Your impact
Thanks to your generosity more students in need of support can continue their education, groundbreaking research is addressing local and global challenges, and life-changing programs are ensuring our community thrives.
Your donation is an act of kindness from one person to another. That kindness transforms lives and makes an impact for generations to come.
Thank you
“Receiving a Shaping Futures Student Support Grant was life-changing. It allowed me to access the medical support I needed to succeed in my studies. I’m so grateful to the kind and generous people who made this possible for me. Teaching is where I’m meant to be. But without help, I wouldn’t have the life and job I love.”
Johanna
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Shaping Futures Student Support Grant Recipient
Scholarships
Phoebe is studying a Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management while doing everything she can to balance her studies with rising living expenses. Thanks to the support of the Crystalbrook Kingsley Environmental Scholarship, Phoebe has been able to continue her education, cover essential living expenses, and have her car serviced.
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Community programs
Philanthropy, Our Way is a paper that offers practical guidance for donors and institutions who want to do better, moving beyond transactional funding and towards genuine partnership. Lindsay Hardy, a proud Bidjara Gunggari Mhurdi and Stakeholder Manager at the Wollotuka Institute explains how these principles guide our philanthropic partnerships.
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Research
Since 2021, the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) has transformed community generosity into one of Australia’s most significant brain cancer care and research efforts. The latest milestone is a commitment of $18.9 million over five years to the MHF Centre for Brain Cancer Research to accelerate research discoveries into clinical practice.
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Impact stories
Building a better future
Connor, a first-year student studying a combined Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Commerce at the University’s Gosford Central campus, is determined to use his education to build a better future and improve financial literacy within his Central Coast community.
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Scholarship supports rural healthcare
Tarun, a fourth-year student studying a Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (Joint Medical Program), is determined to return to his hometown of Muswellbrook and serve his community as a doctor. Currently on placement at Tamworth Hospital, Tarun is working 10-hour days while balancing his studies.
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Through courage comes change
Religious sisters have supported communities around the world, yet their experiences of sexual and gendered violence within religious institutions have largely gone unheard. A generous gift from the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation is helping to change that.
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A legacy for leukaemia research
After losing her father to leukaemia, Ngaire Callaghan found a meaningful way to honour his memory.
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New discoveries in tree ring dating
Every tree keeps a diary. One ring for every year to record exactly how the seasons play out. Current student and Patricia Jensen Science Scholarship recipient, Madeleine Hatfield, is learning how to analyse tree rings to understand seasonal changes over time, helping climate scientists read Australia’s past.
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Enduring legacy for environmental protection
A scholarship to remember a friend and alumnus who dedicated his career to environmental conservation and lost his life in service, has been generously extended for ten more years by the NSW Government.
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