Reflections on the Queer Displacements conference 2025
Earlier this month, Board Chair Ruth McNair AM represented Pride Foundation Australia (PFA) at the 2025 Queer Displacements conference. This was the third Queer Displacements conference, coordinated by the Forcibly Displaced People Network, held in Melbourne. This followed the first in Canberra in 2019 and second in Sydney during World Pride in 2023. This is […]
Congratulations to PFA’s Small Grant Recipients for 2025 Round 2
Pride Foundation Australia are pleased to announce the recipients of our Small Grant 2025 Round 2. A total of 10 applicants have been awarded a grant to a total of $10,000 in funding. Please join us in celebrating the following recipients and their worthy projects: Cat Hoang: All Gender Games 2025 Round Taylah Cooper: LOVERDYKE […]
PFA Sponsors 20 Scholarships to Better Together Conference 2025 for Forcibly Displaced People
For a second year, Pride Foundation Australia is sponsoring the attendance of 20 forcibly displaced people to The Equality Project’s annual Better Together Conference. The Better Together Conference explores the issues faced by LGBTQIA+ Australians from all angles, with delegates from all corners of Australia’s varied rainbow communities coming together to hold conversations, collaborate, build […]
Inclusive Rainbow Voices receives second $20,000 grant to continue National LGBTIQA+ Disability Network
Launched in 2023, Inclusive Rainbow Voices (IRV) represents and advocates for the human rights of all LGBTIQA+ people with disability. In 2024, Inclusive Rainbow Voices was granted with a PFA Large Grant of $20,000 to form a National LGBTIQA+ Disability Network, the members of which includes Australia’s leading researchers, advocates, and policymakers focused on LGBTIQA+ […]
Multicultural Youth SA Receive Grant Funding for “Rainbow Refuge: Telehealth Mental Health Support”
Pride Foundation Australia are proud to announce Multicultural Youth South Australia as the recipients of the first large grant round towards LGBTQIA+ Forcibly Displaced People Living in Australia for 2025. The youth-focused organisation has received $20,000 in grant funding towards their project “Rainbow Refuge: Expanding Access to Inclusive Mental Health Support”. Multicultural Youth South Australia […]
Celebrating PFA’s Small Grant Recipients for Round 1 2025
Pride Foundation Australia are pleased to announce the recipients of our Small Grant 2025 Round 1. A total of 59 applications were received for this round, and 16 applicants have been awarded a grant to a total of $15,880 in funding. Please join us in celebrating the following recipients and their worthy projects: headspace Launceston […]
Thank you, we raised $35,750 for LGBTQIA+ First Nations projects during Pride Month!
Every June, during Pride Month, Pride Foundation Australia runs our annual Pride Month fundraiser to support one of our key funding areas. With the recent launch of our new LGBTQIA+ Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander key funding area, we took the opportunity to build grant funding for our first official grant round […]
The Health & Wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ People in Rural Australia – A new report
Pride Foundation Australia is pleased to announce the publication of a new report outlining the impacts on the health and wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ Australians living in regional and rural parts of Australian. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans & gender diverse, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people are often challenged by significant levels of minority stress, structural […]
Adelaide Film Festival partner with Pride Foundation Australia to develop short film initiative
Pride Foundation Australia are delighted to announce a new partnership with Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) to develop a new short film initiative to platform queer Australian stories. The initiative will give one Australian creative team a $40,000 grant to produce a short film up to 10 min that will have its World Premier […]
Endeavour Group supports Pride Foundation Australia with Loud & Proud range in 2025
In a continuation of our ongoing partnership with Endeavour Group, we’re pleased to report that a $200,000 donation has been received by Pride Foundation Australia from the proceeds of Endeavour’s Loud & Proud range in 2025. Since 2022, Endeavour Group has been using their broad national reach to fundraise on behalf of Pride Foundation Australia, […]
PFA Welcomes Two New Board Members
Pride Foundation Australia is pleased to welcome two new members to the board, Brendon Oliver-Ewen (pictured left) and Timothy Thomaidis (pictured right). We’re looking forward to the unique perspectives and expertise that both Brendon and Tim will bring to Pride Foundation Australia. Learn more about our two new members and their prior philanthropic work below. […]
Congratulations Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance Inc, Ignite Pride Grant recipient
In December 2024, we partnered with Rainbow Giving Australia for their inaugural grant round, offering $20,000 towards improving the health and well being, and inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people living in rural and regional areas of Australia. We’re proud to announce that the recipient of this grant is Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance Inc! Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender […]
