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Australian Philanthropy is the official journal of Philanthropy Australia, and is uniquely placed to highlight developments, news and trends in the Australian philanthropic sector. Each issue highlights a specific theme of interest to the philanthropic sector, and also contains news, articles and profiles.
Current Issue:75
Maturing philanthropy: challenging complacency & learning from experience is the theme of our latest issue of Australian Philanthropy, issue 75 Autumn 2010.
Australia has a strong culture of giving, especially considering how young we are as a Western nation. However, in a global context some might argue that our organised philanthropy is not yet mature. Have we learnt from, or even admitted to, our failures? Do we do enough to celebrate and tell the stories of our successes? Where do we stand on the 'adhoc donations -- social investment' continuum? This issue of 'Australian Philanthropy' explores the issues, technologies, and concerns we might wish to devote time, energy and knowledge to, as we move into the next stage in Australia's maturation as a philanthropic nation.
You can read selected articles online (see below), or 
browse the full contents list on the PhilanthropyWiki.
Beyond feel-good philanthropy by Michael Liffman
" I contend that a mature philanthropic sector is one which recognises that generosity does not exonerate virtuous people from the responsibility to consider the effectiveness of their actions, by ensuring that their gift, if not maximising the good it can do, is at least is doing some real good."
Governance, transparency and the Madoff Effect by Vanessa Meachen
Amidst calls for Australian foundations to be more transparent, one might ask: with all that transparency in the US, how could this happen?
About Australian Philanthropy
Australian Philanthropy is the official journal of Philanthropy Australia, and is uniquely placed to highlight developments, news and trends in the Australian philanthropic sector. Each issue highlights a specific theme of interest to the philanthropic sector, and also contains news, articles and profiles. Recent issues include:
- Issue 74: Social Inclusion: Addressing Systemic Imbalances (Spring 2009)
- Issue 73: Governance and Regulation in Philanthropy: What Do You Need to Know? (Winter 2009)
- Issue 72: Giving in Hard Times: Philanthropists at Work in an Uncertain Economy (Autumn 2009)
- Issue 71: Women and Philanthropy: Giving by and for Women and Girls (Summer 2008)
- Issue 70: Supporting Education: The Vital Ingredient (Spring 2008)
- Issue 69: Doing Philanthropy Differently (Winter 2008)
If you want to know what's relevant in Australia's philanthropic sector, you can't afford to miss Australian Philanthropy!
Themes of forthcoming editions
Issue 76: Health, wellbeing and medical research philanthropy
Focusing on the program area of health, wellbeing and medical research, this edition will look at philanthropic funding of a variety of issues - eg. cancer, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and body image/eating disorders - as well as at the broader fields of epidemiology, global and pandemic health issues and prevention.
Deadline: 14 June
Publish: August 2010
Issue 77: TBA
Publish: November 2010
Australian Philanthropy Archive
Issues of Australian Philanthropy are now being archived online through the PhilanthropyWiki.
Going back to 1983, we have the first edition of The Association of Australian Philanthropic Trusts Journal, through to its name change to Australian Philanthropy in 1989, through to our most recent editions.
Contents are listed on each edition's page, and we are working on scanning the older copies to make them available electronically, downloadable via their page on the Wiki. More recent editions are currently available to download in full by Members only (give us a call if you can't remember your username & password), as well as selected individual articles (which we hope to expand to cover more as time goes on).
Subscribe
Australian Philanthropy is distributed to members of Philanthropy Australia and to selected key policymakers and media representatives. Non-members can subscribe to Australian Philanthropy for the cost of $76 per annum. You can subscribe to Australian Philanthropy via our Publications page.
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Interested in advertising? Australian Philanthropy reaches an exclusive group including private philanthropists, trusts and foundations, corporations with community investment programs, researchers and major charities. Contact us for details and pricing.
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