Caption: The Siverskyi Donets river, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Credit: 3sbworld via Getty Images.
Impact Missions

Ukraine: Recovery begins before conflict ends.

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Impact Missions
The community-led recovery efforts in Ukraine you should know about.
Impact Missions
Minderoo continues support for the people of Ukraine.
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The Cranes Call: Justice in real time.
11 Jul 2025
Minderoo’s Ukraine aid surpasses $30 million as Dr Forrest calls on global investors to back Ukraine’s strategic food bowl
27 Feb 2024
Minderoo Foundation announces new partnership to support the demining of Ukraine farmland
27 Feb 2025
Minderoo builds on $20 million commitment to Ukraine with a further $5 million package to support a local-led recovery and affirm Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
Resource
Beyond the Harvest: Modernising Ukraine’s Agricultural Processing Sector

This paper was produced as part of Minderoo's support of policy reforms needed to ensure agricultural recovery benefits smallholder farmers, addresses global food security, and support broader recovery in Ukraine

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.

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Gender Equality

All people realise their inherent freedom and equality.

A New Holland Honeyeater, a small bird with black and white mottled body, a black head and white ear patch, and a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. The bird sits on a a bright red, pink and yellow banksia flower. Another banksia flower and the serrated-edge, grey green foliage can be seen in the background.

Natural Ecosystems

Healthy ecosystems safeguarded for all generations.

An elderly woman holds her hand to her mouth, looking as though she might cry. She wears a light coloured jacket and has a grey and white striped scarf covering her hair. On either side of her are tall and thin yellow candles, on ornate brass plates. In the background are other men and women and arches of the cathedral.

Impact Missions

Agile response to existential threats and urgent challenges.

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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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Impact Missions
Ukraine: Recovery begins before conflict ends.
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Natural Ecosystems
What if every voyage helped map life beneath the surface?

Latest media releases

19 Jun 2026

World-first ocean map to reveal true scale of global fishing activity

A world-first global map capable of tracking fishing activity across every class of vessel – from industrial fleets to small-scale boats and the previously hidden “dark fleet” – is set to transform the way fisheries are understood and protected around the world.

12 Jun 2026

Female first focus for Minderoo Foundation with backing of Startmate accelerator

Female entrepreneurs represent one of the largest untapped opportunities in Australia’s innovation economy, yet female-only teams receive just 2 per cent of venture capital funding nationwide. To help tackle this deeply entrenched gender gap, Minderoo Foundation has partnered with Startmate, a leading startup accelerator.

04 Jun 2026

Minderoo announces backing of next generation of supply chain accountability technologies

Minderoo Foundation is supporting a pioneering venture fund investing in technologies that improve transparency and worker outcomes across global supply chains.