Great Barrier Reef Foundation
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is an Australian non-profit organisation established in 1999[2] to help protect and preserve the Great Barrier Reef. The foundation was formed in response to the first mass coral bleaching of the reef in 1998.[3][4]
| Formerly | Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit |
| Industry | Environmentalism |
| Founded | 19 November 1999 in Newstead, Queensland, Australia |
| Headquarters | Australia  |
Area served | Australia |
Key people | |
| Revenue |  AUD$ 7,715,306[1] (2017) |
 AUD$ -1,339,246 (2017) | |
| AUD$ -1,339,246 (2017) | |
| Total assets | AUD$ 3,297,679 (2017) |
| Members | 127 |
Number of employees | 6 (2017) |
| Website | barrierreef |
2018 Government Grant
In 2018 the Turnbull Government announced an unprecedented AUD$443 million grant to the foundation. The grant was met with backlash and questions of corruption, as the grant was not properly tendered and failed to follow transparency rules.[5][6]
References
- "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ASIC Company Record; ACN 090 616 443
- "The Foundation". Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- Science, jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Institute of Marine. "About the Australian Institute of Marine Science". www.aims.gov.au. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- environment; science; Slezak, technology reporter Michael (16 January 2019). "Government's $444m grant to reef body did not comply with transparency rules, Audit Office says". ABC News. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- Chen, David; Gartry, Laura (22 May 2018). "Labor slams $444m reef funding to foundation with 'six full-time staff' without tender". ABC News. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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