First Nations Futures is a First Nations led-organisation driving economic justice in Australia. They have built a First Nations-led funding platform which creates an alternative pathway for First Nations community-driven initiatives to receive unrestricted and sustainable funding. The platform enables all people in Australia to collectively redistribute wealth and invest in First Nations community-driven initiatives ...
First Nations Futures
First Nations Futures: Core Capacity Support now and into the future

GOAL
$75,000
RAISED
$22,000
Field of Interest
- Community and economic development
- First Nations communities
Target Population
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- General population

First Nations Futures is a First Nations led-organisation driving economic justice in Australia. In August 2023, they launched a First Nations-led funding platform which creates an alternative pathway for First Nations community-driven initiatives to receive unrestricted and sustainable funding. The platform enables all people in Australia to collectively redistribute wealth and invest in First Nations community-driven initiatives creating intergenerational change.
First Nations Futures was established to respond to the economic barriers experiencing by First Nations community-driven initiatives. Across Australia, funding systems create greater inequity and control, where decision making processes are led predominantly by non-Indigenous people, and data estimates that "0.5% of philanthropic funding goes to First Nations communities."* Alongside this, the colonial atrocities of past and present have brought fortune to many settlers, yet little continuous action is occurring to redistribute wealth and collectively invest in First Nations people and priorities.
*Inga, Lourdes, 26.08.22, Philanthropy Australia.
Project Summary
First Nations Futures is a First Nations led-organisation driving economic justice in Australia. They have built a First Nations-led funding platform which creates an alternative pathway for First Nations community-driven initiatives to receive unrestricted and sustainable funding. The platform enables all people in Australia to collectively redistribute wealth and invest in First Nations community-driven initiatives creating intergenerational change.
They partner with First Nations community-driven initiatives that:
- Centre young people
- Hold cultural governance and intersectionality
- Centre regenerative and international practices
- Are experiencing difficulty in accessing resources
They currently have 9 First Nations partner initiatives who operate across a range of different systems and regions who receive equal funding amounts from the co-investment of philanthropists and donors across Australia.
First Nations Futures are committed to creating equity across the board which means that as they grow, they will build partnerships with more community-driven initiatives that align with their impact model over time.
They are currently seeking $75k to match the $75k they have already received to meet their immediate core capacity needs of hiring an Executive Director who will continue to scale and sustain their impact for the future. Beyond this, they are also looking for funders who are looking to provide core capacity support for 3 years.
Project Outcomes
The role of the Executive Director will ensure they are able to bolster their work and continue to scale their impact driving economic justice for First Nations people.
Allowing them to build partnerships with more community-driven initiatives that align to their impact model, driving futures grounded in economic justice and First Nations-led solutions.
Budget Breakdown
TOTAL BUDGET: $150,000
FUNDING
Funding source | Amount |
---|---|
Matching philanthropic donor (confirmed) | $75,000 |
Funding gap (unconfirmed) | $75,000 |
EXPENSES
Expense item | Amount |
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Salary and wages | $150,000 |
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