Minderoo Foundation Limited as trustee for The Minderoo Foundation Trust

About

Minderoo Foundation is a large Australian philanthropic organisation working to forge a fair future by challenging inequalities and campaigning for meaningful change across health, education, culture, environment, and social welfare. Operating across four core focus areas—Communities, Gender Equality, Natural Ecosystems, and Impact Missions—it supports vulnerable populations including children, youth, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, and communities facing homelessness and disadvantage. The foundation works both domestically and internationally across 80+ countries, employing a multi-faceted approach combining grants, impact investing, advocacy, evidence generation, and solution development.

Giving Philosophy

Ambitious, evidence-based philanthropy at scale. Tackling root causes of systemic challenges. Catalytic funding to shift markets and policy. Indigenous self-determination through economic participation.

Tips for Applicants

Align proposals with one of Minderoo's four core focus areas (Communities, Gender Equality, Natural Ecosystems, or Impact Missions) and demonstrate how your work addresses systemic inequalities or creates measurable change. Organisations working in partnership, generating evidence, or advocating for policy reform will align best with the foundation's preference for backing solutions-focused work with demonstrated impact potential.

Programs & Opportunities (3)

Notable Grants

• $50,000 to Elise Reitze-Swensen for capturing the sounds of new motherhood