The Minderoo Foundation will invest in Fortescue-developed security gates to help deliver aid into Gaza, according to founder and chair Andrew Forrest.
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Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation is understood to be cutting up to 100 roles from the philanthropic entity following an “organisational redesign”.
The former chief financial officer at Nicola and Andrew Forrest's private company has launched a new business offering family office services to high-net-worth women and their families.
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's charitable foundation increased its total spending by 65 per cent last financial year, while also making its largest ever financial commitment to a global gender fund.
The business dealings of Western Australia's big-name billionaires may grab most of the headlines, but last year it was Dale Alcock's ABN Group that deserved a closer look.
Nicola Forrest has signed up two experienced Minderoo executives as co-directors of a new foundation but says she remains committed to her philanthropic endeavours with ex-partner Andrew Forrest.
After a raft of exits from Andrew Forrest's empire this year, another appointment has been made to the Forrest family's charitable arm, Minderoo Foundation.
Black Swan State Theatre Company and West Australian Opera were the most awarded arts organisations at the 2023 Performing Arts Western Australia Awards.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Paul Larsen, Stephen Daly, Jodie Perram, Leigh Dyson, Scott Lowe, Bianca Sandri, Felicity Gooding, Shelley Cable and Michael Keenan.
A series of share transfers and company restructures over the past six months mean that Andrew and Nicola Forrest will have a roughly equal split of their $34 billion fortune.
Sitting with a $7.6 billion endowment following a mammoth donation of Fortescue Metals Group stock, Minderoo Foundation has sought to refine its areas of focus.
Ten successful Aboriginal business owners, including five from WA, have come together to form an angel investing network with backing from the US government and Minderoo Foundation.
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.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Tanya Trevisan, Tommie van der Walt, David Hughes-Owen, Chris Elliott, Michael Beros, Terri Taylor, Jo Gaines and Jean Perkins.
Minderoo Foundation has continued its support of war-stricken Ukraine by delivering $3.2 million worth of generators for civillians to access emergency power.
Accor has been selected to operate a 66-room hotel within the University of Western Australia, with the revenue to be invested in the Forrest Research Foundation.
Stephen Daly has stepped down as chief operating officer for Minderoo and Tattarang after a three-and-a-half year stint inside the Forrest family businesses.
A research centre launched by Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation will use advance DNA sequencing technology to find major breakthroughs in ocean conservation.
Andrew and Nicola Forrest have opened the possibility of having separate CEOs for their investment company and their philanthropic foundation after appointing John Hartman to replace Andrew Hagger.
Ten mid-career artists will share in $210,000 in grants from Minderoo Foundation, with two recipients offered extra funds for childcare in recognition of the pressures of caregiving.
