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Organisations

This page highlights organisations within the social enterprise sector, showcasing their areas of focus and contributions to positive change. These organisations have chosen to be part of this collaborative space, reflecting their commitment to sharing and building collective impact.

38 results found

  • Align Agency

    Align Agency is a creative fundraising and social impact agency. We support nonprofits and social enterprises to measure, manage, and maximise social value.

  • BlackCard

    BlackCard is a 100% Aboriginal-owned business, with a majority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce. As a specialist consultancy and training provider, we partner with First Nations communities, government, corporations, and industry to: deliver cultural capability training and immersion experiences across all organisational levels; create connections for mutually beneficial, culturally sensitive relationships; co-design strategies that build internal capability and create sustainable opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and use BlackCard’s evaluation methodology and Theory of Change to help companies measure their impact.

  • BlueRock

    For entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, BlueRock is a B Corp certified professional services firm that is a one-stop-shop for adventurous changemakers, offering a wide range of services including accounting, tax, business advisory, fractional CFO, legal, investment, bookkeeping, payroll, insurance, finance, digital marketing, and more.

  • brandkind community

    brandkind is a branding community empowering social enterprises with purpose-driven marketing & design expertise. We help impact-focused organisations build engaging brands, reach broader audiences, and drive social and environmental change.

  • Campfire Coop

    Campfire Coop works in places and spaces where people are ready to work together in more human, co-operative ways that in turn, create better solutions for everyone and our planet. Our work is two-fold: to work with others towards greater self organisation, participation and collaboration; and to model, learn and practice this in our own organisation.

  • Capacity for Community

    Capacity for Community empowers social impact organisations with essential tools, training, and expert guidance to build capacity, enhance sustainability, and amplify their impact. Offering resources, courses, and a supportive network, it equips organisations to grow strategically and achieve mission-driven success within their communities. The organisation works with nonprofits, charities, social enterprises, and purpose-driven businesses to strengthen their programs, revenue, systems, and resources. Approaches focus on building organisational capacity by enhancing leadership, refining fundraising, diversifying revenue, scaling impact, and improving infrastructure, helping organisations achieve their mission more effectively and sustainably.

  • Catalysr

    Catalysr is an award winning startup incubator for migrant and refugee entrepreneurs (aka migrapreneur) across Australia. Our vision is to create an Australia where every migrant and refugee has the skills, resources, networks and opportunities to succeed.

  • Community Capacity Builders

    Community Capacity Builders builds community capacity in three ways. It builds the capacity of (1) communities to address wicked problems, (2) social enterprise ecosystems and disability service providers to support autistic innovators and autistic social entrepreneurs, and (3) changemakers such as community leaders and social entrepreneurs to create social impact.

  • Coralus

    Coralus is a dynamic community of change-makers driving transformational impact through innovative initiatives, projects, and businesses. Members contribute and access resources—skills, connections, funds, and support—at their own pace, creating a self-sustaining, pay-it-forward ecosystem. This collaborative network accelerates ventures and collective efforts to create positive, world-changing change.

  • Creative Consultancies

    Connecting why and how so creative and positive impact businesses can thrive. We support businesses in the positive impact and creative industries, their owners and staff to thrive.

  • Digital Purpose Pty Ltd

    Digital Purpose is a female-led Australian-based custom software development agency committed to helping purpose-led businesses grow and maximise their social impact through quality tech solutions. We have proudly delivered products to make the world better in disability, education, gender equality, healthcare, Indigenous, refugee and workplace wellbeing. Our specialty is building B2B digital products with multiple integrations.  We have proudly delivered products to make the world better in disability, education, gender equality, healthcare, Indigenous, refugee and workplace wellbeing. 

  • Diversity Arts Australia

    Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) is the national voice for ethno-cultural and migrant racial equity in the arts, cultural and creative industries. Our work is underpinned by a human-rights ethic, social justice principles, and the belief that a truly diverse spectrum of creative expression and participation is fundamental to a democratic, inclusive and sustainable creative sector, and society.

  • Enterprise Learning Projects (ELP)

    Enterprise Learning Projects (ELP) is an Aboriginal controlled not-for-profit organisation. We want remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs to be empowered to determine their own futures and effect generational change for the communities. To achieve this vision, we offer tailored on-Country business support to remote entrepreneurs through our incubation and mentoring programs. And we meaningfully collaborate with our sector peers and partners.

  • Fire up Solutions

    Fire Up are experts in putting humans at the centre of changing human services organisations in the complex, highly regulated sectors of aged and disability care, education, children's services, community, and transport.

  • Greatest Good

    Greatest Good is an Australia-wide one-stop hub that makes it easy for individuals and organisations to do their greatest good. We help you find for-purpose organisations aligned with your values, then support them in a way that is meaningful to you, including shopping, donating, finding courses and events, paid and volunteer jobs, asks/offers, resources, and more. We offer a digital hub where users can shop, donate, find jobs, events, resources, and support for-purpose organisations. Additional services include membership in the Greatest Good ecosystem, educational events, consulting, start-up mentoring, regulatory updates, and access to free tools and resources.

  • illuminate Education Australia

    illuminate Education Australia exists to have every young Australian invited to meaningfully address the biggest problems that matter to them now. To do so, we empower them to be confident, creative and capable. Our programs and workshops do more than just teach business and entrepreneurial skills, they provide an opportunity for young people to develop a core set of skills and capacities they can use immediately in the program through to the rest of their life.

  • Impact10x

    The team at Impact10x is passionate about tackling social inequality by increasing access to resources and opportunities for individuals and organisations that need it most. We do this by generating income through energy and education consulting services and redirecting resources towards selected impact projects (focused on youth/young people).

  • Innovation Unit

    Innovation Unit is a not-for-profit social enterprise. We work with people, communities and organisations to address complex challenges, develop new solutions and create social impact at scale.

  • Institute of Community Directors Australia

    The Institute of Community Directors Australia (ICDA) is an independent social enterprise dedicated to strengthening governance within not-for-profits and social enterprises. As a specialised governance network, ICDA offers accredited courses and resources tailored to the community sector, including not-for-profits, school councils, sport clubs, and local councils. Through a range of programs— from lunch and learns and short courses to in-depth certificates—ICDA covers essential topics like leadership, conflict resolution, fundraising, and financial management, providing practical, self-paced, and workshop-based learning to meet sector needs.

  • intertwine

    Intertwine envisions a just, inclusive society where everyone thrives with health, representation, and self-determination. Our purpose is to dismantle systemic power structures, ending marginalisation through education, connection, and resilience. We promote gender, cultural, and racial justice as a registered charity, with integrity, inclusion, and transformation at our core. Intertwine supports organisations at any stage with services like cultural assessments, tailored training (anti-racism, intersectionality), diversity strategy evaluations, and community-building for diversity professionals.

  • Jess Cossens Consulting

    An experienced strategy consultant with a passion for supporting impactful projects across the for-purpose sector. Expert facilitator, trusted executive advisor and methodical problem solver. A rare mix of analytical thinking and creative expression.

  • No Umbrellas

    No Umbrellas, founded by Gen X and Gen Z members, offers interactive workshops to bridge generational divides in workplaces. We create open spaces for teams to explore better ways of managing and collaborating. Workshops include intergenerational, manager, and Gen Z-specific sessions, fostering open communication and teamwork.

  • Our Race Community

    Our Race is an anti-racist Story Telling social enterprise who takes a collaborative approach to creating safe, ethical Story Telling processes across media, arts, marketing and communications, research through to advocacy and community engagement. Our variety of experiences and collaborative approach, allow us to work towards the same goal: flipping the power of Story Telling together.

  • p3 Studio

    p3 specialises in strategic organisation redesign, strategy, ​culture and business fundamentals to help companies ​define their end game and find better ways of working

  • People With Purpose

    People With Purpose is a purpose-led consulting and leadership development company dedicated to equipping business to improve the world. We specialise in providing leaders and organisations with the strategies, resources and capabilities needed to create meaningful impact and value for society, while cultivating sustainable growth.

  • Playful Purpose

    Playful Purpose transforms how businesses approach learning and collaboration by using creativity, curiosity, and innovation. Through hands-on workshops and design thinking, they equip organisations with practical tools to harness the power of play, driving meaningful growth and positive change.

  • Rewiring Australia

    Rewiring Australia is a non-profit research and advocacy organisation focused on accelerating the adoption of clean energy through the electrification of everything. Key to this mission is demonstrating the economic and health benefits associated with electrification powered by renewable energy. Rewiring Australia advocates for policy outcomes that support households in this transition. Our work centres on four pillars: Communications, Advocacy, Data-driven Research, and Mobilisation. We drive awareness of electrification benefits, push for policy reforms supporting decarbonisation, and use robust data to back our advocacy. By supporting local councils and communities, we lead electrification efforts across Australia, including a groundbreaking pilot to fully electrify 500 homes.

  • Seedkit

    Seedkit helps social enterprises measure and communicate their impact. Seedkit's self-managed reporting platform helps social enterprises to measure, track and communicate operations and impacts via customised dashboards and reports.

  • Social Engine

    Social Engine acts as a centralised hub and strategic partner, offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to streamline operations, facilitate growth, and maximise the impact of social enterprises. We provide a range of services, including strategic planning, funding support, sustainability-focused redesign, business planning, project delivery, impact measurement, and risk management. Our expertise extends to data strategy, tech and AI adoption, and grant processes. We also manage legal, marketing, finance, investor relations, and corporate connections through our trusted network, ensuring comprehensive support for your business growth and success.

  • Social Good Outpost

    Social Good Outpost is an Australian strategic and creative communications studio. We work with social enterprise, business and government, providing impact measurement, communication design, strategic mentoring and curation of international diplomacy programs. We have travelled all across Australia, in tiny homes, caravans and on the road to reach rural and regional communities, and live regionally. We have a particular focus on empowering women, LGBTIQ+ and connecting with and supporting Indigenous and ethnic minority communities.

  • Soco Collective

    Soco Collective focus on creating connections to power systems change. SoCo is a trailblazing force in driving equity and inclusion across business, startup and venture capital ecosystem.

  • Solutions2you Pty Ltd

    Solutions2You's focus is to work with those who are READY to be visionaries and prepared to do things differently. To be genuine contributors that create positive change for humanity and the planet. Likewise, we work with people who are here to DO GOOD (philanthropists, governments, and business leaders) but don’t know HOW to pull it all together.

  • Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE)

    The Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE) is a social enterprise providing best-in-class entrepreneurship education to diverse communities around Australia. In collaboration with industry, government, and community, we co-design and co-deliver work-relevant skills training that fosters learning pathways to ignite, uplift, and inspire.

  • Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC), The University of Sydney

    The Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC) uses innovative and collaborative approaches to problem solving within the humanities and social sciences and beyond. Example projects include Reimagining the Queer Classroom, which brings together researchers in sexuality studies to develop queer-led classroom concepts; Beyond Consent: Gender and Sexuality Norms, a collaboration with Consent Labs to create school programs aimed at preventing gendered violence by examining gender and sexuality norms; and Games Methodology for Complex Issues through the SQUIGGLE project, which uses tabletop games to foster gender inclusivity and transformative interpersonal exchange.

  • The Freedom Hub

    The Freedom Hub is a social enterprise dedicated to combating modern slavery through education, advocacy, and support services, raising awareness and empowering survivors. Our Survivor School offers long-term, wraparound support with free, personalised classes to aid in trauma recovery and workplace readiness. Additionally, our Peer Support Program provides activities, workshops, community-building events, and recreational sports. We fund these initiatives through our social enterprise businesses, including a café, event venue, and online retail store, which serve as community hubs for involvement and awareness. As a result, most administrative costs are covered by the business, allowing supporter donations to go directly to survivor support.

  • The Operative Word

    The Operative Word helps organisations become more effective in fulfilling their purpose by employing a contemporary approach to operations and governance.

  • UNSW Founders Liverpool Entrepreneurship Programs

    Designed and delivered by UNSW Founders, the LIP Entrepreneurship Program encourages more women and other underrepresented founders from CALD backgrounds to explore entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on supporting social enterprises that solve unmet needs in communities across the South-Western Sydney area.

  • Wilderness Collective

    Founded in Mallacoota post-2019/20 Black Summer bushfires, the Wilderness Collective, led by five dedicated women, promotes economic and social rejuvenation, sustainability and community growth. Transforming tourism reliance into entrepreneurship, we established a community hub that empowers residents through co-working, skill-building, business opportunities, and intergenerational support, fostering a vibrant future for Mallacoota.

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