Our initiatives
The Foundation does not scatter small grants. It builds a few initiatives, funds them in full, holds them to the standard of the name they carry, and stays with them for the long term.
Each answers a different moment in a life: a family that needs groceries this week, a student who needs honest advice about what to study and where, a scholar who needs a community to come home to.
Flagship initiatives
Education across the lifespan
Evidence-based educational guidance for learners from the age of eleven to eighty and beyond, spanning high school, college and graduate admissions, careers and lifelong learning. Free for those who need it most, and a fraction of the cost of private consulting for everyone else.
About Admit PathAustralia and Harvard
The lifelong community of more than 100 Australians who have studied at Harvard as Menzies Scholars since 1968. The Foundation funds the group’s digital home, its private Scholar Network and the mentoring that connects each generation of scholars to the next.
About the Alumni GroupHow it fits together
Our initiatives are designed as a continuum. Each removes the obstacle that would otherwise stop the next from mattering.
Children do not learn hungry. A week without that worry is where everything else begins.
RoubiesDevices, connectivity and mentors for students whom geography had cut off from the modern economy.
Classroom Without WallsHonest, evidence-based advice at every stage of education and work, whatever a family can pay.
Admit PathA community that turns individual excellence into lasting public contribution.
Menzies Alumni GroupAlso from the Foundation
Health and family wellness
Our grocery program for families in Manhattan: about a week of groceries, arranged by hand and usually handed over within a week of asking, with help signing up for SNAP so there is more than one place to turn.
About RoubiesEducation and access
Fiber-optic connections, 150 laptops and a mentorship program for village schools in Armenia’s Tavush region.
Read the case studyAccessible technology
With ElevenLabs, free access to voice technology for people living with permanent voice loss or visual impairment.
Our partnersPartner with us
Schools, districts and nonprofits can sponsor Admit Path for the people they serve. Institutions and individuals can strengthen the Menzies Alumni Group’s mentoring and outreach. Individuals can pay for a family’s week of groceries through Roubies. Whatever the scale, we will tell you exactly where your support goes.