‘The risk-takers’ leading Australia’s activist philanthropy revolution
There’s change in the air among Australia’s biggest donors. They don’t just want to soften the world’s hard edges – they’re challenging the status quo.
Kristy Muir is trying to pinpoint the moment when she first realised the system needed to change. Like many conversations with Muir, an academic and social worker who in September last year was appointed to run the country’s largest philanthropic foundation, there’s no quick or easy answer to this question. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t one.
Growing up in southern Sydney, Muir was always aware that “life is not necessarily fair or equal”. Her grandmother was a “kitchen table, social justice warrior” and conversations about social issues were the norm.
Jemima WhyteSenior reporterJemima Whyte writes on business, specialising in companies, capital markets and innovation. Jemima has reported on business for The Australian Financial Review for more than 13 years. Email Jemima at jemima.whyte@afr.com
