Philanthropy and Indigenous people: Enhancing Indigenous education outcomes

Entry of the philanthropic sector into the educational arena has been welcomed by Australian governments and Indigenous communities as a source of fresh ideas, approaches and additional resources to address the intractable problem of low Indigenous educational outcomes. Yet the nature of engagements between philanthropic bodies and Indigenous people is an area of research that is largely under developed, under theorised and unexplored in Australia. This project aims to critically assess the degree to which philanthropic interventions improve Indigenous education outcomes—from both Indigenous and philanthropic perspectives— with the goal of identifying or developing models, strategies and principles of effective partnership and engagement.