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Major Donors

Larger donations empower The Conversation by significantly strengthening our newsroom. Recent support has enabled us to expand our breaking news coverage, hire specialised editors, and develop new pathways to our coverage for diverse audiences.

Our Major Donors are Friends of The Conversation who have a special personal relationship with our organisation and the work we do to provide better information to support better decisions. They are kept informed on the impact of their support and join us for special events and opportunities to get closer to our work and our family of experts.

The Conversation would like to thank those individuals who have shown their commitment to our work with a major donation. Major donations for the financial year 2022-2023 are:

Patron (>$10,000)

The Beeton Family Fund, The Bowness Family Foundation, Therese Cochrane & Fred Woollard, The Finkel Foundation, Harrison Young, The Koshland Innovation Fund, Tony Wheeler, Anon (1).

Impact (>$5000)

Lindsay Adams, The Carthew Family Trust, Kathleen Daly, Tracey Jarvis-Ball, The Keir Foundation, The Orgill Family Foundation, The Sky Foundation, Anon (2).

Catalyst (>$2,500)

Marianne Broadbent, Alan Cameron AO, Sue & Ray Edmondson, Carol Flynn OAM, Sean Hughes, Joyce Kirk, Mark Scott AO, Michael Wise.

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Legacy Supporters

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The Estate of Geoff Hook, Sean Hughes, Pamela McLure.

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"Having made the decision to include several gifts in my will, it then wasn’t too difficult for me to decide on the benefactors. I wanted my bequests to support issues which I care deeply about and which I believe will have a lasting benefit on the future of our community and our country…The Conversation ticked all the boxes for me."
Pamela McLure, Friend of The Conversation and Legacy Supporter

Power of Ten supporters

The Conversation would like to recognise a select group of people who have shown their support for our work for over 10 years. Many of these Friends of The Conversation have been supporting us since we began. We are humbled by their faith in us and immensely grateful for their continued support. Our thanks to:

Robert Allen, Ronan Bernard, Perry Gretton, Shane Hewitt, Martyn Hiley, Richard Jones, Stephen Lance, Teresa Lennie, Adam Lippiatt, Michael Lewarne, Alan McCormack, Anthony Moon, David More, Courtney Pederson, Jeffrey Potter, John Richardson, Hui-chang (Lan) Wang, Michael Wise, Meredyth Woodward.

"Collaboration, trust, and a commitment to human wellbeing and the public good are at the heart of The Conversation’s success, and that makes it something worth getting behind."
Peter Doherty AC FRS FMedSci, Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

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