Philanthropy is a concept with many definitions, but at its core it is about private assets being given for public use and benefit. Philanthropic foundations are structures or organisations for giving. Legally speaking, foundations are trust funds, established by a deed specifying the trustee and beneficiaries (however broadly defined). The term foundation is commonly used to refer to an organisation that exists for public benefit purposes, is registered as a charity, and has its own funds often in the form of an endowment.
Chief Investigators
Publications
- Williamson, Alexandra, Luke, Belinda, Furneaux, Craig (2019) Privateness, accountability and philanthropic foundations Third Sector Review, 25 (2), pp.147-176.
- Leat, Diana, Williamson, Alexandra, Scaife, Wendy (2018) Grantmaking in a Disorderly World: The Limits of Rationalism Australian Journal of Public Administration, 77 (1), pp.128-135.
- McGregor-Lowndes, Myles, Williamson, Alexandra (2018) Foundations in Australia: Dimensions for international comparison American Behavioral Scientist, 62 (13), pp.1759-1776.
- Williamson, Alexandra, Luke, Belinda, Leat, Diana, Furneaux, Craig (2017) Founders, families and futures: Perspectives on the accountability of Australian Private Ancillary Funds Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 46 (4), pp.747-771.
- Williamson, Alexandra, Leat, Diana, Scaife, Wendy (2017) Narratives of performance measurement in philanthropic foundations Voluntary Sector Review, 8 (3), pp.273-298.
- Scaife, Wendy A., Williamson, Alexandra (2016) Where to next for arts philanthropy in Australia? The Conversation, September (1), September (1).
- Williamson, Alexandra, Luke, Belinda, Furneaux, Craig, Subramaniam, N (2016) Why be accountable? Exploring the voluntary accountability of Australian Private Ancillary Funds Proceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, pp.1-21.
- Scaife, Wendy, McDonald, Katie, Williamson, Alexandra, Mossel, Valerie, Handy, F, Wiepking, P (2015) Giving in Australia: Philanthropic Potential Beginning To Be Realized The Palgrave handbook of global philanthropy, pp.488-505.
- Scaife, Wendy A., Williamson, Alexandra (2014) Philanthropy and sociology : a logical pairing NEXUS - Newsletter of The Australian Sociaological Association.
- Leat, Diana, Williamson, Alexandra, Scaife, Wendy (2014) Performance Measurement in Perspective: An exploratory study of Australian foundations’ approaches to performance measurement ACPNS Legal case Notes.
- Williamson, Alexandra, Scaife, Wendy, Davidsson, P (2013) From entrepreneur to philanthropist : the “second half of the game” Proceedings of the 2013 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE), pp.1-16.
- Scaife, Wendy, Williamson, Alexandra, McDonald, Katie, Smyllie, Susan (2012) Foundations for giving : why and how Australians structure their philanthropy
- McDonald, Katie, Scaife, Wendy A. (2011) Mapping Australia's philanthropic investment in women and girls
- Scaife, Wendy A., McDonald, Katie, Smyllie, Susan (2011) A Transformational Role : Donor and charity perspectives on major giving in Australia
- Madden, Kym M., Scaife, Wendy A. (2008) Good times and philanthropy : giving by Australia's affluent
