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Western Sydney University

Donor-Contractor
FoundationRegistryABN 53014069881NSW
Relationships
433
Data Sources
2
Political Donations
$2.2M
Contract Value
$50.2M
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Data as of: 15 Mar 2026

About

Western Sydney University is an Australian public university primarily focused on higher education and research, which also operates as a philanthropic grantmaker. It has an estimated annual giving of approximately $32,399,000, supporting initiatives tied to its academic and community engagement missions.

Giving Philosophy

The university's giving approach is likely aligned with its mission to foster intellectual growth, conduct impact-driven research that transforms lives, and engage actively with the community. This includes supporting education, research, and community development within its geographic region.

Programs & Opportunities (7)

Western Sydney University supports the development of research projects through its competitive grant schemes, designed to enable researchers to bring projects to a point where they would be competitive in major external grant schemes.

Researcher Development Awards
grant · research, education ·

This suite of grants and awards supports researchers individually, their research development, and research leadership, with a focus on early career development, gender equity, and career interruption.

This scholarship provides international undergraduate students with a partial scholarship to be applied towards tuition fees for up to three years.

$3K-$6K

This scholarship recognizes academic merit and offers a partial scholarship to international postgraduate applicants, applied towards tuition fees for up to two years.

This scholarship recognizes outstanding academic achievements of international undergraduate students and covers 50% of the cost of tuition fees for three years.

This scholarship encourages exceptional academic achievements of international postgraduate applicants and covers 50% of the cost of tuition fees.

Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship (funded by Western Sydney University)
grant · environment, justice, health, arts, research, education ·

This scholarship, funded by Western Sydney University, attracts exceptional U.S. citizens to undertake 8-10 months of study or research in areas such as Environment, Social Justice, Public Health, and Creative and Performing Arts.

Financial History (7 years)

YearRevenueExpensesAssetsSurplus
2023$969.5M$1.1B$4.7B$-147,621,000
2022$867.0M$891.3M$4.1B$-15,368,000
2021$913.3M$838.7M$3.9B$122.6M
2020$884.2M$865.9M$3.6B$22.0M
2019$890.6M$887.3M$3.2B$19.1M
2018$799.9M$818.4M$2.9B$87.7M
2017$715.1M$752.0M$2.7B$48.5M
Govt Revenue
$574.4M
Grants Given (AU)
$23.2M
Staff (FTE)
3,691.2
Volunteers
1,327
Donations Received
$10.1M

Community Evidence

External Evidence

Identity

GS ID
AU-ABN-53014069881
ABN
53014069881
Sector
education
Financial Year
2023

Focus Areas

Themes
educationresearchartsindigenoushealthcommunity
Geography
AU-NSW
Target Recipients
individualresearchuniversitycommunity_org
Purposes
Education
Beneficiaries
AdultsAgedGeneral CommunityYouth

Financials

Revenue
$950.0M
Assets
$4.7B

Method

Match Confidence
registry
Cross-references
2 datasets
Match Key
ABN
Relationships
433

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

This entity is also tracked in JusticeHub with 1 intervention and 2 evidence records.

External ecosystem profile linked from GrantScope for additional context. JusticeHub content is maintained separately.

JusticeHub profile available on request

Location Intelligence

Postcode
2751
Locality
Penrith
LGA
Penrith
SA2 Region
Penrith
Entities in Area
13
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Donor-Contractor

This entity has both donated to political parties (22 donations totalling $2.2M) and holds government contracts (136 contracts worth $50.2M).