Philanthropy is not future ready

Philanthropy is failing to fulfill its promise as a radical disrupter, the National Conference by Philanthropy Australia was told.

28 Sep 2016 12:00

Gina Fairley

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The 2016 National Conference hosted by Philanthropy Australia last week posed the very timely question: Is philanthropy future ready?

With last year’s dramatic funding cuts by the Australian government a new mantra was rolled out to the sector, with the encouragement to established philanthropic partnership to sure up their future.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina