Funding Acceptance Policy

Good Ancestors Policy Ltd. ("us", "we" or the "Company") ABN: 23 664 195 484

Purpose and scope

This policy governs all funding we receive — grants, donations, sponsorship, paid research and in-kind support — for every program we operate. It applies to anyone who accepts funds on our behalf.

Independence

A funder decides whether to fund us, and which of our programs or areas of work they support. We decide what work we do, what we conclude and what we say.

A funder may also place lawful conditions on the use of their money; if we accept, we will comply with those.

We also decide how we run our programs, what we publish and when, and who we employ. No funder has approval or veto over our work, and we do not accept funding conditional on a conclusion, finding or policy outcome. We set our own priorities and then seek funding for that work.

Donations we do not accept

• AI companies that develop frontier or general-purpose AI, their giving vehicles, industry bodies and senior staff. This includes sponsorship of events we run alone and free compute or services offered to us. We may still buy their products and services, including at discounts available to any charity.
• Political parties, their fundraising vehicles, and organisations advancing a party's interests.
• Foreign states and bodies they control, for advocacy directed at Australian governments or public debate.
• Funds we cannot identify or believe are unlawful, including from anyone under Australian sanctions. A funder may be anonymous to the public, but not to us or the Board. We comply with anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and sanctions laws: we screen every grant or major gift against Australia's sanctions list and refund only to the source account.

Government funding

We accept government funding, including for research, services or program delivery we are engaged to perform, but not on terms that would restrict our ability to criticise the funding government, require approval of our publications, or make future funding contingent on our positions. Government funding is always disclosed and named in the work it pays for. This applies to funding that originates with a government but reaches us through an administrator, intermediary or delivery partner.

Deciding and raising concerns

Authority to accept funding is ultimately a Board decision which may be delegated under our Delegations of Authority Policy.

We may decline funding, and will return funds where a conflict with this policy cannot be resolved. Concerns about our funding can be raised with the Executives, Officers or Directors listed on our organisational chart.