OUR HISTORY
An Albert family initiative since 2012
How we help
Our mission is to improve lives through music
We partner with organisations who use music to improve life outcomes for marginalised youth, youth experiencing mental health and well-being challenges and Indigenous youth, by offering grants, loans, advice and networks.
©Photo/Image courtesy of Musica Viva
What makes an impactful partnership
Guiding Principles
We believe in the ability of music to change lives and seek out organisations who can make that happen. We’re on the lookout for groups who:
- Have a long-term vision built on passion and are looking for partners to help make it reality
- Are open to growth, not just capital injections, and welcome our strategic input and guidance
- Are committed to measuring outcomes, not just outputs, and are willing to work with us to put this in place
- Can clearly articulate their current needs, and how those align to strategic long-term goals
- Do things with integrity and are able to meet the standards we demand of ourselves
Who we work with
Carriageworks – Solid Ground
provides education, training and employment pathways in the arts for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.
A Sound Life
transforming the lives of people in need, improving their health, well-being and happiness through music, yoga and meditation.
Australian Children’s Music Foundation
providing free, long-term music programs and instruments to disadvantaged and Indigenous children across Australia, inspiring creativity and imagination while nurturing self-esteem and confidence.
Musica Viva
supporting the development of music education in disadvantaged schools.
Beyond Empathy
collaborating with communities across Australia to shift perceptions and generate positive social change through the process of creating and sharing music and art.
Don’t Stop the Music
a landmark three-part ABC documentary from Artemis Media highlighting the transformative effects of teaching music in primary schools.
Kids Xpress
providing trauma-focussed expressive therapy programs to help children, caregivers and professionals transform the impact of childhood trauma into a life full of hope, a future our children deserve.
Bangarra Dance Theatre
supporting the making of Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra: a feature documentary marking the 30th anniversary of Australia’s national Indigneous dance theatre company.
Support Act
providing a free, confidential counselling service available to anyone working in the Australian music scene who needs support or advice for better health and well-being.
The Song Room
Provides Australian children with transformational music and arts-based education programs that improve academic performance, attendance and well-being.
Big hART
delivering intergenerational and intercultural projects utilising songwriting and events as critical tools for social change.
Ensemble Offspring
Nurturing under represented and emerging composers and performers nationally, championing living new music and making it accessible for all.
Investments for change
Foundation-Led Impact Investments
Goodstart Early Learning Social Capital Note
Goodstart Early Learning was created in 2009 as a solution to fill the gap left by the collapse of ABC Learning (once the world’s largest provider of child care services). The Goodstart syndicate adopted a social investment approach working across public, private and community sectors. The mix and sources of capital for the transaction was pioneering for the non-profit sector in Australia.
Newpin Social Benefit Bond
Australia’s first social bond, issued in 2013, the bond began as a partnership between the New South Wales Government, Uniting Care and Social Ventures Australia. It funded the maintenance and expansion of Newpin, a program established in 2009 working to restore children in out-of-home care to their families, or prevent children from entering care in the first place.
Sycamore Learning Working Capital Loan
A short-term working capital loan was provided by a syndicate of foundations and impact investors to fund the establishment of a specialty educational institution providing full-time primary school education for autistic children.
Aspire Social Impact Bond
Australia’s first homelessness-focussed SIB, Aspire raised private capital to fund the innovative Aspire Program, designed to make a lasting difference to the lives of people experiencing homelessness in Adelaide.