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 Unwired Mental Health Project will test the use of wearable e-health devices to maximise outcomes in young people with s...

  • University of New South Wales, Medicine is one of the world’s top 50 medical faculties. Its leading educators, researchers a...

  • TarraWarra Museum of Art is a visual arts museum located in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. TarraWarra’s charter is to display A...

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