Foundations

Paul Ramsay Foundation

Portfolio Intelligence Dashboard — National ABN 32 623 132 472

Endowment
/yr
Stable review status
Current completion
2/4

PRF is one signal away from stable review. The verified grant layer is now visible; the remaining gap is converting recurring program memory from inferred rows into verified source-backed rows.

Already in place
Verified grant layer is live

PRF now surfaces 0 verified grant rows on this route. The grant visibility layer is no longer a blocker.

Open verified grants
Remaining task
Convert inferred rows to verified source-backed memory

PRF currently has 0 inferred program-year rows and 7 verified source-backed rows. Stable review needs those recurring strands tied to official PRF source pages so this layer stops leaning on current-surface inference.

Open year memory

Foundation Overview

Key Financials

Endowment
Annual Giving
Cumulative (since 2016)$1.5B
Partners175+
Total Funded Orgs356
Impact Fund (ESG)16.4%

Giving History

Target Recipients

Thematic Focus

Recurring Program Year Memory

2025-26

First Nations Targeted Grant

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,.

Places: Australia

Source: official prf program page verified

Evidence: open source

2025-26

Just Futures: National Open Grant Round

grant

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

2025-26

Peer to Peer Program

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.

Places: Australia

Source: official prf program page verified

Evidence: open source

2025-26

Program Related Investments (Impact Investing EOI)

grant

Impact-first catalytic investments for organisations contributing to strategic impact areas: thriving children, employment, justice and safety.

Places: Australia

Source: official prf program page verified

Evidence: open source

2025-26

Strengthening Family-Centred Collaborations Grant Round

grant

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

2025-26

Experimental Evaluation Open Grant Round

grant

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.

Places: Australia

Source: official prf program page verified

Evidence: open source

2025-26

PRF Fellowship Program

fellowship

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.

Places: Australia

Source: official prf program page verified

Evidence: open source

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.

Program year rows7
Source modeOfficial PRF pages
EL snapshots7 reviewed
This is not annual-review-extracted yet, but it is now anchored to official PRF source pages rather than inferred-only program rows. That is enough for stable review while a fuller report extraction layer is built later.

Snow vs PRF

Comparison route

Paul Ramsay

Open
Annual giving
Open programs
0
Year memory
0

First non-Snow replication case with verified source-backed 2025-26 year memory flowing into EL snapshots.

Comparison route

Snow Foundation

Open
Annual giving
Open programs
0
Year memory
0

Best verified case so far, with 2023-24 year memory linked across CivicGraph and Empathy Ledger.

How PRF Funds

Application Routes

Australian Communities Foundation

PRF routes most open grant rounds through ACF

Just Futures (justice)Strengthening Early YearsSpecialist DFV Programs
Check ACF for current open rounds ↗
PRF Fellowship

Up to $250,000 over 18 months for individuals

Annual cycle — applications Oct-Nov

Fellowship details ↗
Impact Investing (PRI)

Catalytic investments, not grants. Standing EOI.

Impact investing ↗

Funding Priorities

PRF does not accept unsolicited applications. Most funding is invitation-only or via ACF rounds.

Justice reinvestment — diversion, throughcare, community-led alternatives to custody
Early childhood — prenatal to school, family support, early learning
Employment pathways — transitions for people experiencing disadvantage
Place-based change — community-led, First Nations self-determination
Family violence — specialist DFV programs, First Nations-led

>50% of FY25 distributions supported First Nations-led organisations

Proof of Impact Chain

0/ 0
Proven
Validated outcomes
0/ 0
Submitted
Outcomes reported
0/ 0
Evidence
ALMA interventions
0/ 0
Gap
No outcomes data

Justice Reinvestment Portfolio

0 partners • $0.0M committed • 0 community-controlled • 0 Very Remote

Full Grant Network

0 funded organisations (FY2024 ACNC filing) • 0 community-controlled

Evidence Map

0 interventions across 0 orgs • 0 rated Effective

InterventionOrgTypeEvidenceScore

Board & Leadership

Board of Directors

Executive Team

Data Sources

0Board & Staff
ACNC Register + Web Research
0JR Portfolio
PRF Portfolio Review PDF
0Grant Network
ACNC Annual Report (FY24)
0ALMA Evidence
JusticeHub ALMA Database
0Outcomes
Annual Report Ingestion
0Board Interlocks
ACNC Cross-Reference
0Shared Directors
Multi-board overlap
0Proof Tasks
Governed Proof Pipeline

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

0 funded orgs mapped — 0 community-controlled

Full FY24 ACNC grant network now in CivicGraph. 0 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?