Australian Men's Shed Association

ABN: 84144866277·grantmaker·$1.8M annual giving

Foundation Score

Transparency

15 traceable grantees

Need Alignment

5 LGAs funded

Evidence

0 evidence-backed orgs

Geographic Reach

4 states, 5 LGAs

Annual Giving

$1.8M

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	$914K	$2.8M	$1.1M	35.5%	—
2018	$1.3M	$3.0M	$1.0M	40.7%	+40%
2019	$1.0M	$2.7M	$3.0M	36.9%	-20.2%
2020	$688K	$2.4M	$4.7M	27.9%	-32.6%
2021	$1.6M	$3.5M	$3.1M	48.3%	+138.5%
2022	$2.1M	$4.1M	$2.8M	48.9%	+25%
2023	$1.8M	$4.3M	$2.6M	42%	-14.3%

Giving Trend

Asset Trend

17 traceable grantees across 4 states.

NSW: 9VIC: 6SA: 1QLD: 1

Grantee	State	Amount	Year	Source
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation	VIC	$200.0M	—	justice_funding
ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation	NSW	$42.0M	—	justice_funding
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation	VIC	$5.0M	—	justice_funding
AUSTRALIAN BRAGG CENTRE FOR PROTON THERAPY AND RESEARCH LIMITED	SA	$2.0M	—	justice_funding
Rule Prostate Cancer	VIC	$750K	—	justice_funding
AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS LTD	NSW	$450K	—	justice_funding
THE DHADJOWA FOUNDATION LTD	—	$365K	—	justice_funding
Australian Lasallian (Asia/Pacific) Foundation Limited	NSW	$330K	—	justice_funding
Talent Beyond Boundaries Ltd	—	$255K	—	justice_funding
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation	VIC	$225K	—	justice_funding
Australian Communities Foundation Limited	VIC	$100K	—	justice_funding
Australian Council Of Social Service	NSW	$100K	—	justice_funding
Australian War Widows Queensland	QLD	$50K	—	justice_funding
Australian Museum	NSW	$50K	—	justice_funding
Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated	VIC	$15K	—	justice_funding
Australian National Maritime Museum Foundation	NSW	$15K	—	justice_funding
Art Gallery of New South Wales	NSW	$12K	—	justice_funding
Claudia Robinson	—	$10K	—	justice_funding
The Trustee For Theme And Variations Foundation	NSW	$8K	—	justice_funding
Australian National Maritime Museum Foundation	NSW	$3K	—	justice_funding

This foundation funds organisations that themselves regrant to downstream recipients.9 downstream grants traced through 1 regranter.

Australian Men's Shed Association→Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated→9 downstream grantees

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