Your support makes a difference
While 2020 was a year of constant change, the generosity of QUT donors has continued to make a real-world impact.
From supporting students in need through the Emergency Student Fund, protecting the Great Barrier Reef, developing sustainable crops, and producing clean energy, the positive impact of donations in 2020 has been felt even more than ever.
Thank you to all our donors for changing the world we live in for the better. I hope you enjoy reading about the many opportunities and breakthroughs made possible by our generous community.
2020 impact
17,633
total gifts (including single and recurring gifts)
42.5%
of donors were alumni
431
donors gave for the first time
342
students helped through the Emergency Student Fund
Donor impact
Supporting our students
Thanks to the generosity of the QUT community, we helped 342 students continue with their studies in 2020, despite the significant disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Saving our koalas
With the 2020 Australian bushfires estimated to have killed or displaced nearly three billion animals, saving koalas and other Australian wildlife requires urgent action. See how QUT donors are helping to save this iconic Australian animal.
Marine geoscientist and Learning Potential Fund recipient Mardi is helping to save the Great Barrier Reef.
Supported by a Law Founders’ scholarship, Raziq is now using his legal qualifications to help others.
A scholarship is helping Sarah fulfil her goal to work with Indigenous communities in health care.
Philanthropy is enabling research that improves the lives of young people affected by myopia.
Supported through her studies by the Learning Potential Fund, Stephanie is now a registered nurse.
An alumnus and regular donor, Jeremy is leaving a gift in his will to support future students.
Looking forward
There are many things I am looking forward to in 2021: my last program as artistic director of Sydney Festival, the idea of spending more time on Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island) and the launch of Australia’s first philanthropic Indigenous Chair in Creative Industries.
This role has been made possible by the outstanding generosity of QUT’s 2014 Outstanding Alumnus, Dr Greg Creed, and I’m enormously excited to commence in this position.
QUT is committed to promoting and celebrating exceptional Indigenous talent in Australia. Together we are supporting vulnerable students, progressing ground-breaking research, and amplifying Indigenous thought leadership.
I very much look forward to sharing news and updates with you as we get closer to realising this vision.
Thank you for supporting all the work we do.
Dr Wesley Enoch AM
Indigenous Chair in Creative Industries
Top 5 supported projects
Learning Potential Fund
Emergency Student Fund
Save our koalas
Staff Community Welfare Fund
QUT Faculty of Law Founders' Scholarship Fund
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2019 impact
20,929
total gifts (including single and recurring gifts)
77%
of donors gave to student scholarships
$1,058,811
largest gift (to the Learning Potential Fund)
17%
of donors were QUT staff
Donor impact
Financial help to students experiencing unexpected hardship
There's plenty to celebrate in the fight against prostate cancer
With donors' help we're aiming for a waste-free world
The Traction program for vulnerable teens has the support of the QUT Staff Community Welfare Fund
Leilani Greene and Ketisha Gill are the first recipients of QUT’s $10,000 Argent Indigenous Nursing Scholarship
The feeling of wellbeing that stems from knowing our actions have helped someone else is the reason we give
How a QUT graduate is helping students succeed
The QUT Extreme Van travels 19,000km each year to provide STEM workshops to students across Queensland.
Our staff in 2019
$225,388
total funds raised through payroll giving
$14,375
donated to QUT Staff Community Welfare Fund
12%
of staff are payroll donors
20
projects supported