Change Makers

Social change philanthropy stresses the importance of partnerships as a means to being effective….

Changemakers Australia believes people are more likely to succeed in dealing with entrenched and difficult issues of poverty, discrimination and disadvantage when:

• there are effective partnerships between donors and grant recipients that recognise and respect each others’ skills and experience;

• donor funders are prepared to support research and development that identify model solutions, new ways of thinking and new understandings that help resolve societal problems;

• it is understood that projects might require longer timelines than those usually applying within conventional grant-making;

• the emphasis is on achieving and producing sustainable outcomes;

• government, business and community sectors are brought together to reform public policy and institutional processes for addressing poverty, discrimination and disadvantage;

• knowledge and learning is widely shared across the community and leads to changes in community attitudes and awareness;

• partners are committed to transparent, inclusive and accountable processes in grant-making and project operation.