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While the hurdles presented in 2020 tested the nation’s not-for-profit and charitable sector, leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, First Nations Foundation, has displayed incredible resilience and innovation to achieve remarkable growth and deliver support to thousands of vulnerable individuals as it enters its 15th year in operation. Triumphant in the face of last year’s adversity, […]

First Nations Foundation, Australia’s leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, has launched an online resource to educate and empower young Indigenous Australians to take control of their financial future. The new platform, TomorrowMoney.co, specifically targets young Indigenous Australians aged 18-30 years old, with a view to setting them up for long-term financial wellbeing. First Nations Foundation

Financial literacy, or financial capability, is widely agreed as being fundamental for financial wellbeing. This is particularly relevant in 21st century Australia, where the government’s policy of self-funded retirement is a critically important issue for most. Research by ANZ revealed that when it comes to financial matters, a large proportion of the population has insufficient

IBA signs partnership agreement with First Nations Foundation for next two years. The partnership supports the delivery of financial education and retirement goals for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Financial well-being builds confidence around money management and increases financial literary. Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) partners with First Nations Foundation to deliver on their joint

First Nations Foundation, Australia’s leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, has launched an online resource to help Indigenous Australians find, manage and grow their superannuation – IndigenousSuper.com.au. The Foundation has reconnected Indigenous Australians with more than $24 million in lost super to date through its award-winning Big Super Day Out events. With a heightened level of

Melbourne, July 7: First Nations Foundation, Australia’s leading Indigenous financial literacy foundation, has launched an online resource to help Indigenous Australians find, manage, and grow their superannuation. The new website – IndigenousSuper.com.au – has been launched to help Indigenous Australians learn about their superannuation, including what benefits superannuation has over the short and long term.

Melbourne, June 18: First Nations Foundation (FNF) – the Indigenous-led, not-for-profit that promotes financial literacy – has been announced as one of four recipients of funding from the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to deliver Covid-19 support for women. FNF has designed an online educational series in collaboration with Indigenous financial

Subscribe to our Newsletter We couldn’t be happier to welcome our new CEO Phil Usher to the First Nations Foundation. We sat down for a chat… Tell us about your background…  I’m a proud Wiradjuri man from Central NSW. Dad grew up around the Parkes Dubbo area and that’s where a lot of family are,

Subscribe to our Newsletter AUSTRALIA, 12 November 2019: First Nations Foundation (FNF) today launches the world’s first digital financial literacy education program to help First Nations people develop their financial knowledge. While the content of My Money Dream has been developed by Indigenous people for Indigenous people, FNF has added the might and scale of Australia’s largest industries

Subscribe to our Newsletter How did a tiny charity of two people manage to find $24 million Indigenous superannuation in 21 Indigenous communities across six States?  Amanda Young, CEO of First Nations Foundation explains: “Never doubt a small group committed to financial wellbeing for Indigenous Australians! “We have all the ingredients that are needed. We are agile, and