropy Australia

9:50am Purposeful, direct investment: respect, opportunity and gender equity

Sam Mostyn AO President, Chief Executive Women and Chair, Australians Investing in Women

10:10am Panel

Aboriginal Advantage

Moderator Professor Marcia Langton AM Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne

Panellists Rowan Foley CEO, Aboriginal Carbon Foundation

Janina Gawler Consultant, RST Solutions

Kyle Vander Kuyp Director, Killara Foundation

Marilyn Morgan Director, Clontarf Foundation

11:15am Morning Tea & Partner Showcase

11:35am International Keynotes

Why philanthropy needs to pay what it takes

Valerie Chang Managing Director, Programs, MacArthur Foundation (US)

Philanthropy, migration and social cohesion: learning from the Canadian approach to community support for refugees

The Honourable Ratna Omidvar Independant Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada

It’s time to decolonise philanthropy

Edgar Villanueva Senior Vice President, Programs & Advocacy, Schott Foundation and Founder & Chief Strategist, Decolonizing Wealth Project (US)

12:30pm Discussion

Live Q&A with our international keynotes

Moderator Jo Taylor Chief Capability Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Panellists Valerie Chang Managing Director, Programs, MacArthur Foundation (US)

The Honourable Ratna Omidvar Independant Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada

Edgar Villanueva Senior Vice President, Programs & Advocacy, Schott Foundation and Founder & Chief Strategist, Decolonizing Wealth Project (US)

1:20pm Working Lunch

1:55pm Live entertainment Gondwana Choirs

2:05pm Panel

You’re the voice!

Moderator Craig Connelly CEO, The Ian Potter Foundation

Panellists Stella Avramopoulos CEO, Good Shepherd Australia and NZ

Fiona Jose CEO, Cape York Partnership

Kelly O’Shanassy CEO, Australian Conservation Foundation

John Roskam Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs

2:45pm Afternoon Tea & Partner Showcase

3:00pm Panel


Moderator Prof. Kristy Muir CEO, Centre for Social Impact

Panellists Danny Kennedy Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne

Dr Emma Lee Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Fellow, UT

Carol Schwartz AO 2020 Leading Philanthropist

Rosie Thomas OAM CEO of Innovation, PROJECT ROCKIT

3:45pm Summary and Day 2 wrap


Women, safety and gender equality are at the centre of the national debate about our future. The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women’s job and economic security, while recent events and discussions have exposed a myriad of systemic issues facing women, from safety in the workplace, to ongoing barriers to participation and equality.

Sam Mostyn AO has a unique insight into the current issues through her roles as Chair of ANROWS (the Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety), President of Chief Executive Women and Chair of Australians Investing in Women. In this timely keynote address, Sam will share her thoughts on the current state of play for gender equality in Australia, and the critical role of philanthropy in driving respect, opportunity and equity for women.

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KEYNOTE / 9:50am

Sam Mostyn AOBusinesswoman and Sustainability Adviser

Sam Mostyn is a businesswoman and sustainability adviser, with a long history of executive & governance roles across business, sport, climate change, the arts, policy, and NFP sectors. She serves on the boards of Mirvac, Transurban, Sydney Swans, GO Foundation, Centre for Policy Development, The Climate Council.

Sam Chairs the boards of the Citi Australia, Foundation for Young Australians, Ausfilm, ANROWS (the Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety) and Alberts. Sam is also President of Chief Executive Women.

She serves on the Australian faculty of the Cambridge University Business & Sustainability Leadership Program. Sam served as a Commissioner with the Australian Football League and was a member of the Crawford Sports Funding Review expert panel which examined sports funding in Australia. She was as an inaugural board member of Climateworks Australia and a founding supporter and Chair of the women’s climate action group 1 Million Women.


The role of philanthropic bodies in assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups is a fraught topic. We will untangle some of the myths, based on fear and misunderstanding, and provide some guidelines for achieving better outcomes through understanding the needs of Indigenous groups that seek funding from philanthropic bodies. Have they been rejected by governments? Why? Have they refused to take government funds? Why? As a case study in an area of dire need, Aboriginal groups and corporations aiming to provide safety for women and children who are victims of violence, are too often under-funded and misunderstood. The recent national debate about safety for women and children give us some clues as to why Aboriginal women in particular are ignored in government programs aimed at reducing violence.

With the claims about the very large federal government budget for Indigenous affairs and the very poor outcomes reported, especially in the Closing the Gap reports, it is necessary to look at where the funding goes, and why the outcomes are so poor. The progress towards greater Indigenous roles in determining policies and program funding, there is some hope for improvement. What should we be looking for? What should we demand?

Aboriginal advantageGreat ideas come from Aboriginal organisations but they don’t have the personnel to dedicate to writing grant applications for small amounts of funding. It is hard work constantly selling need in the milieu of incorrect claims about large amounts of government funding and the very real advancement of a small proportion of the Aboriginal population. Some have closed the gap but the majority have not. How can philanthropists be discerning in this difficult environment?

Professor Marcia Langton AMFoundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne

Professor Marcia Langton AM is a descendant of the Iman people of Queensland. She qualified as an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne, and is an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College at The University of Queensland. In 2016 Professor Langton was honoured as a University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor.

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Janina GawlerConsultant, RST Solutions

Janina Gawler is a specialist consultant in the design and delivery of resilient, sustainable and trusted partnerships with communities and developers. She has over thirty years senior executive experience working with corporations and governments on sustainability and social licence to operate. During her fifteen-year career with Rio Tinto she was Vice President for Communities and Social Performance and global practice leader establishing Rio Tinto’s social performance standard and related audit program. Building effective partnerships with communities has been her career focus. Her work has included development of resettlement programs for emerging economies in Africa. She has negotiated land access with Indigenous people across Australia and developed strategies for engagement with First Nations and Indigenous people in Canada and USA, respecting and recognising Indigenous rights and working with mining companies to ensure continuing social licence to operate.

Marilyn MorganDirector, Clontarf Foundation

Marilyn Morgan is a member of a number of Indigenous Corporations and committees on a national level, and a director of the Clontarf Foundation. She is a physiotherapist and is also a director of AFL SportsReady, National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Physiotherapists, Kaitijin Mia Mia Aboriginal Corporation, ‘the Bush University’. Ms Morgan is also a representative to the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee and the National Health Leadership Forum, and a consultant to St John of God Health Care.

Kyle Vander KuypDirector, Killara Foundation

Kyle is a descendant of the Yuin Clan of south coast NSW and the Woromi Clan of north coast NSW. He is a 12-time national hurdles champion (including eight times consecutively), an Australian record holder in the 110m and 60m hurdles events, and has competed at two Olympic Games, four World Championships and four Commonwealth Games. Since retiring from athletics, Kyle has been a strong advocate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people and culture serving as an Indigenous Ambassador for a variety of private, public and sporting organisations. He travels extensively to promote the ambition and self-esteem of Aboriginal Australians and is passionate about providing mentorship, experience and new opportunities for young Indigenous people.

Rowan Foley CEO, Aboriginal Carbon Foundation

Rowan is a Ranger by trade, first coming to Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park – shortly after hand back in 1989. He later returned with his family, to once again live at Mutitjulu, this time as the Park Manager. Working with the Board and park staff he successfully developed the $21m sunrise area, established the Mala (Hare Wallaby) paddock and introduced the summer seasonal closure of the climb. In between time at the rock, Rowan worked for the Kimberley Land Council in 1995 as their first Land Management Officer where he negotiated the first Indigenous Protected Area at Paruku (Lake Gregory) in WA and with a National Heritage Trust Co-ordinator established their Land and Sea Management Unit. As the CFI was being developed in 2010-11, he worked with a dedicated team of people to ensure Indigenous interests were acknowledged and supported through the establishment of the $22m Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund, a co-benefits report and Indigenous Negotiation Roundtables with the Australian Government. Rowan comes from the Wondunna clan of the Badtjala people, Traditional Owners of Fraser Island (K’gari) in Queensland and now lives in Alice Springs.

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These pre-recorded keynote addresses will focus on three topics, each of which are important to philanthropy both now and as it charts a course into the years and decades to come.

These sessions will be followed by a live Q&A with each speaker.

Why philanthropy needs to pay what it takesPhilanthropy has often been reluctant to fund the full costs of the work of grantees. Whilst there has been positive progress, with more attention on the need for philanthropy to fund the operational costs of grantees, the limits that philanthropic organisations put on indirect cost recovery in project grants often leave grantees scrambling to meet their overhead costs.

International keynotes

Valerie ChangManaging Director, Programs, MacArthur Foundation (US)

Valerie Chang is Managing Director, Programs for the MacArthur Foundation, and is a passionate advocate of the ‘pay what it takes’ approach to philanthropy. Valerie has helped spearhead the initiative within the MacArthur Foundation to change its policy so that it pays an indirect cost recovery of 29 percent of project costs on all project grants, up from 15 percent. The MacArthur Foundation isn’t stopping there – it wants to hear whether this meets grantee needs. She also participates in a multi-funder collaborative of donors who are working to improve their practices in this area. Valerie will share her view about why a ‘pay what it takes’ approach is important, and provide important insights about how more Australian funders can shift their practice in this area.

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The role of philanthropy in nation building: learning from the Canadian approach to community support for refugees

It’s time to decolonise philanthropyAustralia is undergoing a reckoning with its colonial origins and the fact that our nation and its wealth is built on the dispossession and oppression of Indigenous Australians. As a sector committed to the public good, it is vital to recognise and understand what this reckoning means for philanthropy in Australia and what changes are needed within the sector and its practices.

Edgar VillanuevaSenior Vice President, Programs & Advocacy, Schott Foundation and Founder & Chief Strategist, Decolonizing Wealth Project (US)

Edgar Villanueva is a philanthropic activist, Chair of Native Americans in Philanthropy and author of the book Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance. Edgar is one of the leaders of a movement to ‘decolonise philanthropy’ in the US and around the world, and in this keynote address he will share insights about what steps we need to take in Australia to make more tangible progress down this path.

Australia prides itself on being a modern multicultural society that has embraced migrants and refugees across many generations. But recently, fault lines have been exposed that raise challenging issues about how we welcome new people to our shores: questions of national identity, models of economic support, risks to national security and, most profoundly, basic issues of equity and justice have emerged.

The Honourable Ratna OmidvarIndependent Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada

Senator Ratna Omidvar represents Ontario in the Canadian Senate, and is an internationally recognized voice on migration, diversity and inclusion. In this keynote address, Senator Omidvar will share her thoughts on the role of philanthropy and compassion in nation building, the Canadian approach to community support for refugees and what we can learn from each other.


Following their keynotes, Valerie, Ratna and Edgar will be joined by Jo Taylor from the Paul Ramsay Foundation to expand on the themes of their presentations and take questions from delegates.

Live Q&A with international keynotes

Jo TaylorChief Capability Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Over the past 20+ years Jo has worked in the For Purpose sector in the UK and Australia, leading philanthropic foundations for families, corporations and government departments. Jo was part of a team that raised over $100m to reduce poverty in the UK and Africa. Managing a diverse range of philanthropic trusts and foundations, Jo has distributed in excess of $300m to for purpose organisations focused on creating long term transformational change.

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Valerie ChangManaging Director, Programs, MacArthur Foundation (US)

The Honourable Ratna OmidvarIndependent Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada

Edgar VillanuevaSenior Vice President, Programs & Advocacy, Schott Foundation and Founder & Chief Strategist, Decolonizing Wealth Project (US)

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A performance from Gondwana ChoirsGondwana Choirs is the voice of Australia’s youth. Over the organisation’s 31 years, we have built a strong community of young singers and their families around Australia, fostered a robust commissioning program, and collaborated with a diverse group of artists.

Through the vision of Artistic Director Lyn Williams AM, Gondwana Choirs present exciting new choral work, offer Australia’s young singers a world-class musical education, and redefine audiences’ understanding of what choirs can do.

Since its beginnings as a single choir in 1989, our organisation has grown to include dozens of ensembles around Australia engaging up to 1000 young people each year, including the Sydney Children’s Choir, Gondwana National Choirs, the Gondwana Indigenous Choir, and our newest Indigenous performing ensemble, Marliya. To find out more, visit www.gondwana.org.au

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Philanthropy is the use of private wealth for public good, but it is not-for-profit organisations that turn philanthropy’s money into positive change.

Reflecting the importance of this partnership and the need for philanthropy to listen and learn from those ‘working on the ground’, this session provides an opportunity for four leaders from across the not-for-profit sector to share their perspectives on what they think the future needs from philanthropy.

The session promises to be an engaging and honest discussion, kicking off with each panellist being asked to share one thing philanthropy should keep doing and one thing philanthropy should stop doing.

You’re the voice!

Craig ConnellyCEO, The Ian Potter Foundation

Craig Connelly commenced as CEO of The Ian Potter Foundation in December 2015. Craig is an accomplished financier and businessman, now dedicated to contributing to the community sector. He spent 25 years working in a variety of roles in the Australian financial services sector, initially with respected chartered accounting firm, Price Waterhouse, followed by 11 years as a leading Australian equities analyst and partner with JB Were.

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Fiona JoseCEO Cape York Partnership

Fiona Jose is the CEO of Cape York Partnership, an Indigenous organisation driving a comprehensive reform agenda improving the lives of Indigenous families in the Cape York region. Fiona oversees 12 entities and businesses under the Cape York Partnership including the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, two schools anchored in Indigenous culture, the Cape York Leaders Program, and Bama Services, a landscape and construction company.

Stella AvramopoulosCEO, Good Shepherd

Stella Avramopoulos, Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand CEO is an experienced CEO and an influential leader in the community and government sectors. Stella has a proven record of delivering positive outcomes for communities. Stella came on board in February 2018 after nine years leading her previous organisation through significant growth and transformation.

John RoskamExecutive Director, Institute of Public Affairs

John Roskam has been the Executive Director of the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs since 2005. Before joining the IPA he taught political theory at the University of Melbourne. He was previously the Executive Director of The Menzies Research Centre in Canberra, has been a senior adviser and chief of staff to federal and state education ministers, and was the manager of government and corporate affairs for a global mining company.

Kelly O’ShanassyCEO, Australian Conservation Foundation

Long before Kelly fell in love with our rivers and forests, she grew up in a fairly tough neighbourhood where people had little money but were rich in courage and community spirit. This taught her the value of working for the greater good. Believing strongly in the power of people to advocate for a better future, Fiona is focused on growing the number and diversity of people who speak up and take action.

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As Day 2 of the conference comes to a close, this panel discussion will be an opportunity to reflect on the debates which we have had together over the previous two days. Moderated by Professor Kristy Muir and featuring voices from philanthropy, the not-for-for-profit sector and academia, the discussion will explore insights which have stood out and issues which present challenges but also opportunities. It will also zero in on an important question – what concrete actions do we need to take so that philanthropy can deliver on what the future needs from us?

What does the future need from us, Now?

Professor Kristy Muir CEO, Centre for Social Impact

Professor Kristy Muir is the CEO of the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) and a Professor of Social Policy in the Business School at UNSW Sydney. She is an elected member of UNSW Sydney’s Council (member of the Finance and Business Committee), the Chair of Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropy Australasia, a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth, Chair of ARACY’s Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Community Director’s Council, the NSW Premier’s Council on Homelessness and the Gonski Institute for Education Advisory Board.

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Danny Kennedy CEO, New Energy Nexus and Director, Confluence Philanthropy

Danny Kennedy is the CEO of New Energy Nexus, connecting entrepreneurs everywhere to capital to build an abundant clean energy economy that benefits all. New Energy Nexus is a global platform organization for funds and incubators, with chapters in the USA, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Uganda and India. He acts as Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund. This includes overseeing the CalSEED.fund of $25m for very early-stage companies driving innovation and building equity in the California economy and the $12m CalTestBed initiative with UCOP. He is an adviser to Young Greentech Entrepreneurs in China with the Asia Society. Kennedy also serves as President of CalCharge, a public-private partnership with DoE National Labs, universities in California, unions and companies, working to advance energy storage.

Dr Emma Lee Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Fellow, University of Tasmania

Dr Emma Lee is a trawlwulwuy woman of tebrakunna country, north-east Tasmania, Australia. She is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Research Fellow and co-established the RegionxLink program office in Burnie, Tasmania, for the Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology. Her research fields over the last 25 years have focused on Indigenous affairs, land and sea management, policy and governance of Australian regulatory environments.

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Carol Schwartz AO2020 Leading Philanthropist

Carol Schwartz AO is one of Australia’s most dynamic business and community leaders with a diverse career across property, the arts, finance, investment, entrepreneurship, government and health. Carol is highly regarded as a public commentator and agitator on issues of gender equality, women’s leadership, governance and business. Carol has been recognised for her leadership via a range of honours including her 2019 appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia, an Honorary Doctorate from Monash University, induction into the Australia Property Hall of Fame, and a Centenary Medal.

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Rosie Thomas OAMCEO of Innovation, PROJECT ROCKIT

Rosie launched PROJECT ROCKIT with her sister when she was fresh out of high school and dedicated the last 14 years to growing Australia’s youth-driven movement against bullying, hate and prejudice. As CEO of Innovation, Rosie is considered one of Australia’s best and brightest emerging change-makers and social innovators. Her work has been recognised by UNICEF among the 12 Digital Champions for Children’s Rights in the Digital Age and was honoured in Washington D.C. with the International Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cybersafety.

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Day Three / 5 May27 #PA2021Conf

Introduction

New power: donor organising and activism

From crisis to opportunity: how philanthropy can drive system change in the age of disruption

On the right side of history: unpacking the journey towards 100% responsible investing

Place-based, community-led and long-term: community foundations and regional emergency response

Blueprint to Grow Philanthropy workshop

Preparing for the future: the importance of succession planning in philanthropy

Lunch

Where climate, gender and race intersect with poverty

Philanthropy and Government: is it a love story or an uneasy alliance?

Purposefully measuring & improving Australia’s social progress

Litigating for change: the new frontier for Australian philanthropy

DAY THREE / 5 May

Workshops

10:00am–10:50am

9:45am

11:00am–11:50am

12:00pm–12:50pm

2:00pm–2:50pm

12:50pm–1:50pm

3:00pm–3:50pm


From crisis to opportunity: how philanthropy can drive system change in the age of disruption With bushfires raging over Australia’s summer to the rapid global spread of the COVID 19, crisis has become the new normal. Moments of societal upheaval can also be moments of rapid transformation, bringing about systems change at a faster pace and scale.

Using two case studies, this session will discuss how communities and organisations are turning crisis into opportunity to drive systems change. It will also highlight what direction philanthropy should take in this time of crisis and share evidence of how a systems lens can drive change on the ground.

This session will challenge thinking on how we can do things differently, putting woman and communities at the centre of change efforts and building powerful coalitions for change. Delegates will gain practical insights and they will also interact with Pacific women who are challenging a narrative of being the most vulnerable to one that maximises their agency and collective power.

10:00am–10:50am

New power: donor organising & activismAt our 2018 Conference, New Power author Jeremy Heimans inspired us to critically analyse old power philanthropy and to adopt the emergent, new power approaches that see philanthropy and civil society organising as active collaborators for sustained, large-scale change.

Since then, the need for significant reimagining and restructuring to tackle the interconnected issues of climate change, economic and social inequalities, health and First Nations justice has been amplified.

To be a key actor in this change, we need to embrace new power ways of doing philanthropy. Funders must work more effectively with one another and with the rest of civil society, bringing all of the sector’s power and resources to bear and recasting ourselves from ‘funders’ to ‘organisers’.

A panel committed to new power philanthropy will share experiences and learnings in shifting to a practice that is future thinking, striving for structural change and truly collaborative – as an equal partner with civil society.

Michelle HigelinExecutive Director, ActionAid

Harriet McCallumExecutive Officer, Mannifera

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Sharon Bhagwan RollsGlobal Fund for Women Board Co-chair & Shifting The Power Coalition Technical Adviser (Fiji)

Tracey Spicer AMAuthor, journalist, broadcaster

Kristina StefanovaCo-founder, Bundaleer Sustainable Investments

Solome LemmaExecutive Director, Thousand Currents (US)

Georgia MathewsPhilanthropy and Engagement Manager, Australian Communities Foundation

Deanne WeirWeir Anderson Foundation and Chair, Mannifera

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Place-based, community-led and long-term: community foundations and regional emergency responseIn Australia as elsewhere, governments, first-responder NGOs, and national charities are increasingly looking to place-based, grassroots community organisations as partners ‘on the ground’ when responding to natural disasters and other emergencies.

Community foundations are among the charities best placed to play that role of local intermediary to connect people in need with help available from national agencies that have disaster management know-how and resources, but lack local knowledge and connections.

Community foundations are (by definition) embedded in their local community. Through deep local knowledge and relationships, they are best at identifying the needs in the community, finding locally relevant solutions, and helping implement support – quickly getting money and other assistance to where it is needed most.

While community foundations have the strongest base of social capital to ensure effective help in disaster situations for regional communities, they are among the least visible and most under-resourced participants in the disaster relief ecosystem.

This session will provide a high-level overview from community foundation peak body Australian Community Philanthropy and FRRR of the issues and challenges, complemented by case studies from two community foundations.

11:00am–11:50am

On the right side of history: Unpacking the journey towards 100% responsible investingAs holders of significant capital, Foundations play a unique role in the social ecosystem. Globally, Trusts and Foundations are being held to account for how they invest their capital.

Making a commitment to have 100% of the corpus responsibly invested seems like a daunting and impossible dream for majority of funders.

In this session you will hear different funders speak candidly about their Foundation’s ambition to be 100% responsibly invested, why they set that target and how they got there. This involves thinking holistically about capital and its potential to achieve change, creating a future focused vision, aligning the different arms of the foundation, managing stakeholders, finding the right partners, pushing the boundaries and being prepared to make some tough calls.

This session looks specifically at the leadership role Trusts and Foundations can play as responsible investors, but more importantly it offers a candid perspective on ‘what to do and how to get there’.

Gerlinde ScholzExecutive Officer, Australian Community Philanthropy

Amanda MillerCo-founder, Impact Generation Partners

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Natalie Egleton CEO, Foundation for Regional & Rural Renewal

Robyn HillExecutive Officer, Marysville and Triangle Community Foundation

Johan KortenhorstBoard member, Northern Rivers Community Foundation

Adam MilgromBesen Family Foundation

Maree SideyCEO, Australian Communities Foundation

Leonard VaryCEO, The Myer Foundation & Sidney Myer Fund

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Preparing for the future: the importance of succession planning in philanthropy

Navigating the many nuances of private philanthropy can be challenging. There are many different approaches and ways of thinking and there’s no one size fits all. Moderated by Perpetual’s Jane Magor, this workshop brings together a panel of foundation philanthropists to share ideas and learnings informed by their own practice. This candid discussion will touch on key areas including vision alignment and purpose, engaging multiple generations in philanthropy, the importance of succession planning and more.

This workshop is designed for anyone thinking about their current and future engagement in philanthropy.

12:00pm–12:50pm

Blueprint to Grow Philanthropy WorkshopIn April, Philanthropy Australia launched a Blueprint to Grow Structured Giving in Australia – based on extensive research, consultation and engagement, it sets out a roadmap outlining where the opportunities for growth in philanthropy are, with the objective of doubling giving by 2030.

In this workshop, Philanthropy Australia CEO Jack Heath and Acting Policy and Research Director Krystian Seibert will provide a deep dive into the Blueprint and the next stages of its development and implementation.

Growing structured giving in Australia is a collaborative effort, and this workshop is an opportunity for learn more about the opportunities and initiatives outlined in the report and participate in an open discussion about how interested stakeholders can work together to take giving in Australia to the next level.

Krystian SeibertPolicy Adviser, Philanthropy Australia

John McLeodPhilanthropic Services Consultant, JBWere Ltd

Jo TaylorChief Capabilities Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation

PanellistsJane MagorNational Manager – Philanthropy and Non Profit Services, Perpetual

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Rosy SullivanTrustee, Mary Alice Foundation

Gudrun WillcocksAdministrator of the ATS Charitable Foundation and New Gen Philanthropist

Peter WhiteheadAssociate Partner Perpetual

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Philanthropy and Government: Is it a love story or an uneasy alliance?Wicked policy problems such as entrenched intergenerational disadvantage are huge challenges for governments. When systems, which are designed to be stable, are not delivering optimum outcomes, it takes disruption from the outside to catalyse positive change.

Philanthropy can be the disrupter, the risk taker, the venture capital for social change – but this is only effective if it is backed in by government policy that maintains that change.

Two Foundations, Mornington Peninsula Foundation and Colman Foundation, have taken on this challenge. While there has been a lot of rhetoric about government partnering with philanthropy, there are few models working at scale or demonstrating sustainable co-operation.

This session explores how two foundations are going about it.

2:00Pm–2:50Pm

Where gender & race intersect with povertyBy examining effective approaches to strengthening economic independence for women locally and globally, the Workshop will reflect on recent awardees in International and Gender-wise Philanthropy. The panel will discuss relevant themes arising for philanthropy in this context such as:

• The importance of managing and balancing power withagency

• What it takes to build trust and transparency to effectivelybridge cultural and geographic divides

• How to work with extremely marginalized or eventraumatized communities to build up a program withimpact and scale potential?

Stephanie ExtonExecutive Director, Mornington Peninsula Foundation

Simon LewisPartner, GoodWolf

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Teya DusseldorpExecutive Director, Dusseldorp Forum

Frances MartinDirector, Place Based Reform & Delivery Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions

June McLoughlinExecutive Director, Services, Colman Education Foundation | Our Place

Rachel EnglishFoundation Manager, Mutual Trust

Julie LongCorporate Citizen Lead, Accenture Australia and New Zealand

Julie ReillyCEO, Australians Investing In Women

Julie RosenbergExecutive Officer, AIDN

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Deanne WeirWeir Anderson Foundation and Chair, Mannifera

Krystian SeibertPolicy Advisor, Philanthropy Australia

Litigating for Change: The New Frontier for Australian PhilanthropyFuture generations depend on us holding those in power accountable now. But, how do we hold decision makers and those in power accountable when the existing methods in our toolbox are no longer yielding the outcomes they have in the past?

Strategic litigation is an advocacy tool with a hard edge that creates enormous impact. It has the power to hold decision-makers accountable in court by invalidating bad laws and policies and developing legal protection of vulnerable communities and groups.

Just as crucial are the campaigns run alongside litigation, outside the courts. They can leverage the legal process to mobilise communities for broader social change as well as leveraging losses and protecting wins in court from Governments legislating around them.

In this session you’ll hear form Grata Fund and some of its Australian and global partners who are working to build Australian civil society’s capacity for strategic litigation.

3:00Pm–3:50Pm

Purposefully measuring & improving Australia’s social progressThis session will springboard off the recently released and widely publicized Australian Social Progress Index, developed by the Centre for Social Impact and the Social Progress Imperative. The SPI provides a quantitative measure of Australia’s progress that is based purely on economic and environmental indicators, rather than relying only solely on economic indicators such as GDP.

The calculation and release of the Index presents some fundamental questions and challenges both in how ‘progress’ is quantified, and what the philanthropy sector does with the findings once the Index is released. This session therefore aims to delve into these questions through a series of presentations, specifically:

How do we measure social progress? What are the most urgent data gaps?

What are the ethical implications of what data is (and isn’t) collected in our understanding of social progress? What role should philanthropy play in this debate?

How do we find ways of talking about social progress that centre issues of Indigenous sovereignty and justice – who collects and ‘owns’ data, and the way that data is used?

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Elaine JohnsonDirector, Systemic Change Program, Environmental Defenders Office

Tessa KhanDirector, Uplift (UK)

Isabelle ReineckeFounder and Executive Director, Grata Fund

Jennifer RobinsonAustralian human rights lawyer and barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London (UK)

Karly WarnerCEO, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited

Megan WeierResearch Fellow, Centre for Social Impact UNSW

Katherine McKernanCEO, Homelessness NSW

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Day Four / 6 May33 #PA2021Conf

Introduction

Decolonising wealth – transforming Australian philanthropy

Pay what it takes philanthropy

Five foundation executives reveal the keys to collaboration

What makes good work, good?

Understanding the ‘black box’ of philanthropic evaluation

(Future) annual letter to stakeholders

Lunch

When place, purpose and partners come together

Land futures – pathways to a sustainable food and land use system

Climate lens in action Raising the volume by raising the bar

Workshops

10:00am–10:50am

9:45am

11:00am–11:50am

12:00pm–12:50pm

2:00pm–2:50pm

12:50pm–1:50pm

3:00pm–3:50pm

DAY FOUR / 6 May


Pay what it takes philanthropyThe conversation around Pay What it Takes (PWIT) Philanthropy is gathering momentum. Following on from Valerie Chang’s keynote presentation on the MacArthur Foundation’s approach, this session will delve deeper into the PWIT mindset.

Moderated by Niall Fay, CEO of the Fay Fuller Foundation, we will hear from 3 distinct voices that are engaged in the funding process: the funder, the fundee and a community representative. Each will discuss what PWIT means from their perspective, before facilitating small group discussions via breakout rooms. Attendees will then reconvene to share summaries of their discussions and engage in a final Q&A session.

10:00am–10:50am

Decolonising wealth – transforming Australian philanthropyThis session builds on the workshops held as part of the two previous conferences. The first in 2016 explored what it would take for philanthropy to enter deeper and more respectful partnerships with Aboriginal organisations. The second in 2018 started the conversation about how to shift from aspiration to transforming attitudes and practices. How to embed a respectful relationships model into your philanthropic practice.

As part of his plenary address at this conference, Edgar Villanueva will be sharing insights about the steps that he believes need to be undertaken in order to begin to decolonise the institutions, processes and practices around wealth and philanthropy. The panel at this session will consist of Edgar Villanueva and three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with experience of philanthropy as trustees, workers or recipients who will explore these steps through the lens of the Australian experience. Focus will be on the practical actions that philanthropy can consider/adopt to consciously move towards a decolonised practice of social investment and grantmaking. It will provide an opportunity for philanthropy to have brave conversations and to explore how it might become a role model for others.

Niall FayCEO, Fay Fuller Foundation

Tim Goodwin Victorian Bar

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Tenille GilbertCo-Founder and Managing Director, Society Melbourne

Simone MillerCommunity Leader, Far West Coast: Ceduna Our Town Team

Tanya StulDirector, Stul Family Foundation

Sandra TaylorCommunity Leader, Far West Coast: Ceduna Our Town Team

Karly WarnerCEO, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited

Jody BarneyChair, KWT

Kathryn CoffFellowship of Indigenous Leadership

Shaun MiddlebrookCEO, Woor-Dungin

Edgar VillanuevaSenior Vice President, Programs & Advocacy, Schott Foundation + Founder & Chief Strategist, Decolonizing Wealth Project (US)

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What makes good work, good?Among OECD countries, Australia has one of the highest shares (13%) of employees working in short part-time jobs. There’s been increasing demand from both employers and employees for more independent and flexible work – but casualisation and flexibility can have adverse effects on some cohorts, especially young people.

The pandemic has had a huge impact on those working in casual and gig type jobs, with many people unable to supplement their income, stop working or work remotely.

This session will uncover what 'good work' is and how philanthropy can protect workers in this age of continuous disruption and ensure that a ‘Good Work Standard’ is available to all.

This session will present insights into flexible work in Australia; lived experience accounts of flexible work from young people; policy solutions for good work standards and civil society’s role in ensuring good work standards.

11:00am–11:50am

Five foundation executives reveal the keys to collaborationCollaborating with other organisations can significantly increase the impact of funding, extend scarce financial resources and strengthen grantees’ organisational development.

In this session five foundation executives will share their experiences and recommendations for partnering, using ‘The four contributions of philanthropy to systems’ typology formulated by The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI).

These funders will illustrate directions that collaboration can take while simultaneously sharing case study evidence of what has and what hasn’t worked.

This is an excellent opportunity for funders to hear about some of the hard lessons borne by experience. For fund seekers, this discussion provides unique opportunity to learn and develop more effective funding strategies.

Kelly FawcettResearch & Policy Lead, Foundation for Young AustraliansDr Dave Kennedy

Founder, igiveonepercent.org

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Ope OlubodunProject Team Associate, YLab

Sumarlinah Raden WinotoAssociate, YLab

Stephen TorsiProgram Manager Education & Employment, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

Craig ConnellyCEO, The Ian Potter Foundation

Dr Jeanette PritchardCEO, The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation

Tom SnowChair, Snow Medical Research Foundation

Jo TaylorChief Capability Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Peter WinnekeCEO, private charitable trust

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(Future) Annual Letter to Stakeholders For many corporations It’s the CEO’s role each year to draft a letter that clearly lays out their vision for the company, to align all stakeholders with that vision and highlight the company’s progress towards long-term goals. Pondering the conference theme ‘what does the future need from us, now?’ in the context of corporate philanthropy, leads us to ask what this vision will look like in the future and can philanthropy be embedded into the organisations long-term corporate goals and visions.

In this session we will unpack these critical questions and explore how we can craft a future where corporate philanthropy becomes a key factor in the boardroom. But we won’t just ask what the future needs from corporate Australia, we’ll also look at how we can create a future environment that provides meaningful connection between corporate generosity and overall corporate performance.

The panel will explore the impact that future corporate philanthropy will have on diverse business stakeholders and will examine:

• How corporate giving will continue to impactemployee engagement

• How to get shareholders on board with corporatephilanthropy

• How to connect with conscious consumers, and

• How to assess the impact of corporate giving on thecommunity.

12:00pm–12:50pm

Understanding philanthropic evaluationThis session is a panel discussion — by philanthropic evaluation managers at four major Australian Foundations — of the mistakes, learnings, challenges, and pitfalls of philanthropic evaluation. The main argument is that by increasing our transparency, we are reducing the power imbalance and emphasising a partnership focus.

We contend that such openness will ‘demystify’ foundation evaluation managers and ultimately improve the quality of both relationships between funders and grantees as well as the quality of the commissioned evaluations (and both parties’ ability to act upon learnings). This session will be of interest to smaller Foundations interested in ‘dipping their toes’ into the evaluation waters. We hope that an honest and engaging discussion of our learnings and challenges will illuminate “What does the future need from us?”.

Jarrod MilesCo-Founder and Director, Strive Philanthropy

Dr Squirrel MainResearch & Evaluation Manager, Ian Potter Foundation

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Cara VansteenkisteLecturer in Finance, UNSW

Mark ReadingHead of Foundation, Atlassian Foundation

Tim DiamondGeneral Manager, Cotton On Foundation

Martin GouldMeasurement and Evaluation Lead, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Andrea LindoresImpact and Insights Manager, Australian Communities Foundation

Kaitlyn ScannellImpact Specialist, Minderoo Foundation

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Land Futures – pathways to a sustainable food and land use systemFood, agriculture and land use systems must change if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved. These systems are critical to meeting the challenge of providing healthy, nutritious food for a growing global population, while also halting and reversing the rapid decline of natural systems and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change by reducing emissions and sequestering carbon.

Today’s investments will shape food, agriculture and land use systems for decades to come and we need to act now to avoid being locked into unsustainable pathways. The Land Use Futures program is developing long-term pathways for transforming food, agriculture and land-use systems in Australia.

A panel of global and local leaders in food, agriculture and land use will discuss the global outlook for these issues, including the critical role of philanthropic investment to support Australia’s leadership in food, agriculture and land use transitions.

When place, purpose and partners come togetherPhilanthropy rarely needs help in identifying problems that it can help to fix: there are plenty of causes and many organisations requiring assistance. But often the sheer scale of these problems seems insurmountable – how do we make a dent on the shortage of social housing in Australia? How do we prepare disadvantaged children for a meaningful education? And how do we help the thousands of Australians who are struggling to deal with the corrosive impact of drought?

Most importantly, how then does philanthropy become engaged with these issues?

The session will explore through three 2020 Australian Philanthropy Award recipients how focussing on a local or place-based approach can result in powerful community impacts. Central to that achievement is philanthropy’s capacity to bring together a range of disparate local partners to provide the support and knowledge to deliver the best outcome.

2:00pm–2:50pm

Craig ConnellyCEO, Ian Potter Foundation

Vedran Drakulic OAMCEO, Gandel Philanthropy

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Dr Guillermo CastillejaSenior Advisor, Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Hayley MorrisExecutive Director, Morris Family Foundation

Charlie PrellDeputy Chair, Farmers for Climate Action

Anna SkarbekCEO, ClimateWorks Australia

Dr Catherine Brown OAMCEO, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

Natalie EgletonCEO, FRRR

Kerry FarranceHead of Impact, Give Where You Live Foundation

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Raising the volume by raising the bar In a world increasingly partisan and where communities have lost some of their trust in established sources of information, it can be difficult to raise the volume enough to be heard. Cutting through the noise to bring change to public discourse is becoming increasingly harder.

Systems change remains the goal, but charting the route there is often complex, messy and unrewarding. Through these three 2020 Australian Philanthropy recipients, we see how they have used focussed advocacy to enlist political will and harness community support. In doing so, they have succeeded in tapping into the impetus for systems change.

Climate Lens in ActionClimate change is the challenge of our time and we know that people facing financial and other disadvantages will be hit the hardest. As a Foundation, we believe philanthropy has a critical role to play in working collaboratively to respond to the climate challenge.

As a Foundation, we placed a climate lens across our work in 2016 following the CEO’s participation in a Foundation delegation alongside COP 21 in December 2015. It was clear that climate change could impact everything and that there was not a moment to lose.

This session will tell the story of our initiatives and collaborations in energy efficiency and vulnerable households; sustainable affordable housing; sustainable food systems; health impacts of climate change; community climate resilience – preparing for heatwaves and natural disasters; andemployment opportunities in a low carbon economy.

The session will include case study presentations and an opportunity to brainstorm new ideas and potential collaborations in depth with session participants.

3:00pm–3:50pm

Krystian SeibertPolicy Advisor Philanthropy Australia

Dr Catherine Brown OAMCEO, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

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Hamish BalnavesCEO, The Balnaves Foundation

Vedran Drakulic OAMCEO, Gandel Philanthropy

Sue MathewsTrustee, The Mullum Trust

Dan PediaditisSenior Program Manager Environment & Sustainability, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

John GrimesChief Executive, Smart Energy Council

Erin DolanProgram Manager Homelessness & Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

James HenryGeneral Manager Property Development & Asset Management, Housing Choices

Stephen TorsiProgram Manager Education & Employment, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

Panellists

Panellists

Bec ScottCEO, STREAT

Dr Karyn BosomworthProgram Manager Healthy & Resilient Communities, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

Heather LawsonEarly Intervention and Integrated Care (Service Coordination) Coordinator, enliven

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Paul Ramsay Foundation Perpetual

Sidney Myer Fund Koondee Woonga-gat Toor-Rong

Australian Executor Trustees

Pro Bono Australia

SIXTWO Creative

Principal Partners

Presenting Partners

Learning Partner

Media Partner

Creative Partner

Partners

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