Impact North Funding Sources Panel

You’re invited to our Funding Sources Panel (online and in person)

Join us for a practical conversation that makes philanthropy and grants easier to understand, focuses on respectful relationship-building, and leaves you with clear next steps for your business.

To acknowledge and celebrate NAIDOC Month, this event is also a chance to come together, connect, and celebrate community.

Event details

• Date: Friday 17 July 2026

• Time: 9:30am–11:30am (Darwin, ACST)

• In-person: Impact North Office, Nightcliff

• Online via Google Meet

Cost:

• Free for Business Builder participants + Alumni

• Free for Impact North Community Members (become a member today)

• $20 for non-members — all proceeds donated to Aunty's Free Feeds, a community-run initiative out of Palmerston that serves free Sunday meals to anyone with a hungry belly. No questions asked, just good food and good company.

What we’ll cover

• What philanthropy is, and how it’s different from grant funding.

• How to build the relationship over time to funders

• A simple way to explain your business and what you’re looking for to funders

• Q&A and time to connect and network after the panel

Panellists include

• Jo Pagel (Dumbarra Consultancy)

• Kim Harland (Philanthropy Australia)

• Jahdai Vigona (One Percent)