About The Foundation
We support research and run programs to discover more about…
Disability
Social inclusion
The power of giving
We are here to help build an Australia in which people with disability are welcomed and feel a true sense of belonging. The Achieve Foundation was set up to create real and sustainable change by working with people with disability.
Purpose:
Increase investment in disability and inclusion, and build solutions at scale in disability housing and community attitudes.
Principles:
Collaboration, stewardship, extraordinary outcomes, and accountability.
Passion:
Social inclusion for people with disability.
Achieve Australia formed The Achieve Foundation
Achieve Australia provides services and support for people with disability.
In 2021, Achieve Australia formed The Achieve Foundation to take part in and fund research and innovation that will dismantle barriers to inclusion.
Achieve Australia wants The Achieve Foundation to do work that improves inclusion for all people with disability, not only the people Achieve Australia supports.
The Achieve Foundation has an independent board and executive leadership team, focused on driving innovation across the sector.
The Achieve Foundation needs to work with organisations and the community so that it can fund itself.
“How people see us as people – and what they expect from us – makes a huge difference to how we act and perform. We know that simply because we have all felt that is some way in our lives.
“The over-riding goal of The Achieve Foundation is to transform attitudes about people with disability. That transformation will ultimately address barriers to inclusion in all contexts.”
– Patricia O’Brien
NDIS and The Achieve Foundation
NDIS
Very important, and includes day-to-day support, services and equipment for about 400,000 people.
The Achieve Foundation
Working to change people views and society’s systems. This is to give long-term benefit to the 4.3 million Australians living with disability.
Regulation and frameworks
The Achieve Foundation has the Registered Charity Tick from the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). The Achieve Foundation complies with the transparency and accountability standards of the ACNC.
The Achieve Foundation is also a member of Philanthropy Australia, the peak body supporting Australia's philanthropic community of funders, social investors and social-change agents.
Financials
Donations and tax
The Achieve Foundation has DGR1 status, and is recognised as a deductible gift recipient by the Australian Taxation Office. Gift donations over $2 are tax deductible.