Australian Foundations

Qaim Welfare Foundation Ltd is a newly established corporate foundation registered in December 2025, based in Ravenhall, Victoria. The foundation focuses on social welfare support for vulnerable and disadvantaged populations, with particular emphasis on assisting financially disadvantaged individuals, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and ethnic communities. Operating primarily in Victoria, the foundation aims to provide welfare assistance and support services to these priority groups.

Charlie and Friends Foundation is a bereaved family support organisation providing whole-family grief counselling and peer support services to parents, siblings, and loved ones who have experienced the loss of a child. Operating across multiple Australian states, the foundation connects bereaved families through community support, storytelling, and shared healing experiences, with direct personal engagement from founder Kelly rather than institutional gatekeeping.

KAREYANDKAREFUL FOUNDATION LTD is a newly established corporate foundation, registered in April 2024, dedicated to social welfare initiatives. It focuses on supporting children and people with disabilities across all Australian states and territories, including NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT, and ACT.

The Mona Shindy Foundation Inc is a corporate foundation dedicated to social welfare, focusing on inspiring and supporting the success of others. It primarily aids youth, children, the financially disadvantaged, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of crime in New South Wales, emphasizing themes of diversity, inclusion, and resilience.

The Gippsland Community Foundation Charity Trust is a newly established philanthropic trust based in Bairnsdale, Victoria, dedicated to supporting regional development in the Gippsland region through grants, donations, and community initiatives. The foundation's mission is to create a positive and lasting difference by building stronger, more resilient, equitable, connected, and sustainable communities. It focuses on local solutions to local challenges, investing in projects that promote well-being, community resilience, and active participation across diverse Gippsland communities.

Shifted Learning Foundation supports the creation and growth of micro-schools and educational pods that offer alternative, community-based learning models for families in Victoria. The foundation focuses on reimagining education through small group settings with trusted educators and transparent decision-making, serving children and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds and the broader community.

Friendship Tree Foundation is an environmental philanthropic platform based in Brisbane, QLD, that helps donors discover and support vetted charities. Established in July 2025, the foundation focuses on environmental causes while supporting youth, children, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the broader Queensland community.

New Beginnings Foundation Ltd. is an Australian corporate foundation dedicated to addressing homelessness and the lack of affordable, available housing for those most in need across Australia. It focuses on social welfare, particularly through community housing programs, with an initial emphasis on affordable and social housing for survivors of domestic abuse. The foundation supports a broad range of beneficiaries including youth, families, people with disabilities, and the financially disadvantaged.

Hope Hub Foundation LTD is a newly established corporate foundation operating in the Hawkesbury Region of NSW. Rooted in faith but open to all, it provides social welfare support, personal development courses, and community events for women, men, children, and

Wait Mate Foundation Limited is a health-focused movement empowering parents to delay smartphone adoption for children until at least high school. Operating across all Australian states and territories, the foundation addresses childhood mental health and developmental concerns by building communities of like-minded families who pledge to reduce early smartphone access. The foundation combines advocacy, community connection, and evidence-based research to combat rising rates of anxiety, depression, and addiction among children.

Abriculture Advancement Trust is an Indigenous-owned environmental organization based in Cairns, Queensland, on Yidinji country. It focuses on rehabilitating cultural landscapes by combining ancient Indigenous ecological knowledge with Western conservation tools for effective land and sea natural resource management. The trust supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly tribal ecologists and communities, across all Australian states and territories.

PRR Foundation Limited, operating as Kunjung, is a charitable organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting traditional Himalayan Buddhist arts, philosophy, culture, and Tibetan cosmic science. The foundation serves migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and ethnic communities across NSW, VIC, WA, and ACT, with activities extending worldwide. Its mission centres on sharing Buddhist teachings and Himalayan cultural heritage under the vision of Venerable Pong Re Rinpoche.