Funding Partners

Our Funding Partners

The Zero Childhood Cancer Program offers a unique opportunity to implement a revolutionary new approach to childhood cancer treatment, but it is complex, and it is expensive. That’s what makes the support of our funding partners so critical. 

ZERO has undergone a significant expansion, so now every Australian child with cancer has access to the Program. The ZERO platform is continuously being enhanced to include new research technologies and tests, with the aim of increasing the range of treatment options that are able to be recommended. The cutting-edge technology involved in ZERO is expensive, making funding support even more crucial.  

Continued support will continue the extraordinary momentum that has been built, ensuring ZERO can accelerate the rate of progress, leading to better outcomes for all children with cancer, sooner.

Lead Funding Partners

Thanks to a $67 million joint funding announcement from the Federal Government and Minderoo Foundation in April 2020, ZERO’s genetic testing platform was expanded to become accessible to all Australian children and young people diagnosed with cancer regardless of their risk type at the end 2023.

The Federal Government has contributed nearly $80M to ZERO in total, first supporting the national clinical trial with $20M awarded in 2016, followed by $5M from the Australian Brain Cancer Mission in 2018. In 2020, through the Medical Research Future Fund they awarded $54.8M towards the expansion for ZERO’s genetic testing platform.

Minderoo Foundation has contributed $17.2M to ZERO, initially donating $5M towards the costs of the ZERO national clinical trial in 2017, and in 2020 pledged a further $12.2M to support the expansion of the Program through to 2025, resourcing of hospital network sites and support for ZERO’s digital data platforms.

The Zero Childhood Cancer Capacity Campaign

The Zero Childhood Cancer Capacity Campaign is a joint initiative of Children’s Cancer Institute and Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation − a national, landmark campaign that has harnessed unprecedented collaborative fundraising energy.

$10 million and counting has been raised through the campaign to date, but there is still much more to do. Get in touch to find out how you can become part of this transformational philanthropic campaign that is saving lives.  

Capacity campaign supporters include: 

• The Capacity Campaign Board
• Lenity Australia
• Medich Foundation
• Charles Warman Foundation
• The Lott
• Golden Caskett
• Macquarie Group Foundation
• Bing Lee
• Amazon
• Individuals - thank you to the individuals who have personally donated to ZERO

Capacity Campaign Partners:

Patrons

• Professor Dame Marie Bashir, AD, CVO

Governance and Advisor

• Emeritus Professor Les White AM

Board members:

• Chair: Justin Milne
• Deputy Chair: Anne Lazberger
• Emeritus Professor Les White AM
• Bella Church
• Kate Prendiville
• Julian Farren-Price