Donations over $2 are tax deductible in Australia.
Your donation to Permafund supports the growth and resilience of sustainable practices worldwide
For more information please contact Permafund at permafund@permacultureaustralia.org.au
Permafund grant applications are evaluated based on need, alignment with permaculture ethics and principles and project sustainability. Permafund upholds a Child Protection policy and requires grant recipients to fulfil evaluation requirements.
Latest Permafund News & Stories
The Multiplier Effect of Permafund Small Grants
Thanks to generous donations to Permaculture Australia, Mlatho Farms and Agri-Learning Hub in Malawi was one of the organisations that received a Permafund grant in 2024. Daniel Chibwe, the Founder and Managing Director of Mlatho Farms has sent us...
Permaculture Australia Celebrates its 100th Permafund Grant
What better way than to stand on a stage surrounded by 38 young shouting Timorese to celebrate that they are the 100th recipient of a Permafund grant since we started handing them out 15 years ago. We were attending the first International...
2025 Permafund Grant Recipients announced.
Eight organisations in the Asia Pacific region were awarded Permafund grants in the 2025 grant round. Recipients came from countries around the region including Timor Leste, Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. The wide...
It doesn’t get much better than this!!
The inaugural International Permaculture Youth Convergence (IPYC) is to be held in Timor Leste from October 20 –25 this year. Drone photo of Fatequero village where IPYC is to be held Permatil of Timor-Leste & Permatil Global of Australia...
Deadline extended for Permafund Grant applications
Thanks to generous donations and fund raising, Permaculture Australia’s 2025 Permafund grant round has been launched.. Considering the time and effort needed to write and submit an application, the closing date for applications has been extended to...
Launch of the 2025 Permafund grant round
Thanks to the generous donors to Permaculture Australia’s Permafund, our small grants program is ready to launch another round of grants. This time we are calling for applications from groups in Australasia, South-East Asia and the Pacific...
One Woman Ten Trees Project
Story by Permafund’s Louise Learmont - by Farm Sahel in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a land-locked country in Africa, one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries, ranking 134th of 137 according to the World Bank/UN Human Development...
Kenyan Regenerative Agriculture Project Report
Mkulima Sasa, a Syntropic Agroforestry education and demonstration centre near Lake Victoria, Kenya, has significantly expanded its impact thanks to an AUD$2000 grant from Permafund. This funding facilitated the growth of demonstration farms,...
Permafund works with a mangrove restoration project in Zanzibar
Last year Permafund funded a project in Zanzibar, Tanzania that combined a permaculture course with a mangrove restoration project. The applicants, Up with Community, demonstrated a good understanding of the ecosystem services provided by mangroves...
Our Dedicated Permafund Team
- John Champagne, (NSW) Chairperson
- Jed Walker (NSW)
- Boyd Attewell (NSW)
- Felix Leibelt (NSW)
- Chris Caroll (QLD) Secretary
- Ronni Martin (QLD)
- John McKenzie (VIC)
- Miles Durand (WA)
Rowe Morrow
Permafund Ambassador
Rosemary Morrow is the first Permafund ambassador at the Intentional Permaculture Convergence in London. Her long permaculture career has taken many journeys from education and publication to aid and development work, across the globe.
Rosemary’s work in countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Uganda, Bosnia and Afghanistan, highlights why we felt she deserved the recognition of being our first patron.
Charlie Mgee
Permafund Ambassador
Soon after completing a PDC in 2011, Charlie formed Formidable Vegetable – with the hope of inspiring people to grow food, keep chickens and make the world a better place. Since then, Formidable Vegetable have performed at global festivals including Glastonbury, for the United Nations, and were described by Vandana Shiva as “connecting the creativity of nature with the creativity of music”.