Welcome Rainbow Giving Australia to Australian LGBTQIA+ Philanthropy
Pride Foundation Australia are thrilled to welcome Rainbow Giving Australia into the national LGBTIQA+ philanthropy space with us.
A New Car for Queer Refugee Couple Marya and Carmen
Mayra and Carmen are the extremely proud owners of their first car thanks to advocacy from their CRISP sponsorship group in the Northern Rivers area of NSW. The women arrived as sponsored refugees from Venezuela in 2023, to find a life where they could openly live as a couple. They have committed to repaying some […]
PFA Raises $5,551.20 for Transcend Australia during GiveOUT Day 2024
This year, Pride Foundation Australia chose to use our annual GiveOUT fundraising campaign to further support for Transcend Australia’s work. In 2023, our annual Pride Month Fundraiser saw our community raise $20,000 for Transcend, towards a project that helps trans young people develop leadership and media skills for self advocacy. This next phase of their […]
Congratulations to PFA’s Small Grant Recipients Round 2 2024!
Pride Foundation Australia are pleased to announce the recipients of our Small Grant 2024 Round 2. This round, we received We received a total of 66 applications in our second Small Grant round for the year, and have awarded 15 applicants to a total of $14,750 in funding. Please join us in celebrating the following […]
PFA attend Brisbane Pride and host event Growing Pride and Support with Queer Mob
Pride Foundation Australia launched its presence in Queensland with a bang over one weekend in late September. On Friday 20 September, PFA board members Jackie Reilly and Ayan Dasvarma hosted the event ‘Growing Pride and Support with Queer Mob’ to showcase the Foundation’s growing program of queer First Nations support and capacity-building. Jackie hosted a […]
Explore The Pride Collection from Australian Plays Transform, Supported by Pride Foundation Australia
Australian Plays Transform (APT) is Australia’s national play development, publication and licensing organisation. It hosts the world’s largest online showcase and searchable database of the best Australian playwriting. In September, APT launched their 2024 Pride Collection, a collection of five new publications by LGBTQIA+ playwrights, alongside a curated selection of recommendations from the LGBTQIA+ Australian […]
New article published on the mental health of queer refugees and people seeking asylum
We’d like to congratulate a colleague of Pride Foundation Australia, Satrio Nindyo Istiko, who has been published alongside Andrian Liem Edwin Adrianta Surijah, and Ignacio Correa-Velez with the article “Understanding key priority areas of mental health among queer asylum seekers and refugees in Australia through the lens of structural violence: A modified Delphi method study”. […]
PFA Awards Grants to Inclusion Solutions, SunnyKids Ltd and Slade Consulting in Rural Grants Program
Pride Foundation Australia is proud to have awarded a total of $27,406.00 to three deserving projects in respect to our large grant round supporting LGBTQIA+ people living in regional and rural areas of Australia, earlier this year. Please join us in congratulating these three organisations in the successful funding of their respective projects. Read on […]
La Trobe University & The Australian Ballet Support PFA with “Oscar: A Literary Love Affair”
On Tuesday, September 3rd, La Trobe University and The Australian Ballet held an enlightening event entitled “Oscar: A Literary Love Affair” To support the new ballet from The Australian Ballet, Oscar©—based on the life and writings of Oscar Wilde—the event aimed to explore the cultural influences on Oscar Wilde’s own literary output (particularly his philhellenism, […]
Alex Blackwell joins Pride Foundation Australia as second patron
Pride Foundation Australia are pleased to announce that Australian cricket legend Alex Blackwell has come on as the second patron of our organisation. Alexandra Joy Blackwell is a former Australian women’s cricket captain and standout player, known for her enduring career that spanned 15 years and included 251 international appearances across Tests, One Day Internationals, […]
Announcing our Small Grant Recipients from 2024 Round 1
Pride Foundation Australia are pleased to announce the recipients of our Small Grant 2024 Round 1 with the launch of our brand new Small Grant Recipients directory. We received a total of 59 applications in our first Small Grant round for the year, and have awarded 15 applicants to a total of $14,870 in funding. […]
PFA Attends Better Together Conference – June 2024, Geelong
Pride Foundation Australia was very pleased to be involved at the Better Together conference in June in Geelong. We sponsored $15,000 for over 20 refugees to attend the conference, including their accommodation and transport from as far afield as Mackay in Queensland. We were pleased to meet several people at our stall throughout the conference, […]
