The Mary MacKillop Foundation is an Australian charity/non profit founded by the Sisters of St Joseph.

From 1995 to 2009, the Foundation has funded over 240 "small life-changing projects", projects responding to the needs of rural and isolated communities, indigenous groups, people with disabilities and those forgotten by society. We support projects throughout Australia, from metropolitan areas like Sydney to remote rural areas in The Kimberly, Western Australia.

The Foundation has funded Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Tertiary Scholarships for over a decade with 30 graduates to date (2009) and another 18 currently enrolled.

 

 

Mission Statement The Mary MacKillop Foundation Limited draws its mission from the mission of the Sisters of St Joseph which aims: to relieve suffering and bring hope wherever we are whoever we are however we can whatever we do. Given the reality of the fear, pain and suffering in the national and international events of this time Josephites are deeply conscious of our broken and fragmented world.