For the Fay Fuller Foundation, this theme lands at an important moment. Over the past two years we have undertaken, and brought to a close, our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Our RAP has been instrumental in supporting us to reflect on where we need to grow and evolve, understanding community priorities, and paving the path for our ongoing commitment. We are grateful for the role that RAPs play in providing structure and accountability mechanisms for those organisations on a corporate reconciliation journey. We are proud of what has been achieved across our RAP period, but we are also very aware that reconciliation is not a project that occurs in and ends when a document reaches its final reporting point. 

For us, being All In means reconciliation cannot sit to the side of the organisation. It cannot be something we report on once a year, or something that lives only in a plan. It needs to shape how we understand our purpose, how we build relationships, how we make decisions, how we use our resources, and how we understand our responsibilities as a philanthropic foundation.  

In the coming months, we will share more about the completion of our RAP. That will include what we feel we did well, the commitments we are carrying forward, and where we found parts of the process more difficult. Some of those challenges sat in interpreting specific actions through the lens of our role as a philanthropic foundation. In those moments, our focus was on honouring the intent of the ask that came for community, while finding a way to make it meaningful, contextual and impactful. 

We were also fortunate to have engaged Kimberley Wanganeen to support us through a deeper, end of plan reflection process. Kimberley helped us look not only at what we had achieved, but how we had gone about the work.  

That distinction matters to us.  

Reconciliation is not measured only by completed actions. It is measured by the quality of relationships, the willingness to reflect honestly, the capacity to sit with discomfort, and the discipline to keep returning to the questions of safety, self-determination, partnership and accountability that underpin reconciliation. 

One of the most important developments we have been privileged to support and walk alongside has been the growth of Spinifex Foundation SA. Seeing an Indigenous-led fund play an active role with community, while also contributing at a systems level across philanthropy, health and broader structures, has been a powerful reminder of what becomes possible when Aboriginal leadership is centred. 

This is part of the broader role we believe philanthropy can play. At its best, philanthropy can support community-led change, resource leadership, influence systems and structures, and help create more regenerative outcomes for community. But to do that well, philanthropy must also be prepared to change itself. 

Our ongoing commitment also includes continuing to support Indigenous enterprise and business. We are pleased to connect this with our commitment to cultural learning and understanding through our engagement with Nik&Co and their learning platform. This will help us embed a regular rhythm of reflection, learning and conversation across the Foundation, building on the topics and learning approach developed by Nicole Gollan. 

As we mark the end of National Reconciliation Week, we do so with gratitude for the people, communities and partners who have helped shape our learning. We also do so with a clear understanding that the work continues. 

For the Fay Fuller Foundation, being All In means carrying reconciliation beyond the life of a plan. It means making it part of who we are – not just what we do – and embedding it as a goal in all the actions we take everyday.