McCusker Charitable Foundation
Welcome to the McCusker Charitable Foundation
The McCusker Charitable Foundation was established for charitable purposes aimed at improving health and education, with particular emphasis on Western Australia.
Over the past years the McCusker family has donated more than $20,000,000 to a wide variety of charitable projects and not for profit bodies. The family also financed the construction of the Lady McCusker Home (www.amanaliving.com.au).
A few examples of organisations that have received support from the McCusker Charitable Foundation are:
- The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer’s Disease Research – funding world class research into the prevention and cure of Alzheimer’s disease (www.alzheimers.com.au).
- The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (www.waimr.uwa.edu.au).
- The University of Western Australia Graduate School of Management (www.business.uwa.edu.au).
- Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank (www.rotarywacordblood.org.au).
- Silver Chain Services (www.silverchain.org.au).
- Parkerville Children and Youth Care – Child Advocacy Centre: for children who have been impacted by trauma, abuse and family breakdown (www.parkerville.org.au).
- Redkite – supporting children and their families touched by cancer (www.redkite.org.au).
- Ear Science Institute of Australia: Dedicated to the research and treatment of ear and hearing disorders (www.earscience.org.au).
- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases - Murdoch University: preventing and reducing the impact of diseases worldwide and advancing medical and scientific knowledge (www.genesiis.murdoch.edu.au/institute.html ).
- West Australian Opera, West Australian Ballet, West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
At the discretion of the Trustees, the McCusker Charitable Foundation will allocate up to $2,000,000 per annum to worthwhile causes.
Latest News
Saturday, 12 Jun 10
The McCusker Charitable Foundation has recently entered into new partnerships with Black Swan State Theatre Company and Deckchair Theatre
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Friday, 28 May 10
The McCusker Trustees are delighted to support the Dreamfit Foundation which involves engineering students from the University of WA designing equipment for people with disabilities.
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Tuesday, 19 Jan 10
In 2009 Trustee Professor James Edelman met with Mr Richard Potok from the Charlie Perkins Trust. The Charlie Perkins Trust was established in 2002 in memory of the late Dr Charlie Perkins AO, to assist indigenous children in the areas of health and education. The McCusker Foundation will contribute funds towards 2 new annual postgraduate shcolarships that will allow talented indigenous Australians to study at the University of Oxford for up to 3 years (http://www.perkinstrust.com.au/scholarships).
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