Research funder · Australia
James N. Kirby Foundation
Organization in Sydney, Australia
- Grants since 2016
- 216
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- AUD 14.5M
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 131
- Funded works, all time
- 571
Grants
2025 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
The Sydney Fringe Festival: Emerging Artist Share Hub (EASH) supported up to 48 emerging local performance companies (between 120-190 artists) to present their work in the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival....
The Sydney Fringe Festival
2025 · grant · HEALTH
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology: Rational anti-inflammatory drug design. One-third of Australians live with chronic inflammation. These inflammatory conditions are typically driven by the elevated expression...
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Autism Mates: Funding to purchase a second van, removing transportation barriers for autistic individuals and ensuring full participation in programs. The van will provide safe, reliable...
Autism Mates
2024 · grant · HEALTH
Sir David Martin Foundation: Triple Care Farm is a youth-specific residential AOD program located on 110 acres in the NSW Southern Highlands. This funding will fund the Aftercare Program helping more young...
Sir David Martin Foundation
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Life Education Australia: ‘Narrowing the Regional Health Education Gap' addresses escalating demand for children's preventative health and mental wellbeing education in regional and rural primary...
Life Education Australia
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Eat Up Australia: Funding to help purchase fruit and snacks, critical in improving the nutrition of children in regional schools in the Wollongong and Illawarra region. Volunteer sandwich-making...
Eat Up Australia
2024 · grant · HEALTH
The Trustee for Raise Foundation: To provide evidence-based, early-intervention youth mentoring for teenagers across Australia. With over 2,500 students anticipated for 2025, this funding will support students...
The Trustee For Raise Foundation
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
SDN Child and Family Services: SDN's pioneering scholarships help to reduce financial barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, allowing them to access quality education and care for their...
Sdn Child And Family Services
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Company B (Belvoir St Theatre): Funding to continue the 2024 program Unwaged. It invites unwaged and marginalized communities to visit Belvoir St Theatre completely free-of-charge for one show per production....
Company B (belvoir St Theatre)
2024 · grant · HEALTH
The Humour Foundation: Bear Cottage is the only children's hospice in NSW to provide respite and end-of-life care for palliative-stage children and their families. The new Adolescent and Young Adult...
The Humour Foundation
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
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Other
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Vision Australia: ‘Living Stories' is a writing competition designed to ensure the stories and perspectives of residents from Western Sydney are seen, heard and celebrated. In partnership with...
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Karinya House Home for Mothers and Babies: Funding to undertake an upgrade of the IT equipment utilised by the staff team daily to deliver services to women and their babies. Karinya House will purchase and install new...
Karinya House Home For Mothers And Babies
2024 · grant · HEALTH
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Total Health
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Story Factory: To deliver creative writing programs for up to 100 young people (aged 7-17) from under-resourced communities in Western Sydney. Expert teaching staff and volunteer writing...
Story Factory
2024 · grant · HEALTH
Cerebral Palsy Alliance: Young Changemakers aims to accelerate leadership and advocacy skills for young people with cerebral palsy and similar disabilities, building their personal capacity, skills and...
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Milk Crate Theatre: Funding for two interlinked projects driving social impact. ‘Creating Impact' pilots a shared impact framework with arts organisations nationwide, culminating in a 2026 report....
Milk Crate Theatre
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
The Marmalade Foundation: Funding to meet the food budget for the financial year. Due to the steady increase of women accessing the free meals at Lou's Place and the rise in grocery costs, the budget...
The Marmalade Foundation
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
ASYlum Seekers Centre: Funding to support vital connections for people seeking asylum in Sydney, assisting clients to apply for NSW public transport Opal cards and provide free Opal card top ups and...
Asylum Seekers Centre
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Refugee Advice and Casework Service: While waiting for their asylum claims to be determined, people seeking asylum are granted a bridging visa. However, this doesn't automatically give them permission to work....
Refugee Advice And Casework Service
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Human Nature Adventure Therapy: To fund one-on-one sessions and small group therapeutic activities. These highly individualised sessions are co-designed with young people to address emerging mental health...
Human Nature Adventure Therapy
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Ballet Without Borders: Funding to provide a full term of professional ballet classes tailored for children of primary school age, at no cost. Ballet Without Borders aims to make ballet education...
Ballet Without Borders
2024 · grant · ENVIRONMENT
Taronga Conservation Society Australia: Conservation science applied to koala health, reproductive biology and translocation, will help deliver translocation goals set out in the Koala Strategy. In 2024, Taronga...
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Project Youth: ‘Beyond Homelessness' is a new podcast by Project Youth launching in 2025. The podcast allows young people with lived experience to work as interviewers and technical staff,...
Project Youth
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Symphony For Life Foundation: This project will bring the Foundation's first woodwinds (recorder, clarinet, flute) into the Program. Both intakes will have students from the Parramatta and Cumberland...
Symphony For Life Foundation
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Learning Links: In partnership with Liverpool Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, Learning Links will deliver their innovative, early intervention Aboriginal Education Program in...
Learning Links
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Autism Spectrum Australia (ASPECT): Aspect delivers support services for children and adults on the autism spectrum including research, diagnostic assessments, therapy, adult community services and...
Autism Spectrum Australia (aspect)
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
The University of Sydney: Empowering future engineers starts with access to industry-fit technology and hands-on learning experiences. By integrating AI-powered robotics into outreach programs and...
2024 · grant · ENVIRONMENT
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Other
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
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Total Social Welfare And The Arts
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Morris Children's Fund: The program is conducted each week of the school term by a specialist teacher who works with Special Needs schools, using music as a medium to unlock the students' hidden...
Morris Children's Fund
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Grant to OTHER
Other
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Sydney Writers' Festival: Russ the Story Bus is a retired school bus that has been converted into a moving children's library. Across a 10-week tour, Russ brings a high-profile writer talk to 10,000...
Sydney Writers' Festival
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Strong Mothers: Funding to create a video to be viewed by refugee families using life-size puppets talking with a refugee mother, explaining normal feelings around the loss of family and...
Strong Mothers
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Karrkad Kanjdji Trust (KKT): This project will deliver full-time, bi-cultural, community-owned education to children living in the remote organisations of the Djelk IPA (Central Arnhem Land). Three...
Karrkad Kanjdji Trust (kkt)
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
The Footpath Library: Since 2003, The Footpath Library (TFL) has operated mobile library outreach services for people experiencing homelessness. In 2025, the need is greater than ever as more people...
The Footpath Library
2024 · grant · ENVIRONMENT
Grant to TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Total Environment
2024 · grant · EDUCATION
Australian Indigenous Education Foundation: The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation's Pathways Program provides support services that help Indigenous students make a successful transition from school to further...
Australian Indigenous Education Foundation
2024 · grant · SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS
Infants' Home Ashfield: Delivery of a free weekly playgroup for children aged 0-12 months and their parents and carers over 12 months, during school terms. The playgroup will particularly support...
Infants' Home Ashfield
2024 · grant · ENVIRONMENT
Rainforest Rescue: To purchase equipment to maintain momentum and expand operations this year. With a Rainforest Rescue ‘first' involving the purchase and future restoration of 110 Cape...
Rainforest Rescue