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, ...

  • Belvoir is one of Australia’s most innovative and acclaimed theatre companies. It engages Australia’s prominent and promisin...

  • 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...

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