This report provides a comprehensive snapshot of collective giving, or pooled funding, across Australia. The research shows that the impact of collective giving goes beyond the money and is a gateway to deeper and more sustained civic engagement. At the same time, the movement is progressing without the infrastructure and support it needs to fully flourish.

Addressing housing insecurity before women reach crisis point is an urgent challenge requiring a collaborative, community-wide response. This report sets out the facts and challenges of housing insecurity among women in Australia and proposes intervention points for social purpose impact investors, institutional investors and philanthropists to mitigate the risk of more women falling into homelessness.

This report sets out the Productivity Commission’s draft findings and recommendations relating to motivations for philanthropic giving in Australia and opportunities to grow it further.

To make real change, people need to get better at telling stories. But governments and philanthropy also need to get better at listening to them. Researchers have been exploring the role of story-telling in systems change. For this report, the authors turn their attention from story-telling to 'story-listening'.

This report explores the state of evidence in participatory grantmaking (PGM). It investigates the benefits and challenges of PGM and provides recommendations for the sector on advancing practice and understanding in this emerging area.