About The Peter Cullen Trust
Established in 2009, The Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust’s purpose is to foster courageous leadership to tackle big challenges in water and environment.
The Trust’s flagship Leadership Programs are key to this purpose and to the Trust’s reputation for speaking truth to power.
A registered charitable not-for-profit organisation, the Trust is lead by its volunteer Board and supported by a small professional staff team.
The Cullen Legacy
When Professor Peter Cullen passed away in 2008 the nation lost a champion of water. A leader, visionary, provocateur and change-maker. In the aftermath, his friends and colleagues committed to furthering Peter’s remarkable contribution to science communications and public policy in water and environment in Australia.
In 2009, the Commonwealth Government invested $1M in the establishment of the Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust, a registered charitable not-for-profit organization, with a mission to “invest strategically in building water science and policy capacity in Australia, to inform national water and environmental debates, and to set new standards for environmental water management”.
Since then:
300+ Fellows have graduated from the transformative Peter Cullen Trust Leadership Program and been inspired and supported in their leadership journey.
Over 170 Friends of the Trust have been appointed, forming our circle of influence.
The Trust’s work has been sustained through generous philanthropic support, scholarships and sponsorships of individuals and programs.
Your donation makes a “world of difference”:
· Tax deductible donations enable the Peter Cullen Trust to influence lasting, systemic change in the water and environment sector through the provision of:
o Scholarships for under-represented communities, including First Nations, to participate in the Leadership Programs;
o Conversations of national significance;
o Strong, trusted and influential professional networks.
The Peter Cullen Trust is a member of the Fundraising Institute of Australia.
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The Peter Cullen Trust respectfully acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia and their continuing connection to their lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to their leaders past and present.
