She Gives – New national campaign celebrates Australian women as powerful agents for positive social change
Australian women are entering the spotlight as influential modern philanthropists, with a new paper
highlighting their growing power as change agents working to address some of the pressing
challenges of our time.
Released today, the paper marks the launch of She Gives, a new campaign celebrating the collective
contributions of women across Australia who are making a positive difference across many causes,
with the aim of inspiring more giving nationally.
Women are poised to come into greater economic power in coming decades, inheriting up to $3.4
trillion or two-thirds of the intergenerational wealth in the next 20 years as Australia approaches the
greatest wealth transfer in our history.
The She Gives campaign seeks to highlight the catalytic potential impact of women’s giving and
harness the collective power, networks and ambition of Australian women to accelerate positive social
change in the face of growing need.
She Gives will also add valuable insights on the nature of women’s giving in Australia to inform future
understanding on what is needed to grow giving in Australia overall.
Snow Foundation is a founding supporting partner of She Gives, and CEO Georgina Byron AM has joined the Advisory Group, along with:
• Clare Ainsworth Herschell (Founder of Groundswell)
• Natalie Egleton (CEO of the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal)
• Caitriona Fay (Managing Partner of Perpetual Private’s Social Investment businesses and ESG
Strategy, founding board member of GiveOUT)
• Tanya Hosch (Executive General Manager, Inclusion & Social Policy – AFL)
• Michelle Lin (CEO of Vermillion Foundation)
• Paula McLean (A founding trustee of McLean Foundation)
• Amanda Miller OAM (Co-founder of Impact Generation Partners and Co-Chair of Philanthropy
Australia)
• Professor Kristy Muir (CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation)
• Carol Schwartz AO (founding Chair of both Trawalla Foundation and Women’s Leadership Institute
Australia)
• Melissa Smith (CEO, Noble Ambition & Founder, She Gives)
• Deanne Weir (Founder of WeirAnderson.com and WeirAnderson Films)
See the full media release here
Canberra Times article here She Gives article Canberra Times