Andrew and Nicola Forrest
Joined The Giving Pledge in 2013, pledging to give away half their wealth, making them the first Australians to pledge giving billions of dollars. Giving to date includes c. $80m in company shares to Australian Children’s Trust (2007), $2m to the launch of the Australian Employment Covenant/Generation One initiative on indigenous employment, and a further $50m in shares to various charities in 2011 plus a further $5m in shares to Murdoch University and four WA performing arts organisations, and a $3m cash donation to complete the Art Gallery of WA’s $25m campaign. Donations in 2013 include $1m to the Salvation Army, $1m to Telethon, and $65m to higher education in Western Australia, and in 2014, $1m to theJackman Furness Foundation for the Performing Arts.