About the Foundation

In 2010, members of the O’Neill family established a Private Auxiliary Fund called the Pink Umbrella Foundation. The foundation was dedicated to supporting humanitarian projects that alleviate poverty and empower people to improve their lives.

By 2024, it became clear that succession planning was essential to ensure the continuation of this work. As a result, Pink Umbrella Foundation International Limited was registered.

 

Pink Umbrella Foundation International Limited is a Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient (DGR1) with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

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While funding for Pink Umbrella Foundation International Limited will primarily come from the original Pink Umbrella Foundation (PUF), we do have the capacity to accept third-party untied donations. One hundred percent of all donations to Pink Umbrella Foundation International Limited will go directly to humanitarian projects.

 

Our Mission

Pink Umbrella Foundation’s primary mission is to address social inequities in developing countries through interventions that are substantially life changing and touch as many people as possible.

 

Pink Umbrella Foundation aims to increase the number of people with access to education, health care and sustainable livelihood.

 

Pink Umbrella Foundation strives to give people dignity, hope and choice thus making the world a fairer place. 

 

 

Our objectives are to -

• Focus on Health and Education related projects.

• Favour organisations with low administrative costs and overheads.

• Favour organisations with a demonstrated capacity to set and deliver high value outcomes.

• Work with projects that demonstrate “good value.”

• Monitor the effectiveness of major projects through communication and visits.

• Support projects where local communities are collaboratively engaged with the definition and delivery of the project vision and objectives.

• Support projects with a planned exit strategy to leave empowered, strong and self-sufficient communities who can meet their own meeds long term, in relation to project goals.