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Youth Insearch Foundation (Aust) Inc

Concentration Risk
FoundationRegistryPBIABN 31886363881NSW
Relationships
36
Data Sources
2
Revenue
$5.2M
Tax Payable
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Data as of: 8 May 2026
Found in 3 systemsJustice FundingACNC CharitiesFoundations

Government Funding ($5.7M)

Social Services
1 record · 2025-26
$5.5M
Gambling Community Benefit Fund
2 records · 2021-22, 2023-24
$62K
Gambling Community Benefit Fund — Community Benefit Fund
1 record · 2023-24
$31K
Community Development and Capacity Building Grants
1 record
$10K
Child related costs
1 record · 2017-18
$2K
Regional Reset
1 record · 2025-26

Giving Philosophy

Youth Insearch believes recovery is relational and that young people with lived experience are best placed to support others facing mental health and life challenges. Their peer-to-peer model uses shared experiences to build trust rapidly, reframing stories with messages of hope and recovery. They focus on strengths-based, holistic support rather than seeing problems as 'something wrong with a person' — valuing people and connection above clinical intervention.

Wealth Source:This is a community-based charitable foundation established in 1985, not a commercial wealth source. The organization raises funds through donations, government grants (e.g., Queensland Government funding for Regional Reset), and presumably corporate partnerships. The wealth_source field is more applicable to private foundations founded by wealthy individuals rather than community organisations.

Tips for Applicants

As a program-based organization rather than a grant-maker, Youth Insearch is more likely to be a recipient of funding than a provider. For organizations seeking to partner or refer clients: they accept referrals from parents, service providers, schools, and government departments. The program specifically serves at-risk youth with complex trauma (90% of participants), with 34% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 35% CALD participants. Programs focus on peer-led support with lived experience workers. If seeking to collaborate, emphasize alignment with their wrap-around, strengths-based approach and demonstrated outcomes for disengaged young people.

Programs & Opportunities (1)

End Youth Suicide Week
grant · Closes 2025-02-23

An initiative to support young people in overcoming trauma and preventing youth suicide.

Financial History (7 years)

YearRevenueExpensesAssetsSurplus
2023$5.2M$5.4M$4.0M$-161,606
2022$3.0M$3.0M$2.9M$-36,578
2021$3.3M$2.4M$2.8M$893K
2020$2.6M$2.2M$1.8M$458K
2019$2.3M$2.3M$1.8M$-82,111
2018$1.8M$1.9M$2.0M$-111,103
2017$1.6M$1.6M$1.9M$92K
Govt Revenue
$2.9M
0
Staff (FTE)
38.1
Volunteers
107
Donations Received
$2.2M

Community Evidence

External Evidence

Identity

GS ID
AU-ABN-31886363881
ABN
31886363881
Sector
community
Financial Year
2023

Focus Areas

Themes
communityindigenous
Geography
AU-NSWAU-QLDAU-VIC
Target Recipients
communityyouthindigenous
Purposes
Social Welfare
Beneficiaries
First NationsGeneral CommunityYouth

Board & Leadership (9)

  • Elisabeth Shaw
    board member
  • Greg Sam
    board member
  • Kasy Chambers
    board member
  • Paul Attard
    board member
  • Samantha Mackie
    board member
  • Stephen O'Malley
    board member
  • Shane Fitzsimmons
    chair
  • Alexander Beard
    officeholder
  • Penelope Williams
    secretary

Financials

Revenue
$5.2M
Assets
$4.0M

Method

Match Confidence
registry
Cross-references
2 datasets
Match Key
ABN
Relationships
36

Matched by Australian Business Number (ABN) — high confidence. This entity was found across multiple government datasets using the same ABN.

Data Sources

ACNCFoundations

JusticeHub

External Link

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Location Intelligence

Postcode
2148
Locality
ARNDELL PARK
Remoteness
Major Cities of Australia
SEIFA Disadvantage
Decile 3/10
LGA
Cumberland
Entities in Area
735

This entity is in a postcode ranked in the most disadvantaged 30% nationally (SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage, ABS 2021 Census).

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