Small grants are key to a successful next generation of conservationists (commentary)
In a meeting room in a head office in London, a handful of early-career conservationists from around the world sat in a circle on the floor to share their challenges of working in conservation. Theβ¦
[COMMENTARY]
Many early-career conservationists and fledgling organizations are poised to implement solutions to the biodiversity crisis, but the prevailing funding logic isnβt adapting fast enough to support them.
Small grants can make a huge difference.
** The views expressed are the author's.
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An Examination of Tax-Deductible Donations Made by Individual Australian Taxpayers in 2022-23: ACPNS Working Paper No. 79 | QUT ePrints
Mcgregor-Lowndes, Myles, Balczun, Marie, & Williamson, Alexandra (2025) An Examination of Tax-Deductible Donations Made by Individual Australian Taxpayers in 2022-23: ACPNS Working Paper No. 79. The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS), QUT, Brisbane, Qld. [Working Paper]
π’ New fascinating research from the Australian Centre for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS)!
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The Working Paper explores #giving by gender, age, state, income & occupation β invaluable data for understanding #Australian #philanthropy! π¦πΊ
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Two new short reports from the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane analyse the most recent 2022-23 data from the Australian Taxation Office on giving:
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eprints.qut.edu.au/258637/
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Brilliant - both the idea and the authors!
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Big congratulations to Rose and her supervisors! Such a joyful timeβ¦
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Sign that reads:
The amount is of no importance.
My parents have and gave and gave, not only to us, but to other people.
Iβd like to make giving contagious.
I snapped a photo of this sign earlier in the year at the wonderful Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre in northern NSW, and saw it again this morning while scrolling through my photo library looking for something else.
Makes me smile every time.
#philanthropy #giving #generosity
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I have struggled a bit to get going with Bluesky - but @rikkitweets.bluesky.social will probably help!
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Hey there! Great idea, and surely thereβs a starter pack for how to crest a starter pack somewhere out there in the ether? π
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Thanks to my wonderful co-author Prof. Belinda Luke for her focus and commitment in getting our new article in Nonprofit Management & Leadership across the publication line!
You can read it here https://buff.ly/3X7KcxP and it's Open Access π
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Alexandra Williamson, Diana Leat and Susan D. Phillips (eds.): Philanthropic Response to Disasters: Gifts, Givers and Consequences - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organiza...
A few moments of joy to read the thoughtful review by Prof. Dennis Young, one of the great nonprofit scholars, of the book I co-edited with the inimitable Diana Leat and Susan Phillips.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
#nonprofit #philanthropy #disasterpreparedness
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Logo of the ISTR conference, a drawn outline of a cityscape with the ISTR initials and the words Antwerp 2024 underneath.
Closing in one week!
500-word Abstracts for the ISTR Conference at the University of Antwerp, July 2024.
There will be no deadline extension, so add this to today's to-do list.
Call for Contributions here:
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New here and trying to figure it all out! #nonprofitsky
But nice to 'see' some familiar names and faces....
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