Since 2014, Social Impact Hub has launched many initiatives to grow the impact sector.
We are always looking to collaborate with partners on new initiatives. If any of the programmes on this page inspire you, reach out to our team today.
Get In TouchA selection of past and current initiatives
Catalysing Impact
Funded by the QBE Foundation and delivered by Social Impact Hub, Catalysing Impact backs impact enterprises and purpose-driven businesses working on climate resilience or inclusion. It pairs catalytic grant funding that helps unlock further investment with tailored capability building across strategy, financial resilience and investment readiness. In 2025, AU$1 million in QBE Foundation grants supported a total capital stack of AU$3.77 million.
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Impact Investing Hub
Supporting the Australian impact investing ecosystem for investors and financial advisors.
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Social Impact Fellowship
A transformative programme for aspiring changemakers seeking to explore their purpose and understand how they can drive greater social and environmental impact through their work and beyond.
Learn moreImpact Investing Legal Toolkit
Free tools and templates to help social enterprises and impact investors navigate the legal dimensions of impact investing in Australia. Built with MinterEllison, it follows the capital raising journey end to end — readiness, pitching, due diligence, negotiation, documentation and life after investment — with legal templates, interactive tools and practical guidance at each stage.
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CASEI
The Council of Australian Social Enterprise Intermediaries brings together the organisations that support Australia's social enterprise sector. It helps their programmes and services work more cohesively, so the support available to social enterprises is better connected, easier to navigate and ultimately more effective.
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Empowering enterprises to choose the best legal structure for their goals.
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Growth & Impact Diagnostic Tool
Helping social enterprises or purpose-driven organisations identify the business, financial, legal, and internal capacity they need to grow and amplify their impact.
Take the diagnosticImpact Investment Readiness Diagnostic
Assessing the readiness of an enterprise to take on impact investment.
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Funding for Impact
Transforming the way we think about giving.
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Impact Investment Awards
Recognising expertise, commitment, and outstanding activity in the Australian impact investment ecosystem.
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Solve It Australia
Helping charities and not-for-profits increasingly achieve impact and scale.
COVID-19 Support for Social Enterprises
An initiative to leverage the skills of corporate Australia to help social enterprises affected by COVID-19.
Reimagine Impact
A 12-week online leadership programme and social innovation community of practice, equipping social-purpose leaders and corporate and government intrapreneurs with adaptive leadership skills and human-centred design confidence.
UnCharitable Film Campaign
Our Australia and New Zealand impact campaign for UnCharitable, Dan Pallotta's documentary on the financial and cultural constraints placed on charities. From 2023 to 2025 we presented screenings across the region to move the sector's thinking from overheads as a test of accountability to overheads as an investment in impact. The film and the campaign's key resources remain available.
Explore the campaignFRRR Expertise Pool
A vetted national network of experienced consultants, run by Social Impact Hub for the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal with funding from the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund. It gave community and social purpose organisations access to specialist advice, capability-building workshops, leadership training and networking so they could deliver place-based projects and build long-term resilience.
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RISE Women
Part of our Resilience and Impact for Social Enterprises programme, RISE Women backed established NSW social enterprises working with women facing disadvantage. Supported by the NSW Government's Office for Social Impact Investment, it funded six to twelve days of tailored advisory across strategy, governance, impact measurement, financial modelling and investment readiness, alongside masterclasses and online learning.
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Scaling Impact Accelerator
A five-month accelerator for social enterprises and purpose-driven startups with proven business models, preparing them to raise impact investment. Each cohort of six to twelve enterprises received masterclasses, tailored advisory from EY and our Professional Impact Network, one-on-one mentoring, an investment readiness diagnostic, and the chance to pitch to investors at Demo Day.
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Social Sector Transformation Fund
Helping small and medium-sized charities and not-for-profits working in health and social services to modernise their operations so they can remain efficient, effective, and viable.
Impact Investment Roadmap
A comprehensive roadmap for Australian charitable trusts and foundations to design and implement an impact investment strategy.
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