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.
Latest News
Monday, 17 Oct 11
Following a recent donation of $1,000,000 to Telethon (30 plus benefiaries), and due to extensive commitments over the coming 3 months, the MCF Trustees will not be processing any new applications until January 23, 2012. Thank you.
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Wednesday, 24 Aug 11
Malcolm and Tonya are delighted to donate the Governor's salary of approximately $400,000 to the following organisations: Salvation Army, Lion's Eye Institute, McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer's Research and Fairbridge.
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Wednesday, 01 Jun 11
Malcolm and Tonya were delighted to represent fellow Trustees at the recent CitWA awards where they presented Mr Alan Dodge with the CitWA award for Arts, Culture and Entertainment.
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