Annual Report 2021/22
Impact Fund
Economic Media Centre (EMC) Co-Director Jessica Kendall (second from right) with community leaders participating in EMC’s media training. EMC is a 2022 Impact Partner.
Annual Report 2021/22
Impact Fund
Economic Media Centre (EMC) Co-Director Jessica Kendall (second from right) with community leaders participating in EMC’s media training. EMC is a 2022 Impact Partner.
Making change together
The Impact Fund is a movement of funders and changemakers working for a fairer and more sustainable Australia.
In 2021/22, we celebrated the Impact Fund’s fifth anniversary and raised another $1.6 million for our cohort of 40+ Impact Partners.
Five-year highlights
Explore our collective impact
In 2021/22, we published Making Change Together: Five years of the Impact Fund – a report celebrating the Impact Fund’s highlights so far, and demonstrating how we are shaping a future we can all be proud to hand on to the next generation.
$5
million raised
100+
funders giving together
15+
changes in policy and regulation
10+
social infrastructure groups established
Impact Fund Grants 2021/22
Large Grants: Impact Fund 2022 Collaborations
Learn more on the Impact Fund 2022 website
INEQUALITY
Making Lived Experience Count
Australian Council of Social Service and Economic Media Centre
$100,000
DEMOCRACY
Reducing Undue Corporate Influence
Australian Democracy Network and Human Rights Law Centre
$100,000
INDIGENOUS
Progressing the Uluru Statement
Indigenous Law Centre UNSW and Public Interest Advocacy Centre
$100,000
ENVIRONMENT
Changing Australia’s Story on Gas
350.org Australia and Climate Media Centre
$100,000
Agile granting
An additional $450,000 was raised through the Impact Fund’s agile granting, including support for both new and existing Impact Partners.
Updates from Impact Partners in 2021/22
MEET OUR IMPACT PARTNERS
PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF LGBTIQ+ PEOPLE
Anna Brown, Equality Australia
PROGRESSING THE ULURU STATEMENT
Professor Megan Davis, Indigenous Law Centre UNSW
PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Hugh de Kretser (former Executive Director), Human Rights Law Centre
PUTTING AN END TO INDIGENOUS DEATHS IN CUSTODY
Apryl Day, Dhadjowa Foundation
PROTECTING AUSTRALIA’S GUN SAFETY LAWS
Stephen Bendle, Australian Gun Safety Alliance
PROTECTING ASYLUM SEEKER HEALTH RIGHTS DURING COVID-19
Lucy Geddes, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
SHINING A LIGHT ON DARK MONEY IN POLITICS
Leeanne Torpey, Big Deal documentary
Get involved
There is great joy in coming together to back a positive vision for our future.
Interested in becoming an Impact Funder or continuing your support? We invite you to join us because smart changemakers need wise backers who understand that change takes time.
There are three key ways you can become an Impact Funder or extend your existing support. Learn more
Jake, Bec and Adam Milgrom from the Tripple Fund a range of projects through the Impact Fund, including the Dhadjowa Foundation, the Economic Media Centre and the Our Islands Our Home campaign.
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