Overview

This webinar series aims to enable funders and grantmakers with tools and approaches to provide deeper organisational support for their charity partners.

Co-hosted by Philanthropy Australia, Beyond the Grant webinar series is an exploration of new innovative practices with capacity building intermediary Benefolk.

Event Schedule

Webinar 1 - Supporting charities and social enterprises and their organisational effectiveness 

Wednesday 29 October 2025 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEDT

 

Webinar 2 - Supporting charities and social enterprises through crisis and turnaround

Tuesday 25 November 2025 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEDT

Location

Virtual event - Zoom details to be provided after registration. 

Audience

This event is for funders only. Affiliation with Philanthropy Australia and Benefolk are not required. If you are not yet a member of Philanthropy Australia or want to find out more about the philanthropic work in this area, please reach out to membership@philanthropy.org.au.

Hosts

 

Philanthropy Australia

Philanthropy Australia is the national peak body for philanthropy. Our members include trusts, foundations, families, individual donors, professional advisors, companies, intermediaries and not-for-profit organisations. Learn more here: philanthropy.org.au
 Benefolk multi-coloured logo

 

Benefolk

Benefolk is a capacity building intermediary that specialises in the NFP sector. Benefolk partners with philanthropic foundations to boost the capacity, sustainability and wellbeing of the charity partners. Visit benefolk.org.au.

 

Learn more about Philanthropy Australia membership.

Find out more about Benefolk.

 

Event details
Webinar 2 | Supporting charities and social enterprises through crisis and turnaround

Tuesday 25 November | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 

Increasingly, philanthropic foundations are seeing their charity partners in distress and seeking urgent financial support or business turnaround support. But when is a business turnaround possible, and what are the steps for grantmakers, and then charities, to undergo such an undertaking. 

In this next session, the Benefolk team will share insights into their business turnaround partnerships with philanthropic foundations, and how the right-sized turnaround advice can provide stronger bottom lines, improved governance and business practices, and a much-needed uplift in staff and organisational wellbeing.

Benefolk CEO/Founder Julia Keady Benefolk Foundation Manager Annette Herschtal will share key insights into this emergent practice.

They will also facilitate a conversation that will feature perspectives and experience from a social enterprise leader who has received this support, a philanthropic funding partner, and a turnaround specialist consultant.

Participants will each receive a Business Health Check list and a Conversation Starter Tool to help guide early-stage discussions with charities and social enterprises around their business turnaround potential.

Note: To create space for open, honest, and confidential dialogue, this session will be a closed session for funders only.

Speakers:

  • Julia Keady - CEO/Founder, Benefolk
  • Annette Herschtal - Foundation Manager, Benefolk
  • Ari Magalhaes - Specialist and Economist, Benefolk
  • Nicole Baker - Chair, CERES
  • Jo Curtin - CEO, Community Broadcasting Foundation
  • Paul Conroy - CEO, The Ian Potter Foundation 
Registration
Membership
Primary function of your organisation
Contact details
Summary
Terms and Conditions
Thank you! A confirmation email will be sent through to your registered email address shortly.
We are using a temporary cookie to streamline your experience. No personal data is stored and the cookie is removed once you complete your registration.

Your Browser Settings have Cookies Disabled

This site requires a temporary cookie to streamline your experience. No personal data is stored and the cookie will be removed once you complete your registration. Please enable cookies in your browser and refresh this page.