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Philanthropic group’s bold bid to tackle poverty
Australia’s largest philanthropic venture, the Paul Ramsay Foundation, has outlined a groundbreaking strategy aimed at ending cycles of disadvantage…

Australian Philanthropy committed to supporting grantees and partners in COVID-19 health crisis
Media release first published on the Philanthropy Australia website here. April 30th, 2020 Several of Australia’s leading philanthropists have signalled their commitment to supporting grantees and partners through the COVID-19 pandemic, as the ongoing health crisis...

Sustaining our Partners taskforce to guide partners through COVID-19 crisis
Paul Ramsay Foundation CEO, Professor Glyn Davis AC, advised today that the Foundation had established a Sustaining our Partners taskforce to support its existing partners through the COVID-19 crisis. “We need to work closely with our current partners through this...

Forget-me-not postcard from the embers
As Australia worries about COVID-19 and isolates states and territories, communities ravaged by this summer’s bushfires are still recovering from the blazes that ignored borders and merged towns in suffering.
The podcast From the Embers — produced by residents of areas affected by the bushfires — is a step in healing and a cry not to be forgotten as recovery works slow…

COMMUNITY RADIO GIVES RENEWED VOICE TO BUSHFIRE VICTIMS
The Paul Ramsay Foundation and the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas are jointly funding a radio documentary series on Australia’s recent bushfires. From the Embers will premiere on community radio stations across the country from 21 April. The world...

New open data portal shares maps of bushfire-affected areas
As we pursue our longer-term responses to support community resilience and recovery from the fires, drought, and potential impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, we want to start by sharing the data we have gathered in this process.

The Paul Ramsay Foundation allocates first phase funding of $9 million to support the fight against COVID-19
22 March 2020 The Paul Ramsay Foundation allocates first phase funding of $9 million to support the fight against COVID-19 The Paul Ramsay Foundation today announced $9 million in its first tranche of grants to support COVID-19-related scientific research and to...

Bushfire recovery in the face of COVID-19
In early January 2020, PRF announced a $30 million commitment to support the bushfire recovery. An initial $3 million was provided for immediate relief while the remaining $27 million was earmarked for longer-term work with fire-affected communities. More…

Paul Ramsay Foundation: Important information about our launch
As you would be aware, the World Health Organisation has announced a COVID-19 pandemic and as a consequence, governments around the world have made a number of announcements and health updates today…

Bushfire Response Update
In the wake of this summer’s bushfire crisis, the Paul Ramsay Foundation has set aside $30 million to support devastated regional communities.