Our Impact
The Phillips Foundation is committed to working with its strategic partners to monitor and measure its impact across its three strategic philanthropic investment streams:
- Access to Education
- Achieving Personal Potential; and
- Living Ripples
We monitor partnership outputs aligned with 5 key United Nations Sustainable Development goals. We also measure the longitudinal outcomes of our strategic investments. Each year, we support our partners to survey client outcomes.
The data we collect through surveys enable us to measure and evaluate our funding efficacy, as opposed to the success – or otherwise – of our partners’ programs. Through this partnership approach, we aspire to share learnings from our philanthropy and inspire others to meaningfully participate in giving.
Sustainable Development Goals
The Phillips Foundation’s program outcomes are aligned with the following United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
The Phillips Foundation believes Good Health and Wellbeing are central to young people feeling hopeful about their future and achieving their full potential. In 2023 our funding partners achieved the following outputs:
471
Schools engaging with TPF partner good health and wellbeing programs
58,525
Young people participating in programs delivered by TPF’s strategic partners
89
Educators supported to improve student good health and wellbeing of children and young people
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Education is central to The Phillips Foundation’s philanthropic investment streams. We seek to improve access to education in developing nations, and support quality education for all. In 2023 our funding partners achieved the following outputs:
65
Schools built in developing nations by TPF partners
471
Schools impacted by programs delivered by TPF partners
68,922
Young people participating in programs delivered by TPF’s strategic partners
89
Educators supported to improve the quality of education for children and young people
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
The Phillips Foundation actively seeks to support girls overcome systemic barriers to accessing & participating in quality education and supports a number of organisations working exclusively with girls to overcome education programs and initiatives. In 2023, 57.8% of children and young people participating in TPF partner programs represented 57.8%. In 2023 our funding partners worked with:
179
Schools engaging with TPF partner programs
38,772
Girls participating in programs delivered by TPF partners
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
The Phillips Foundation understands that water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are fundamental requirements for children and young people to access education, yet WASH remains a significant impediment in many developing nations. Through our Access to Education funding investment our funding partners worked with communities and their children in Africa and Asia to address WASH in an educational context. In 2023, our investment supported our partners to:
89
Schools constructed with improved WASH facilities
31,744
Children and young people participating in WASH education programs
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
The Phillips Foundation believes that for children to be helpful about their future, they also need to be connected to nature. Where possible, our partners focus on the importance of the environment and the imminent threat of climate change to our planet and its peoples. In 2023 our partners work resulted in:
89
Schools embracing environmental education programs by our partners
9,072
Children and young people participating in environmental education programs
Countries we're working in
Through our funding partners, The Phillips Foundation has achieved significant impact globally.
Our Learnings
The Phillips Foundation has supported over 70 organisations since it was established in 2017.
We now work closely with 17 partners across our three strategic investment streams in Australia and overseas on a multi-year basis.
Each year, we convene our partners in person to share their observations in person Melbourne, Australia. These sessions are designed to stimulate collaboration and provide a platform to profile learnings in global best practice.
