The Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden, Melbourne

Guided by a strategy known as ‘Innovate Evaluate Disseminate’, The Ian Potter Foundation provides grants to enable organisations to advance knowledge and develop ideas and programs that contribute to a healthy, vibrant and progressive nation. We believe in and support Australia’s talent: the visionaries, the social entrepreneurs, the academics and researchers, the artists, the teachers and those who dedicate themselves to bettering our communities for all Australians.

As a leading private philanthropic trust, we uphold the aspirations and principles of our founder, Sir Ian Potter, to ‘give something back’ to the Australian community. The Foundation’s wide range of funding areas reflect Sir Ian’s passionate interest in the Arts and his visionary approach to key issues including environmental protection, science, healthy communities, medical research and community wellbeing, and investing in Australia’s intellectual capital.