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First Nations Foundation (FNF) has urged non-Indigenous financial institutions to help address systemic barriers that prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from achieving economic equality. Amid Reconciliation Week, FNF chief executive Phil Usher said the 2024 theme, ‘Now More Than Ever,’ is powerful and serves as a reminder for both non-Indigenous-led and Indigenous-led firms […]

  First Nations Foundation (FNF) has reconnected Indigenous communities with $1.2 million in superannuation in 2023, boosting the overall total of super located to $25.2 million. FNF’s 2023 Impact Report has revealed that Australia’s only national financial education organisation has successfully raised the total superannuation recovered for Indigenous communities from $24 million in 2022 to

The 2024 First Nations Super Summit has set five crucial priorities for the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group to address over the next 12 months, aiming to elevate super standards for First Nations people. These priorities include the standardisation of forms and the empowerment of financial counsellors to act on behalf of their Indigenous clients, as

First Nations Foundation (FNF), Australia’s only national Indigenous financial education organisation, will unite community and industry to find tangible solutions that aim to improve the retirement outcomes of Indigenous Australians at the 2024 First Nations Super Summit. As the newly appointed secretariat of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group (ISWG), FNF will oversee the First Nations

First Nations Economics and First Nations Foundation, two Indigenous organisations focused on improving economic outcomes for First Nations people, have launched a $120,000 scholarship program to support women studying finance and business. The Leah Armstrong Scholarship will grant two scholarships of up to $20,000 per year for three years to First Nations women pursuing full-time

Australia’s leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, First Nations Foundation, has launched a new, family-friendly community event series to educate and empower Indigenous Australians to take control of their financial future. The new initiative, Financial Wellness Week, is a series of outreach and educational events which will travel across Australia to engage with communities, with the

Launching as part of Scams Awareness Week, national Indigenous not-for-profit First Nations Foundation has released five new financial literacy modules focused on scams awareness as part of its world-first My Money Dream platform. My Money Dream is the Foundation’s online financial literacy education platform, which evolved through a successful 10-year face-to-face financial literacy program delivered to

First Nations Foundation launches ‘On Country’ online platform, supporting businesses and community organisations to provide financial wellbeing education and resources for Indigenous employees and clients Australia’s leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, First Nations Foundation has launched a new online financial wellbeing hub, On Country, designed to educate professionals working with First Nations people to provide

Indigenous financial wellbeing organisation, First Nations Foundation has received a grant for over $790k as part of the Australian government’s Women’s Leadership and Development Program to support and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with skills to secure a prosperous future. The Indigenous Women’s Financial Wellness (IWFW) project, which will be implemented over 3

Sydney, February 2021: Pearler – the fintech start-up that aims to combine the community aspects of social media with the age of digital investing – has announced it has partnered with First Nations Foundation, to enable Pearler users to contribute to the Foundation’s ongoing work. “The new wave of Millennials and Gen-Z investors are continuing