About
The Macquarie Group Foundation drives social impact for Macquarie Group and engagement with our people is at the heart of everything we do. Through two signature programs, Macquarie Gives and Future Ready, we work together to help build a better future.
Macquarie Gives encourages our employees to donate their time, money and skills to the causes that matter to them. We do this by offering a range of benefits and initiatives, including donation and fundraising matching, volunteer opportunities, and support for board service, because we know that together we can make a greater contribution to our community.
Gaelyn Jacobson, from our Banking and Financial Services business, began supporting the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation after the charity supported her friend through his cancer treatment. The Foundation matched Gaelyn’s fundraising efforts, doubling her impact and contributing over $A225,000 to the National Advocacy Service program, which provides tailored assistance to patients, families and carers.
Future Ready supports people on their path to employment. We provide funding to organisations that help people overcome the barriers they face to employment and a better future. Our employees also contribute their time, money and skills to further strengthen our impact.
people supported on their path to employment4
people placed into employment5
Generation France CEO Fatène Ben-Hamza and graduate Rubens Nelson talk about the impact of Generation UK’s program.
Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management and the Philippines’ largest renewable energy provider,1 was recognised as a winner in the 2025 Macquarie Shared Value Award for its outstanding initiative, the Keitech Educational Foundation Inc.
The Macquarie Community Resilience Prize will award up to $A1.5 million to innovative solutions that build climate-resilient communities in Brazil, Australia and the Pacific Islands, while creating meaningful employment and skill-building opportunities.
1. Contribution figures include:
(i) Macquarie employee donations and fundraising, together with related Foundation matching;
(ii) Foundation donations recognising employee volunteering, milestone service anniversaries, and 12 months of board service by Macquarie employees; and
(iii) Macquarie and Foundation grants and social impact investments to community organisations, for the 12 months to 31 March 2026.
2. Contribution figures include:
(i) Macquarie employee donations and fundraising, together with related Foundation matching;
(ii) Foundation donations recognising employee volunteering, milestone service anniversaries, and 12 months of board service by Macquarie employees; and
(iii) Macquarie and Foundation grants and social impact investments to community organisations, from inception in 1985 to 31 March 2026.
3. For the 12 months to 31 March 2026.
4. Data was supplied and not independently verified between 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026 for activities undertaken by Macquarie’s employment-focused partners with philanthropic and impact investment support from Macquarie Group and others. ‘People supported on their path to employment’ is defined by our partners as employment related training, skilling and employment-specific programs. ‘Placed into employment’ is defined by our partners using one or more of these categories: type of work, hours of work, living wage work, meaningful work, secure work, career progression, income progression, jobs created, jobs maintained. It is possible that our partners count a person as placed into employment more than once or supported more than once (for example: if they receive more than one type of support on their path to employment or if they move to another employment position within the reporting period). ‘Placed into employment’ is a subset of the total number of people supported on their path to employment.
5. Data was supplied and not independently verified between 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026 for activities undertaken by Macquarie’s employment-focused partners with philanthropic and impact investment support from Macquarie Group and others. ‘People supported on their path to employment’ is defined by our partners as employment related training, skilling and employment-specific programs. ‘Placed into employment’ is defined by our partners using one or more of these categories: type of work, hours of work, living wage work, meaningful work, secure work, career progression, income progression, jobs created, jobs maintained. It is possible that our partners count a person as placed into employment more than once or supported more than once (for example: if they receive more than one type of support on their path to employment or if they move to another employment position within the reporting period). ‘Placed into employment’ is a subset of the total number of people supported on their path to employment.
