Create Lasting Impact with Your Donation

As a registered charity, FNE invites businesses, foundations, and individuals to make one-off or ongoing donations in support of First Nations economic empowerment. By donating, you can play a direct role in dismantling systemic barriers and building long-term prosperity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

How Your Donation Makes a Difference

Empowering First Nations Leadership

Your support funds scholarships, mentorship programs, and leadership pathways for emerging First Nations professionals, ensuring the next generation has the skills and opportunities to lead.

Creating Economic Opportunities

Donations fuel business development, job creation, and financial empowerment programs, strengthening First Nations economic independence and self-determination.

Advancing Equity & Reconciliation

FNE ensures First Nations voices are embedded in policy, strategy, and economic decision-making, driving systemic change and long-term progress.

Delivering Tangible Community Outcomes

Through pro bono advisory services, workforce development programs, and direct funding support, your contribution helps First Nations community-controlled organisations thrive.

Your generous donation directly supports our ongoing work in providing vital programs and services to First Nations communities. We are proud to have spent 100% of our profits to date on First Nations community projects and initiatives and are committed to continuing this tradition of reinvestment. Every dollar you give helps drive meaningful and measurable change, ensuring that resources reach those who need them most.

Donate Today & Be Part of the Change

Support First Nations Prosperity

One-time & Recurring Donations – Choose to make an immediate impact or provide ongoing support.

100% Tax-Deductible – All donations to FNE are fully tax-deductible, and receipts are provided.

Corporate Giving & Partnerships – Explore custom giving options to align with your business values. Contact us: info@firstnationseconomics.com

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Gurminder Saro

Interim Chair

Associate Professor Rick Macourt is a proud, queer Gumbaynggirr man, lawyer, and economic specialist. He leads First Nations Economics as Managing Director of Strategy and Foundation and serves as Associate Dean of First Nations Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney.

With over 15 years of experience spanning government, corporate, and not-for-profit sectors, Rick is deeply committed to advancing the economic development of First Peoples. As the former Director of First Nations Expenditure and Outcomes at NSW Treasury, he spearheaded the state’s inaugural Indigenous expenditure reporting processes and established the groundbreaking First Nations budget process in 2021/22. Previously, Rick held an executive role at the Westpac Group, overseeing First Nations affairs, and has a rich history in government, monitoring, evaluation, and negotiation, with senior positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, City of Sydney, and Standards Australia.

Rick is a published author with Oxford University Press, a member of the First Nations Advisory Board of Siemens Australia, and a Non-Executive Director on the board of Barnardos Australia.