Our beneficiary, the Financial Markets Foundation for Children (FMFC), funds pioneering research projects designed specifically to improve the health, welfare and wellbeing of the future of Australia - our children.
About the FMFC
Established in 1990 by the Reserve Bank and a group of Australia’s leading banks, the FMFC has allocated over $30m to 262 pioneering research projects. At the Enchanted Ball we showcase an FMFC grant project that has been enabled by the funds raised at our event.
‘’Acute Resuscitation in Paediatric Sepsis (ARISE-KIDS) – a randomised controlled trial to reduce morbidity and mortality due to sepsis in children’’
Thanks to Mia and her Mum Amy for their willingness to share their personal story. Thanks also to Dr. Sai Raman.
PAST GRANTS FUNDED THROUGH THE FMFC
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
$160,000 Grant
“Non-invasive detection of rejection after heart transplantation in children.”
Shiloh, now a teen, has undergone seven open heart surgeries, had heart failure and a transplant.
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
$158,000 Grant
“Designing the perfect killer CAR-T cell for paediatric brain cancers.”
Pippa Rea was diagnosed with DIPG aged nine and passed away aged 11. DIPG is a high-grade form of childhood brain cancer.
Children’s Medical Research Institute
$160,000 Grant
Curing blindness using novel gene delivery vectors that target human retina.
Matthew White, now a teen, has a form of blindness that is progressive. Once the blindness progresses too far, there’s nothing that can currently be done about it.