Raise 2025 Annual Impact Report

Take a deep dive into our Annual Impact Report for 2025. You can see the impact our mentoring programs made; find out about partners, schools, mentors and people that made it all possible and read all about the insights and findings from our rigorous evaluation. Audited 2025 Financials to follow.


Annual Impact Report 2026
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Contents
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Letter from the CEO and Chair
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Building a brighter future for Australia
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Who we are
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Our values
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Young people at the heart of everything we do
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Young people across Australia are facing increasing challenges
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Raise Theory of Change
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Our outcomes framework – focusing on four key outcome areas
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Mentee journey outcomes with Raise
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2025 in numbers
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Summary KPI results 2021 to 2025
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Raisementees
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Meet the 2025 Raise in-school mentees
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In-school program and match summary 2025
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Statistically significant impacts across all four key outcome areas
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Areas of improvement for mentees
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The mentee experience
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Mentee outcomes
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What others saw
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Raise Digital mentee outcomes
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School experiences
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Collaborating with schools across Australia
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School partner feedback
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Raise Digital through schools
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Mentor experiences
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Thank you to our 2025 Raise volunteer mentors
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Youth mentor training
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The impact for mentors
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Mentoring benefits staffand business
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How Raise is equipping Australia’s workforce of the future
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It takes a village to raise a child
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Thank you to our partners
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Board, Leadership and Advisory Councils
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Meaningful work
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Raise Foundation – income and expenses summary 2025
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Strategic Impact Plan 2026-2030
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Strategic Impact Plan Projects and priorities
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References
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Join the Raise Village
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– 2025 Raise Reimagined entry
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