Impact Fund
Giving together for the boldest solutions to Australia’s biggest issues
Making change together
The Impact Fund is Australian Communities Foundation’s collective giving initiative, powered by people who believe that lasting change is something we create together.
It unites funders at every stage of their journey around bold, community-led solutions to Australia’s toughest challenges. By combining thoughtful grantmaking, shared learning, and coordinated action, the Impact Fund helps transform individual generosity into collective influence – unlocking impact none of us could achieve alone.
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The Impact Fund is the heartland of the 750+ Funds and Foundations that make up the giving community at Australian Communities Foundation.
The power of giving together
$11+
million raised
200+
funders giving together
45+
civil society partners supported
20+
positive policy reforms
10+
social infrastructure groups and initiatives established
5x
funding leveraged
Figures last updated March 2026
Introducing the Impact Fund’s 2026 Catalyst Program
This year, the Impact Fund is focused on supporting meaningful efforts to address one of the defining challenges of our time: the climate crisis.
Support the Impact Fund
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.
Explore the Climate Giving Resource Hub
The Climate Giving Resource Hub is designed to support funders to learn, connect and act together on climate, the focus for our Impact Fund 2026 program.
Meet some of our Impact Partners
Meet some of our incredible Impact Partners and hear their reflections on what we’ve been able to achieve together across the Impact Fund’s first five years.
Look back on our impact
Making Change Together: Five years of the Impact Fund celebrates some of the Impact Fund’s key achievements and demonstrates how we are shaping a future we can all be proud to hand on to the next generation.
Impact Partners
Support the Impact Fund
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.
THANK YOU
Thank you to Joan and David McLennan, Joan Nelson, Ruth Dixon, Dianne Lesley Young and Lydia M MacMichael, whose bequests enabled Australian Communities Foundation to establish the Impact Fund.