In FY25, the Foundation made donations of $725,000 to its 17 long-term NFP partners.

Affiliates donated a further $386,000 to jointly support 12 of these partners.

A further $144,000 was given as discretionary donations: valued supporters donated $34,000 to four mental health partners presenting at the Pinnacle Plunge event and $110,000 was gifted to other NFPs aligned with the Foundation’s six core focus areas during the year.

Matched workplace giving programs across the Group contributed a further $70,000 to 70 Australian NFPs in total.

These combined financial donations were in excess of $1.3 million.

Together with $47,000 contributed towards purchasing tickets and tables to support NFP flagship events and those championed by the financial services industry, this aggregate support has been incredibly important in making a tangible difference in communities right across Australia.

We’ve helped our partners drive impactful change through workshops, forums, online advice, counselling, education, leadership training, medical treatments, reading books, legal advocacy, safe housing and technology support, plus undertake new research, pilot projects and bring a sense of purpose and positivity to their operations.

In recognition of the challenges facing women seeking emergency accommodation, a one-off donation of $30,000 was made in FY25 to the Sydney-based Women’s Community Shelters (WCS). WCS collaborates with local communities to establish new safe crisis accommodation options for women and children. WCS offers a new and ground-breaking ‘tri-partite’ funding model in which government, philanthropy/business and community all work to provide funding to establish and operate shelters.