Goodman Foundation

Little Olive Child Foundation

Little Olive Child Foundation provides educational and social welfare aid for orphans, children in poverty, handicapped, or terminally ill in natural disaster affected areas.

The Goodman Foundation has partnered with the Little Olive Foundation since 2016, and each year we support their work in the Fukushima region of Japan to provide happy and healthy indoor play centres for children and their families, as it is still considered unsafe to play outdoors following the devastating effects of the nuclear incident in the 2011 tsunami. 

The Goodman Foundation also supports Little Olive's Farmer Food box Project which has enlisted the assistance of 24 local farmers to help provide and prepare boxes of fresh vegetables, eggs, and rice to send directly to families in need in the Fukushima district. This project also supports the local farmers in the area. 

OzHarvest

OzHarvest is Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, collecting quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivering it, directly and free of charge, to more than 1,600 charities supporting people in need. Starting in Sydney in 2004 with one van – the first of many donations from the Goodman Foundation, they now operate nationally rescuing food from over 3,200 food donors.

As a founding partner Goodman has provided OzHarvest with office and warehousing facilities in several states and refrigerated vans since the beginning. In 2014, through the Goodman team and its generous supply partners, an incredible fit-for-purpose facility was built to house their head office and commercial kitchens in Goodman's Alexandria Industrial Estate, in South Sydney. Other initiatives include the provision of a community vegetable garden, mentoring of team members and various other volunteering contributions under the Foundation’s ‘Do Good’ programme. Goodman Foundation continue to provide cash grants for OzHarvest’s annual operational costs and remain a top tier partner.

KiwiHarvest

Kiwiharvest are New Zealand’s national perishable food rescuers; collecting good food before it goes to waste and distributing it to those in need to nourish the wider community. 

KiwiHarvest reduces the negative impacts of food waste on our environment by redistributing excess food; helping to create lasting positive social change by nourishing those in need.

As founding supporters, the Goodman Foundation has helped KiwiHarvest establish their Auckland operations and provided both office and storage space to ensure they may continue to expand across the New Zealand Islands as national rescuers of good food.

UKHarvest

UKHarvest is a not-for-profit perishable food rescue operation that collects quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivers it, direct and free of charge, to charities.

They provide much needed assistance to vulnerable people, collecting surplus food from all types of food providers, including fruit and vegetable markets, supermarkets, hotels, wholesalers, farmers, stadiums, corporate events, catering companies, shopping centres, delis, cafes, restaurants, film and TV shoots and boardrooms.

UKHarvest is based on the original OzHarvest model which was founded in November 2004, by Ronni Kahn.

The Goodman Foundation are founding partners of UKHarvest and fund their operations out of Southern England.

Good360 Australia

Good360 is a matchmaker, connecting surplus goods from businesses with Australians who need them most. Good360 work to help all communities impacted by disaster and have distributed over 27+ million items worth $224.53 million RRP to people impacted by floods, fires and COVID-19.

As a founding supporter of Good360 in Australia, the Goodman Foundation recognised the huge value to the community resulting from the delivery of Good360’s mission. In support of this, Goodman has provided Good360 with both an office for their team to grow and an extensive warehouse space to support their operations. We also helped them establish their disaster recovery operations in response the 2020 droughts, fires and pandemic.

Goodman Foundation continue to provide cash grants for Good360’s annual operational costs and remain a top tier partner.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County

Founded by the Council of Orange, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Second Harvest began providing food for the hungry in October 1983 in Orange County.

With the help of supporters and volunteers, Second Harvest Food Bank works through a network of 190 non-profit partner agencies and programmes to provide wholesome food and fresh produce to more than 250,000 hungry children, seniors and families in Orange County every month.

The Goodman Foundation has partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank to implement an innovative mobile fresh food truck called the “Park-it Market” which provides free food to senior communities across Orange County. Seniors can choose food that fits their needs, diets and cooking preferences in a manner that is respectful and provides dignity.  

Thread Together

In Australia one in eight adults and one in six children do not have adequate access to essential clothing. Thread Together believes that circumstances and disadvantage should not prevent people from accessing clothing to allow them to realise their full potential.

Thread Together provides new clothes to those in need, including women escaping domestic violence, homeless adults and children, and those who just arrived in the country seeking refuge.
New clothing is also provided to the long-term unemployed, seeking equal standing when going to an interview, those coming out of long-term health care, and many who are rebuilding their lives after being devastated by the droughts, the recent bushfires and now the pandemic.

The Goodman Foundation is an early partner providing support since 2016.

Cerebral Palsy Alliance

Founded in 1945, Cerebral Palsy Alliance provides family-centred therapies and care to people living with cerebral palsy and their families, including early intervention, specialised assessments, therapy, aids and equipment, hydrotherapy, exercise and sport, and assistance with inclusion in school and the community. They respond to the changing needs of their clients based on the latest research, technology and therapies. 

Goodman Foundation has supported Cerebral Palsy Alliance for over 13 years. During that time, we have built a gymnasium in their North Ryde facility, raised funds every year in the 20/twenty event and became their global partners for Steptember, the worlds largest health and well-being charity event for 6 years raising A$3.9 million through the Goodman team and partners during this time 

The Goodman Foundation currently supports their Early Response Therapy for Babies at Risk of Cerebral Palsy program. 

The Fred Hollows Foundation

The Fred Hollows Foundation is an international development organisation that has already restored sight to more than two million people across 25 countries around the world. They focus on blindness prevention and help train and empower local eye doctors, nurses and health workers to create a sustainable system of care in communities that need it most. 

Their work is inspired by the late Professor Fred Hollows (1929-1993), an eye doctor, skilled surgeon, and a social justice activist who championed the right of all people to high quality affordable eye care and to good health.

Goodman is the founding partner of Fred Hollows in Hong Kong and supported the establishment of their office in this region. The Goodman Foundation has partnered with the Fred Hollows Foundation in China to deliver life changing eye health programmes to hundreds of thousands of people in northern China through specific projects implemented in the provinces of Gansu and Hebei.

The Black Dog Institute

The Black Dog Institute is a world leader in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. They are about creating a world where mental illness is treated with the same level of concern, immediacy and seriousness as physical illness; where scientists work to discover the causes of illness and new treatments, and where discoveries are immediately put into practice through health services, technology and community education.

The Goodman Foundation has supported their insight education programme which is delivered at schools across Australia to educate students on the signs and support mechanisms for youth that suffer anxiety, depression or other mental health challenges.

The Black Dog Institute and the Goodman Foundation have partnered to develop a leading-edge technology for at risk young people to identify undiagnosed or unsupported mental health issues when visiting a medical practice. Through this intervention together we hope to identify and treat young people to help address teenage suicide.