Funding Intelligence Layer

Move from directories to a funding system

8 foundations, trusts, and ancillary funds in the current funder search. Use one search surface to move between open grants, philanthropic funders, delivery organisations, and relationship tracking without starting again every time.

Open Pipeline Tracker

Workflow

Search aligned funders

Use foundations first when you need relationship targets, giving behaviour, and open programs.

Open Foundations

Workflow

Search philanthropic funders

Move from causes and places into foundations that already give in those areas.

Search Matching FoundationsSee Gatekeepers

Workflow

Search delivery organisations

Pressure-test who is already doing the work across charities and social enterprises before outreach.

Search Matching CharitiesSearch Social Enterprises

Workflow

Start with need, not supply

Check place-level funding gaps, disadvantage, and community-controlled presence before you prioritise a funder or an application.

Open Place Coverage

What strong users do here

Community organisations search grants, then trace back to aligned foundations and relationship targets.

Foundations search charities and social enterprises by cause, geography, and community signals before opening a round.

Corporate and philanthropic teams check place need and existing coverage before funding whoever shouts loudest.

Directory

Australian Foundations

8 foundations, trusts, and ancillary funds from the ACNC register · See all 64,000+ charities →

Open philanthropy power mapOpen backlogOpen review setCompare foundationsOpen funding workspace
Reset review filterStable review (24)Developing review (8)Early review (1,094)
Current gapsGovernance 1Grants 2Year memory 4Source-backed 5

Current review slice

8 foundations in this reviewability subset.

Bands: 1-5 narrow lead list, 6-50 focused subset, 51+ landscape-ready.

Single-axis lane

Review state is fixed; evidence gap can still move.

Focused subset

Useful for reading a lane closely, but still too small for broad system claims.

Use for: close comparison inside one lane

Open compare surfaceOpen funding workspace

Next step: compare the strongest candidates inside this lane before broadening further.

Current lane

Fixed review state: Developing review.

Fixed geography: AU-QLD.

Evidence gap is still open.

Use evidence pivots or gap filters to tighten this lane.

Release review state (1,126)Reset lane (1,126)

Adjacent live slices

Review state pivots

Keep the current evidence gap fixed and move across review states.

Early review (1,094)Stable review (24)

Evidence gap pivots

Keep the current review state fixed and move across adjacent evidence gaps.

source-backed memory (5)year memory (4)
Developing reviewReset slice

Rio Tinto Foundation

Corporate FoundationhighWeb9 year-memory7 source-backedStable reviewPower mapOpen capital
The Rio Tinto Foundation represents the philanthropic and community investment initiatives of Rio Tinto, a global mining company. It focuses on supporting communities where Rio Tinto operates, aiming to deliver lasting social and economic benefits, particularly in Australia.
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
$153.7M/yr
indigenouscommunitycultural_heritageemploymenteconomic_developmenteducationhealthenvironmenthuman_rightsyouthsportAU-WAAU-QLDAU-NationalInternational
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Capital role

philanthropic capital holder

Capital source

corporate foundation

Access pattern

Open capital · gatekeeping 24%

Dusseldorp Forum Incorporated

GrantmakerlowWebDeveloping reviewOperatorGatekept capital
Co-funded (with VFFF) Australia's first Aboriginal-led justice reinvestment site at Bourke (Maranguka). Theory of change: community-led, place-based approaches reduce youth incarceration and generate savings for reinvestment in prevention. Key programs: Maranguka/JustReinvest NSW, PLACE (national backbone announced by federal government Oct 2024), Logan Together (QLD), Our Place (VIC), Groundswell climate circle (.09M in 2024). Mannifera collective (.3M since 2019) with dedicated First Nations advisory panel. Learning Choices database. First Nations self-determination is a core value.
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
Missing: Year memory, Source-backed
Next move: build year memory
$1.5M/yr
justice-reinvestmentplace-basedyouthindigenouseducationclimatesystems-changeAU-NSWAU-VICAU-QLDAU-National
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Capital role

unclear

Capital source

unknown

Access pattern

Excluded from power map

Australian Dental Foundation Incorporated

Corporate FoundationlowWebDeveloping reviewPower mapMixed access
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
Missing: Year memory, Source-backed
Next move: build year memory
$500K/yr
healthAU-NSWAU-QLDAU-SAAU-TASAU-VICAU-WA
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Capital role

philanthropic capital holder

Capital source

corporate foundation

Access pattern

Mixed access · gatekeeping 41%

Moriarty Foundation

Corporate FoundationlowWeb6 year-memory3 source-backedDeveloping reviewPower mapOpen capital
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
Missing: Verified grants
Next move: pressure-test grant layer
$500K/yr
communityindigenousAU-NSWAU-NTAU-QLD
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Capital role

philanthropic capital holder

Capital source

corporate foundation

Access pattern

Open capital · gatekeeping 21%

The Walter & Eliza Hall Charitable Foundation Limited

Corporate FoundationlowWeb5 year-memoryDeveloping reviewPower mapOpen capital
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
Missing: Source-backed
Next move: build year memory
$500K/yr
indigenousAU-NSWAU-QLDAU-VIC
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Capital role

philanthropic capital holder

Capital source

corporate foundation

Access pattern

Open capital · gatekeeping 21%

Kids With Cancer Foundation (Australia) Limited

Corporate FoundationlowWebDeveloping reviewPower mapMixed access
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
Missing: Year memory, Source-backed
Next move: build year memory
$500K/yr
indigenousAU-NSWAU-QLDAU-SAAU-VICAU-WA
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Capital role

philanthropic capital holder

Capital source

corporate foundation

Access pattern

Mixed access · gatekeeping 41%

Roman Catholic Trust Corporation For The Diocese Of Townsville

TrustlowWeb4 year-memory4 source-backedDeveloping reviewOperatorOpen capital
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
Missing: Verified grants
Next move: pressure-test grant layer
$500K/yr
educationindigenousAU-QLD
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Capital role

religious operator

Capital source

religious network

Access pattern

Excluded from power map

City of Logan Charitable Trust

TrustlowWebDeveloping reviewPower mapMixed access
Review signalsGovernanceVerified grantsYear memorySource-backed
Missing: Year memory, Source-backed
Next move: build year memory
$25K/yr
AU-QLD
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Capital role

philanthropic capital holder

Capital source

family trust

Access pattern

Mixed access · gatekeeping 33%