Corporate Partnerships
Together, we can create lasting change
Martin Youth Foundation partners with businesses that share our vision of safety, hope and opportunity for young Australians in crisis. Corporate partnerships are an essential element of our fundraising work. They help fund vital treatment, recovery and aftercare services that empower young people to change their lives.
Live your corporate values out loud
As a Martin Youth Foundation corporate partner, you can:
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Join a decades-long commitment to transforming young lives
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Bring your organisational values to life by contributing to a meaningful cause
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Strengthen your public image through purposeful CSR opportunities
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Provide meaningful social impact opportunities for your staff
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Contribute to best-practice programs in youth substance use treatment
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Access exclusive insights into our program impacts and outcomes
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Receive public recognition for your contributions
Partner your way
Examples include:
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Program sponsorship
As a program sponsor, you can direct your organisation’s donations towards a particular Martin Youth Foundation initiative that best reflects your business values and goals.
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Workplace giving
With a workplace giving program, your team can make regular donations to a cause they care about. Workplace giving donations can be automated on a fortnightly, monthly or other basis and donated from pre-tax salary, which means staff will receive an immediate tax benefit as a result of their generous gift. Magnify your organisation’s impact with a matched giving program: when you dollar-match employee donations, you can help more young people in crisis.
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Fundraising events
Host a morning tea, a casual dress day, a BBQ lunch or a Friday social and raise funds to support young people in crisis. When you set up a workplace fundraising event on behalf of Martin Youth Foundation, we’ll providing fundraising support and other resources to help make your event a success.
Meet our partners
Corporate Partners
Pro bono partners
Connect with us
We value genuine collaborative partnerships with family foundations, trusts and individual philanthropists who share our decades-long commitment to this goal. Connect with our philanthropy team to explore partnership opportunities.
Jenny Leahy
Jenny Leahy is the Philanthropy Manager at Martin Youth Foundation. She plays a key role in securing philanthropic funding through Trusts and Foundations, developing grant proposals and building partnerships that help sustain best practice programs for young people experiencing addiction. Jenny also works closely with the Foundation’s Service Partners and independent researchers to measure program impact and demonstrate the difference these programs make in the lives of young people.
Jenny loves getting to know donors and philanthropic partners personally, building genuine, long-term relationships and ensuring they feel connected to the incredible impact their generosity makes. Known for her warm and collaborative approach, she is inspired every day by the Foundation’s dedicated team and service partners, whose work helps young people and their families build brighter futures.
Outside work, Jenny enjoys seeing live music, family time and walking her much-loved terrier, Griz, around Sydney Park.
Ruth Markham
As Philanthropy and Gifts in Wills Manager at Martin Youth Foundation, Ruth Markham brings extensive experience in building meaningful relationships, developing strategic partnerships and connecting people with purpose. After more than two decades in sales and product management in the consumer goods industry, she made the move to the not-for-profit sector 10 years ago and hasn’t looked back.
Ruth works closely with donors, corporate partners, philanthropic partners and supporters, helping them connect with the Foundation’s work alongside young people and see the lasting impact their generosity makes. She works to create meaningful opportunities for people to engage with the Foundation’s mission and be part of lasting change.
When she’s not at work, Ruth enjoys discovering new places to ride her bike, and never passes up the chance to catch a beautiful sunrise.
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