Fund Climate Action

If we want to see change happen, we need to fund it.

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Climate change is here, now. Everything we love is on the line. There is still time to act, but it must be now.

We fund high-impact, strategic solutions that will have an outsized impact this decade. By donating you’re making big change happen. The more people who join Groundswell, the more solutions we can fund.

When you join Groundswell, you become part of a community of people who are stepping up and taking collective action. Together, we’re learning about climate solutions, accelerating urgent climate action and making change happen when it matters most.

Let's do this!

See what impact our members are making

Over $3 million granted to more than 80 climate advocacy organisations – and growing!

Our impact
 

FAQs

  • Groundswell Giving is both a sub-fund of Australian Communities Foundation ABN 57967620066, as well a separate registered charity Groundswell Giving Ltd ABN 86 660 758 985.

    Here’s the breakdown:

    Australian Communities Foundation Fund is a tax deductible Trust Fund which holds and manages our members donations, issues tax deductible receipts, and makes grants on our instruction to charitable organisations endorsed by the ATO as having item 1 DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient) status.

    As we don’t take a fee from members donations, our operations are managed separately via our own charitable organisation Groundswell Giving Ltd, and supported by private donors in order to help grow climate philanthropy in Australia.

  • You bet! We are a sub-fund of Australian Communities Foundation, which is a tax deductible trust fund. ACF makes grants on our instruction to charitable organisations endorsed by the ATO as having item 1 DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient) status.

  • Go to your last receipt from Groundswell and click the 'manage my donation' button.

  • Just email admin@groundswellgiving.org and we will update, pause or cancel your membership as you wish.

  • 100% of donations go directly to climate action groups. To find out more about the incredible work they are doing, check out our grant winners and read our 2022 Impact Report.

  • All of our business overheads are covered by private donors, who are resourcing the organisation to promote philanthropy and make giving to the climate movement more accessible.

  • You’re amazing! Shoot an email to arielle@groundswellgiving.org to learn more about our exciting funding opportunities.