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Dying mermaids and giant taps: this is how art is uniting the fight against plastic pollution.

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Our focus areas and impact missions

We seek to uplift communities, support gender equality, protect natural ecosystems and respond to emerging threats and challenges.

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Communities

All children in Australia reach their full potential in thriving communities.

Gender Equality

All people realise their inherent freedom and equality.

Natural Ecosystems

Healthy ecosystems safeguarded for all generations.

Impact Missions

Agile response to existential threats and urgent challenges.

Our vision

A society that values all people and natural ecosystems.

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Our impact and reach

We maximise our impact by focusing on our beneficiaries, consistent geographies and key stakeholders.

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Our role

We back those who are closest to the problems we seek to solve.

Partner

Support partners using the full spectrum of funding solutions, from grants to impact investing, to create, accelerate and scale measurable impact.

Advocate

Affect system change at scale by shifting the expectations of decision-makers to act on our chosen issues by enhancing advocacy capacity and shifting attitudes, norms, mindsets and behaviours to support critical policy reform.

Develop

Collaborate with partners, communities and beneficiaries to develop, test, refine and de-risk solutions, sharing learnings to help others scale-up and adapt to local contexts.

Generate evidence

Generate, connect and leverage evidence to drive change, fuel advocacy, guide decisions and amplify our collective impact.

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Our stories of impact

Read the latest stories, research and interviews from across Minderoo Foundation and our partners.

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Gender Equality
The individual and collective: co-creating social impact to transform trauma.
Natural Ecosystems
Located in the heart of Perth, the Swan-Canning Estuary is rich in cultural and ecological significance.
Plastics
Dying mermaids and giant taps: this is how art is uniting the fight against plastic pollution.
Plastics
Take an Umbrella: opening the power of plastics chemicals research.
Communities
“Left Write Hook” follows eight survivors of childhood sexual abuse as they embark on a transformative journey through a unique recovery program.
Communities
Unleashing WA’s creative power: Minderoo Artist Fund 2025. (EOIs are now closed.)

Our evidence

We are data-driven and guided by research from experts around the world to develop tools, standards and insights that inform and influence policy decisions, helping to create long-term positive impact.

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30 Oct 2024

Minderoo Foundation to provide A$2 million in humanitarian aid to Lebanon

Minderoo Foundation will provide A$2 million in humanitarian assistance to support displaced civilians – particularly women and children – impacted by the escalation of conflict in Lebanon.

28 Oct 2024

Minderoo announces record donation for WAAPA

Minderoo Foundation has announced a record $30 million donation to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) as part of an historic 25-year philanthropic partnership with Edith Cowan University to advance Australian arts and culture on the world stage.

17 Oct 2024

Allan Myers AC, KC appointed incoming Chair of Minderoo Foundation

Mr Myers replaces Chair Dr Andrew Forrest AO and Co-chair Nicola Forrest AO who will both step aside.

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