PFA Provide $5,000 Funding For LGBTQIA+ Refugee & Asylum Seeker Peer-led Support Group In Canberra
At Pride Foundation Australia, we are very pleased to progress our work to support LGBTIQA+ refugees and asylum seekers. Through the efforts of our fundraising over June, we have been able to provide $5,000 in funding to Forcibly Displaced People’s Network (FDPN) and Meridian Inc. for a peer-led support group for LGBTQIA+ refugees and people […]
Thank you to the businesses who supported our EOFY Fundraiser
Over the course of our EOFY fundraiser, we had a number of businesses rally to help us fundraise and meet our goal of $30,000. We’d like to take a moment to acknowledge and thank the businesses that donated to support LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers in June 2020. If your business is missing from this […]
Say “hello” to our Round 2 Small Grant recipients for 2021
Our second round of Small Grants of up to $750 have been awarded. Please join us in congratulating these six successful applicants and take your time to learn about the projects these individuals and organisations are doing to support LGBTQIA+ communities. Naomi Ball With a love for both fiction and documentary, Naomi Ball has been […]
PFA receives a Victorian Government grant to enhance our fundraising capacity
Pride Foundation Australia have been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Victorian Government under the LGBTIQ+ Organisational Development Grants Program. We are very pleased to use this welcome grant to up-skill our team on contemporary fundraising methods with the guidance of fundraising expert Eric Cheng, as well as to improve our communications with our donors. […]
Migrant Resources Centre Tasmania awarded PFA x Sidney Myer Fund Major Grant Round 1, 2021
The PFA Board of Directors and Sidney Myer Fund are proud to announce that Migrant Resources Centre Tasmania is the successful applicant of our first major grant round of 2021. Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania is a not-for-profit organisation that supports and empowers migrants and refugees to settle and live fulfilling lives in Tasmania. The Migrant […]
Meet our four new board members
We’re incredibly happy to introduce you to four new board members of Pride Foundation Australia. Each new board member brings with them a unique set of skills that will serve to improve our work and our impact. Please join us in welcoming Peter Waters, Olivia Hogarth, Alison King and Issac Hohaia, and learn all about […]
Thank you for helping us raise $43,534.02 in June!
At the beginning of June, we launched our end of financial year GiveNow fundraising campaign with the target of raising $30,000 by the end of the month. The response we received throughout this campaign was overwhelming, with many businesses and individuals tagging us across social media about their fundraising efforts for our cause. Donations flooded […]
Congratulations to Jax Jacki Brown for their inclusion on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021
We want to congratulate our colleague and friend of Pride Foundation Australia, Jax Jacki Brown for their inclusion on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021. Jax has been involved with Pride Foundation Australia over the past six years as a member of our LGBTQIA+ Disability Advisory Committee, among the many other admirable projects they have […]
Dr Martens 1461 Pride Boot Supporting Pride Foundation Australia
In February of this year, we received an email from Accent Group with a proposed partnership between Pride Foundation Australia and Dr Martens in the anticipation of their recently released 1461 PRIDE Smooth Boot. The team at Dr Martens have kindly pledged $10 from every sale of their 1461 PRIDE Smooth Boot to Pride Foundation […]
PFA has a brand new website!
After many months of work, we’re excited to share our brand new website with you. The intention behind this redesign is to bring our website into contemporary digital marketing practices, as well as to provide easier access to information about our work – be it current grant rounds, our history or any new ways we may […]
Introducing PFA’s Round 1 Small Grant Recipients for 2021
Since 2016 to this point, we’ve awarded 72 small grants of up to $500 to grassroots organisations and LGBTQIA+ community groups across Australia. In 2021, we’ve decided to change up our Small Grants program to offer up to $750, in the hope that our small grants can affect greater change at a community level. Please join […]
Pride Foundation Australia & Aurora Group Grant Round Announcement
The PFA Board of Directors and the Aurora Group are very pleased to announce the successful applicant to our inaugural grant round. Different Journeys – for their project Building Bridges between Autism and LGBTQI Communities Different Journeys is an autistic peer support group based in Melbourne. Using the grant, they will employ LGBTQI+/Autism community members to […]
