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Annual Giving
$100K
Grant Range
$5K – $500K

Tips for Applicants

To approach this funder, emphasize how your project or organization aligns with the foundation's values of inclusion, empowerment, and personal growth, and demonstrate how it will benefit young people with disabilities or experiencing social disadvantage. Highlight any existing partnerships or connections with special needs schools or community organizations.

Giving Philosophy

The Making Waves Foundation approaches its giving by valuing inclusion, empowerment, and personal growth. It selects recipients based on their potential to benefit from its sailing programs and experiences. The foundation prioritizes supporting young people who are at risk or disadvantaged, and aims to provide them with life-changing opportunities.

ACNC Financial History

YearGrants GivenRevenueTotal AssetsNet Assets
FY2023
$1.1M$1.3M$1.0M
FY2022
$200K
$1.0M$1.3M$1.1M
FY2021
$61
$1.5M$1.7M$1.5M
FY2020
$922K$1.2M$1.1M
FY2019
$641K$1.1M$951K
FY2018
$70
$602K$1000K$971K
FY2017
$51
$770K$1.2M$1.1M
7yr total$200KSource: ACNC Annual Information Statements

Focus Areas

communityindigenous
Geographic
AU-NSWAU-QLDAU-TASAU-VIC
Recipients
youthdisabilityindigenous

Financial Details

Source of Wealth
The foundation's wealth comes from corporate and community sources, including partnerships and fundraising events such as the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation Raffle.

Board & Leadership

Moyo Molloy
director
ACNC
David Preston
board member
ACNC
David Redfern
board member
ACNC
ACNC
Nathan Stapleton
board member
ACNC
Paul D'Arcy
board member
ACNC
Peter Laver
board member
ACNC
Yvonne White
board member
ACNC
Linked from structured person roles rather than unstructured foundation summary text.

Data Sources

Profile quality: low
Foundation profile updated: 12 March 2026 (57 days ago)
Website pages scraped: 5
Added: 27 February 2026 (70 days ago)
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