AEGN

The Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network

Growing effective philanthropy to protect nature and secure a safe climate.

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Be part of the most comprehensive data source for environmental giving in Australia by helping us track funding of the AEGN membership alongside our strategic objectives.

Climate Change Funding Framework

Solving the climate crisis through strategic philanthropy

The Climate Lens

A tool for all Australian funders

Developed in partnership with Philanthropy Australia

AEGN Corporate Philanthropy

An affiliate offering designed for corporate foundations to help maximise their impact with strategic environmental giving.

Meet our members


Sprinting to net zero

Australia isn’t going to become a renewable energy superpower by accident. Tech entrepreneur,…

Speaking up for nature

Ann and Bruce McGregor are highly experienced funders whose shared love of nature…

50 years of change, not charity

Jill Reichstein and Lucy Larkins from the Reichstein Foundation reflect on the Foundation’s…

Building capacity, embracing innovation

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation CEO Dr Catherine Brown outlines how the foundation is…

Knowledge and insights


The Economics of Giving – The Case for Climate Philanthropy

20 May 2025

This report reveals the critical role philanthropy is playing in Australia’s climate, energy…

Environment and climate change giving trends 2025

25 March 2025

The climate and biodiversity crises offer humanity an opportunity to forge a better…

Reflections on January 26 – why we say it’s not a date to celebrate

21 January 2025

Humanity is submerged in layers of individual, intergenerational, and collective trauma, and while…

COP31: Why the ‘Climate Olympics’ in Australia really matters, and what philanthropy can do

21 November 2024

The United Nations’ Conference of the Parties (COPs) are the only multilateral, international…

Events


AEGN hosted

Woodside v The Planet:  A Conversation with Marian Wilkinson

Monday 22 September
4.30pm to 5.30pm
No new fossil fuel projects can be approved if we want to hold…

AEGN hosted

Places You Love:  Getting Nature Laws that Work

Tuesday 23 September
12.00pm to 1.15pm
The Federal government has committed to introducing new national nature laws before the…

AEGN hosted

Blooming Algae – causes, consequences and the role of philanthropy 

Thursday 25 September
1.00pm to 2.15pm
South Australia is currently experiencing a harmful algal bloom with devastating consequences for…

AEGN hosted

Philanthropy reception: Towards a transformational Australia-Pacific COP31

Wednesday 24 September
4.30pm to 6.00pm
You’re invited to a very special invitation-only philanthropy reception during New York Climate…

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