Queensland's Griffith University says its under-the-radar $125m philanthropy campaign is on track to reach its goal by next year, in time for the university’s 50th anniversary. The university launched the campaign, A Brighter Future for All, last October after running ...

An Australian university’s push to overhaul literacy education has attracted a sizable donation to support evidence-based learning in rural and regional areas. The Bertalli Foundation donated $2.5 million over five years to La Trobe University to help establish literacy clinics ...

Twenty-six Australian and New Zealand universities secured well over half a billion dollars in philanthropic support in 2018. It's one of the highest totals for the group in the past five years but is down on 2017 figures. The findings ...

Senior university figures, along with federal education minister Simon Birmingham have been gathering in Melbourne this week to discuss how philanthropy can be increased and utilised as a financing option by higher education providers. As it stands, the Commonwealth – ...

The University of Tasmania has received a $2 million boost to an upcoming performing arts centre, with the potential for an extra $3 million to be thrown in the mix. The philanthropic Potter Foundation has pledged the funding for the $90 ...

The Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation – established by American duty-free shopping mogul Chuck Feeney – has made one of its last donations in Australia. It’s pledged US$50 million ($65.8 million) to establish a university fellowship dedicated to tackling social inequity. The ...

Universities love to boast about the donations they receive, but a recent gift to the Australian National University is something special. It’s an $800,000 painting by Chinese artist Zhang Peili, which was previously thought to have been lost. Flying Machine, ...

Bequests, fund-raising and donations from alumni may make the difference been good and great universities the way things are going, writes Louis White. Universities will become more reliant on philanthropic activities from businesses and individuals as government financial support recedes along with ...