Outcomes, not outputs: A new paradigm for government grantmaking
Posted on 02 Sep 2025
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s bestseller Abundance is quietly circulating through the upper ranks…
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New hub for grantmakers goes live
Posted on 02 Sep 2025
The Institute of Grants Management (IGM), SmartyGrants’ thought leadership and education arm, has…
Funders can increase their impact with the seven pillars of fundraising
Posted on 01 Sep 2025
GiveNow – a specialist fundraising platform in the Our Community stable – is offering one of its…
Should giving funds give more?
Posted on 01 Sep 2025
Leading philanthropist Alan Schwartz has recently argued that the newly described “giving funds” –…
Plan to turn five bucks into millions is becoming a reality
Posted on 01 Sep 2025
A new group of young philanthropists has awarded its first grants after pooling donations of just…
Why disaster support needs local knowledge
Posted on 01 Sep 2025
When the flames, floodwaters or other natural disasters arrive – often very quickly – it is…
How to ‘fund the glue’ that connects community
Posted on 01 Sep 2025
Former prime minister Julia Gillard set the tone at Philanthropy Australia’s recent Leadership…
Banking on social value: joint venture expands impact reporting possibilities
Posted on 01 Sep 2025
A joint effort involving SmartyGrants and the Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) is providing a…
Hunt begins for the nation’s social impact superstars
Posted on 01 Sep 2025
The competition to be crowned Australia’s best social impact practitioners is expected to be the…
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