Northern Health Research Training & Equipment Trust

ABN: 39150242855·trust·Northern Health·$500K annual giving

Foundation Score

Transparency

6 traceable grantees

Need Alignment

5 LGAs funded

Evidence

1 evidence-backed orgs

Geographic Reach

2 states, 5 LGAs

Annual Giving

$500K

Traceable Grantees

Community-Controlled

Board Overlaps

7 years of ACNC Annual Information Statement data (2017–2023).

Year	Grants Given	Revenue	Assets	Giving Ratio	YoY
2017	$435K	$1.5M	$1.0M	38.6%	—
2018	$428K	$1.4M	$1.3M	37.8%	-1.6%
2019	$391K	$1.7M	$1.8M	31.3%	-8.8%
2020	$623K	$1.7M	$2.1M	43%	+59.3%
2021	$705K	$1.6M	$2.4M	54%	+13.3%
2022	$422K	$979K	$2.4M	41.3%	-40.2%
2023	$804K	$1.3M	$2.6M	54%	+90.5%

Giving Trend

Asset Trend

6 traceable grantees across 2 states. 1 community-controlled.

QLD: 3NSW: 2

Grantee	State	Amount	Year	Source
Queensland And Northern New South Wales Lions Medical Research Foundation	QLD	$293K	—	justice_funding
NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE HOSPITAL LTD.	NSW	$10K	—	justice_funding
Queer Family Inc	—	$10K	—	justice_funding
COOLAMON COMMUNITY INCORPORATED	NSW	$10K	—	justice_funding
Indigenous Futures Foundation LtdCOMMUNITY	QLD	$10K	—	justice_funding
Zephyr Education Limited	QLD	$10K	—	justice_funding

This foundation funds organisations that themselves regrant to downstream recipients.6 downstream grants traced through 2 regranters.

Northern Health Research Training & Equipment Trust→Indigenous Futures Foundation Ltd→5 downstream grantees

Northern Health Research Training & Equipment Trust→Zephyr Education Limited→1 downstream grantees

Grantees with interventions documented in the Australian Living Map of Alternatives (ALMA).

Grantee	Intervention	Evidence	Cultural
Zephyr Education Limited	School Essential Supplies Program	Untested (theory/pilot stage)	YES

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