Perth Children's Hospital Foundation

SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia’s 10 largest philanthropic foundations distributed $65 million last year, but like many charities, some of these organisations are increasingly targeting individual supporters to offset rising fundraising costs.

The Channel 7 Telethon Trust achieved another fundraising record over the weekend, raising $38 million for medical research, but its success has not been shared across the charity sector, with Variety WA’s Carols by Candlelight the latest of several events to be cancelled due to a lack of financial support.

Following in the footsteps of Stan Perron, some key names in philanthropy have increased their funding distribution, but many charity recipients are struggling to measure the impact of these donations.

Fundraising is a mechanical process and 90 per cent of the work is research, according to an international expert visiting Perth next week.

Helping to establish a $35 million endowment fund for the WA Museum is the latest step in Jenny Allen’s philanthropic journey.

An unusual partnership between the Perth Children's Hospital Foundation and the state government has underpinned the planned construction of a pedestrian bridge in Nedlands for an estimated $6.3 million.

Charities relying on donations are facing uncertain times.

The Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation and Telethon Kids Institute have committed $10 million in fundraising over five years to support a new respiratory research centre.

Engineering company Civmec has secured the contract for the construction of the $6.3 million Kids’ Bridge connecting Perth Children’s Hospital with Kings Park.

The Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation is one of WA’s largest philanthropic foundations; however, it’s not as large as it used to be, and therein lies a story.

The state government has announced that it will fund the planning and operation of a Perth Children's Hospice, to be built at Swanbourne.

Philanthropic donations increased in 2020, despite predictions it would fall.

UPDATED: Cricket legends Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist and renowned doctor Fiona Wood helped Euroz Hartleys raise a record amount at its third Commission for a Cause Day.

The state government has handed over 5,000 square-metres of Crown land in Swanbourne to facilitate the development of a $25 million children’s hospice.

Cancer Council WA has donated $6 million of mechanical engineer John Street’s estate to the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation to fund the construction of a new hospice for kids.

Ronald McDonald House Charities WA, a new Rare Care Centre at Perth Children’s Hospital and the Perth Lynx are the beneficiaries of three recent sponsorship agreements.

Plans for the state's first children's hospice show a two-storey facility with a basement as public comment for the $25.5 million proposal starts today.

Perth firm Euroz Hartleys has raised $400,000 during its fourth annual Commission for a Cause Day, where brokers donate fees from a full trading day to charity.

City of Nedlands councillors and the state government are at odds again over two significant development proposals in the western suburbs.

The Nedlands council’s protest against a hospice for terminally ill children has left many bewildered.

The City of Nedlands is pursuing greater protection for its land after being overruled by the state government on the proposed children's hospice and Tawarri Hot Springs.

Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation has announced it would be Euroz Hartleys Port to Pub Swim charity partner until 2025.

Minderoo Foundation has set new donation target of $1 million to support the build of WA’s first children’s hospice.

WA has some very prominent philanthropists, detailed in our updated list of foundations, and there is a push to expand giving across the wider community.

Construction has started on the $34 million children’s hospice in Swanbourne, which was previously at the centre of a tug-of-war between state and local governments.

Euroz Hartleys will donate 100 per cent of its brokerage commissions from today's trading to Breast Cancer Care WA, Ocean Heroes and Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation.

A new medical manufacturing facility has been launched in Western Australia to combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

A multi-partner funding initiative valued at more than $146 million has been launched to bolster childhood cancer research currently being undertaken by PCH and Telethon Kids Institute.

West to West Group has been appointed to construct the project, despite a sod turning ceremony occurring at the site nine months ago.

City of Nedlands Mayor Fiona Argyle has slammed a proposal to excise Allen Park land for a complementary parkland at the under-construction children's hospice.