Creating a better Australia

A private philanthropic organisation dedicated to

Creating a better Australia

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The Balnaves Foundation is a private philanthropic organisation established in 2006 by Neil Balnaves AO.  Dispersing over $3 million annually to eligible organisations that aim to create a better Australia through education, medicine and the arts with a focus on young people, the disadvantaged and Indigenous Australia

Current Grants

  • Adelaide Festival has delighted audiences for over 55 years with an outstanding mix of internationally acclaimed theatre pro...

  • The Art Gallery of South Australia, founded in 1881 is home to one of Australia's great art collections, housed in one of Ad...

  • Bangarra is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation and one of Australia’s leading performing arts companies, ...

  • The Black Dog Institute is dedicated to understanding, preventing, and treating mental illness. ...

  • The Art Gallery of New South Wales, founded in 1871 presents fine international and Australian art in one of the most beauti...

  • Garvan Institute is one of Australia’s leading Medical Research Centres working on interlinked causes from genetics to lifes...

Where positive impact reaches beyond immediate activity

Latest News

Half the writers and directors in next year's Ensemble Theatre season will be women in a first for the Kirribilli theatre....

09 August, 2019
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