Community | 50th Anniversary Award

Supporting the communities in which we live and work has been an important part of Macquarie’s activities since our inception in 1969. In that time, our people have devoted thousands of hours to work with non-profit organisations around the world and together with the Foundation have contributed more than $A520 million¹ to drive social change at the local community level. Established in 2018, our 50th Anniversary Award extends this tradition with a further $A50 million commitment.

The Macquarie Group Foundation founded the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award Ambassador Network to support and enable our people to volunteer alongside the five Award winning organisations, with identifying areas of opportunity, driving initiatives, and providing support and connectivity. Hear from five Ambassadors on how they’re supporting Last Mile Health, Monash University's World Mosquito Program, Murdoch Children's Research Institute World Scabies Program, Social Finance and The Ocean Cleanup to help create a better future for communities around the world.

Meet the winners

Five winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award were selected from close to 1,000 applications received globally. These five winners will each receive $A10 million over 5 years to deliver their projects that seek to initiate or build on a bold idea that addresses an area of social need.

Saving lives in the world's most remote communities

Last Mile Health

Protecting vulnerable communities from mosquito-borne diseases

Monash University’s World Mosquito Program

Taking action to eliminate scabies across the world

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute World Scabies Program

Mobilising capital to drive social progress

Social Finance

Developing advanced technologies to rid the world's oceans of plastic

The Ocean Cleanup

Our finalists and semi-finalists

Congratulations to our finalists and semi-finalists, who are creating better outcomes for communities around the world.

Meet the finalists

Meet the semi-finalists

Award objectives

to build on an eligible organisation’s ability to address an area of social need
to encourage eligible organisations to be bold in their thinking about how to address social needs
to support excellence in the implementation of these bold ideas
to publicly promote the selected organisations’ work and inspire continuing best practice within the social sector.

The judging process

From close to 1,000 applications received, a rigorous multi-stage judging process was conducted to select 60 semi-finalists then 12 finalists, based on the Award objectives.
All applications were assessed by members of the Macquarie Group Foundation team, in-depth due diligence was conducted by external consultants on the semi-finalists, and regional judging panels were conducted.
Finalist organisations participated in site visits conducted by the Macquarie Group Foundation team, who prepared reports for Macquarie Group Foundation Committee members. The Committee reviewed and assessed the 12 finalists to select the five Award winners.

Macquarie Group Foundation

The Macquarie Group Foundation drives social impact work for Macquarie Group. We support our people, businesses, and communities to build a better future, and engagement with our people is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to leverage both financial and non-financial resources to achieve the greatest social impact possible.

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