Paul Ramsay Foundation
Portfolio Intelligence Dashboard — AU-National • ABN 32 623 132 472
PRF now meets the stable review threshold. Governance, verified grants, recurring year memory, and verified source-backed program rows are all visible on this route.
PRF now surfaces 78 verified grant rows on this route. The grant visibility layer is no longer a blocker.
Open verified grantsPRF currently has 0 inferred program-year rows and 7 verified source-backed rows. The recurring program layer is now anchored to official PRF source pages.
Open verified year memoryFoundation Overview
Key Financials
Giving History
Ramsay Health Care
Target Recipients
Thematic Focus
The Paul Ramsay Foundation is a corporate philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the lives of Australians through targeted grant-making in fields such as education, health, and community support. Founded with a commitment to empower Indigenous communities and promote social change, the foundation utilizes both traditional grants and impact investing to create meaningful outcomes.
Recurring Program Year Memory
First Nations Targeted Grant
This grant program provides funding to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) and First Nations-led organisations to create immediate community benefit, increase capacity, improve funding stability,.
Just Futures: National Open Grant Round
A partnership with the Australian Communities Foundation, this grant round supports small-scale and/or early-stage programs aimed at preventing or reducing contact with the justice system, with a focus on.
Partners: Australian Communities Foundation
Places: Australia
Source: official prf program page verified
Evidence: open source
Peer to Peer Program
The Peer to Peer Program is an innovative philanthropic initiative where organisations collaborate on projects, and successful grantees are determined by the applicants themselves, with the goal of breaking cycles of.
Program Related Investments (Impact Investing EOI)
Impact-first catalytic investments for organisations contributing to strategic impact areas: thriving children, employment, justice and safety.
Strengthening Family-Centred Collaborations Grant Round
This grant round offers funding to existing collaborations of three or more organisations that work together to support families experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV) in NT, QLD, SA, and WA. The focus is on.
Places: Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Australia
Source: official prf program page verified
Evidence: open source
Experimental Evaluation Open Grant Round
This grant round funds evaluations of social impact programs that incorporate an ethical experimental component. The aim is to enhance the understanding and application of evaluation techniques in Australia and to.
PRF Fellowship Program
The PRF Fellowship Program supports individuals, including community leaders, practitioners, academics, and thought leaders, with innovative ideas to address disadvantage in Australia. It provides time and funding.
What changed here
PRF now has a verified source-backed year-memory layer in CivicGraph for the current 2025-26 program surface, and that same layer has already created reviewed program snapshots in Empathy Ledger.
Snow vs PRF
Paul Ramsay
First non-Snow replication case with verified source-backed 2025-26 year memory flowing into EL snapshots.
Snow Foundation
Best verified case so far, with 2023-24 year memory linked across CivicGraph and Empathy Ledger.
How PRF Funds
Application Routes
PRF routes most open grant rounds through ACF
Up to $250,000 over 18 months for individuals
Annual cycle — applications Oct-Nov
Fellowship details ↗Funding Priorities
PRF does not accept unsolicited applications. Most funding is invitation-only or via ACF rounds.
>50% of FY25 distributions supported First Nations-led organisations
Proof of Impact Chain
Justice Reinvestment Portfolio
15 partners • $53.1M committed • 3 community-controlled • 2 Very Remote
Full Grant Network
78 funded organisations (FY2024 ACNC filing) • 14 community-controlled
Evidence Map
0 interventions across 0 orgs • 0 rated Effective
| Intervention | Org | Type | Evidence | Score |
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Outcome Submissions
Northern Territory Council of Social Service
NTCOSS Annual Operations 2024-2025 • FY2024-25
NTCOSS as the NT peak body for community services continued advocacy for sector sustainability, with the Value of the Sector reports demonstrating $3B economic contribution and 13,000+ employees. The NTcommunity directory expanded to 94,000 users and 418 organisations. Secured $180M in election commitments for DFSV services and facilitated sector capability through mentoring and communities of practice.
Maranguka Ltd
Maranguka Community-Led Initiative • FY2023-24
Maranguka marked 10 years of community-led change in 2024 with continued grassroots impact across early childhood, youth and cultural programs. The Daily Check-In model (now in its 7th year) continued reducing youth re-offending, while early childhood programs showed improved school readiness. However, specific quantitative metrics for 2024 are not provided in the annual report.
Human Rights Law Centre
Whistleblower Project • FY2023-24
The Whistleblower Project, Australia's first dedicated legal service for whistleblowers, supported over 70 whistleblowers in its first year, with approximately 25 represented in legal matters. The service helped expose human rights abuses in detention facilities and climate-related wrongdoing, achieving settlements for clients who suffered retaliation.
Other PRF Programs
Board & Leadership
Board of Directors
CEO of Siddle Family Office. Worked at PRF 2015-2021 leading portfolios in place-based initiatives and early childhood education. Replaced father Michael Siddle as founding Director.
Former Deputy CEO Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Chair of TAL Life Limited, NED of Westpac.
Former CEO Goodstart Early Learning (2011-2023). Led transformation of Australia's largest early learning provider.
Kuku Yalanji woman from the Daintree Rainforest. CEO of Cape York Partnership. Degrees in Psychology and Law.
Joined Ramsay Health Care 1969. Non-Exec Director 24 years, Deputy Chairman 2014-2021. Also Director at Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand (2016-2017). Former NZ Minister of Finance.
Executive Team
Senior Staff
Board Interlocks
PRF directors share board seats with 26 other organisations
Data Sources
Opportunities
6 partners have zero outcomes data
— no outcome submissions, no ALMA evidence. Governed Proof tasks are queued.
Action: Prioritise annual report collection or direct outreach for outcome submissions
3 community-controlled orgs need culturally safe reporting
ALS NSW/ACT, Anindilyakwa, and Olabud Doogethu are Aboriginal community-controlled. Standard outcome metrics may not capture cultural impact.
Action: Use voice_confidence dimension in Governed Proof — narrative + Elder endorsement alongside quantitative metrics
Just Reinvest NSW has 10 ALMA interventions but no outcome submission
Strongest evidence base in the portfolio (6 rated Effective, score up to 66.6). Rich data exists but isn't flowing through the outcomes pipeline.
Action: Priority target for PDF ingestion — their evaluation reports would yield high-quality structured outcomes
0 interventions at pilot stage
Target Zero (WEstjustice/CMY) and others are Untested — theory/pilot stage. These are the highest-leverage evaluation targets.
Action: Connect with program managers for formative evaluation data — even early signals strengthen the proof chain
78 funded orgs mapped — 14 community-controlled
Full FY24 ACNC grant network now in CivicGraph. 14 community-controlled orgs identified. Cross-reference with government funding for co-investment analysis.
Action: Run co-funding analysis: which PRF grantees also receive government justice/DFV funding?
Giving Philosophy
The foundation believes in a collaborative approach to philanthropy, emphasizing partnerships with organizations to scale initiatives that foster self-determination, particularly among First Nations peoples. They advocate for funding that values cultural perspectives and strengthens community capacities.