Invest in the future of women's heart health


How your donation will make a difference

Your generous donation will go a long way towards helping reach gender equality in heart health outcomes.

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All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Our minimum donation amount is $5 due to the cost of processing transactions.

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Heart disease in women is under-recognised and under-researched. Yet 24 women in Australia die every day from heart disease, and over 46,000 are hospitalised every year.

As one of the leading heart health research organisations in Australia, the Heart Foundation is uniquely placed to help correct the gender imbalance in heart health outcomes.


Your important donation will enable the Heart Foundation to continue its involvement in projects like the Global Cardiovascular Research Funder’s Forum (GCRFF). This worldwide collective was formed with the aim of transforming research practice and policy on a global scale – with a special initiative focussed on women’s heart health.


By investing in the Heart Foundation, you are helping enable projects
like the GCRFF, that are accelerating us towards a future free from
heart disease, for women everywhere.

Your investment in the future of women’s heart health

Your generous donation to the Heart Foundation will enable us to continue driving crucial research programs that close the gender gap in heart health outcomes, for good.

Can pay for a nurse led education session to help pregnant women understand conditions in pregnancy that can increase the risk of heart disease.

Can support an aspiring Future Leader Fellow for one week to continue critical
heart disease research.

Could cover the cost of

a nurse for two weeks to
recruit patients and collect samples for a clinical trial.

Could fund twelve
weeks of research studies
for a Heart Foundation PHD Scholarship recipient.

“My aim is to make an impact on all women’s cardiovascular health research globally. I want to ensure that women have equitable diagnosis, treatment and outcomes and just improve overall life for women at risk of or that have heart disease.”


Stacey Matthews,

Heart Foundation employee and Project Lead for the Global Cardiovascular Research Funder’s Forum’s Women’s Cardiovascular Health Initiative.

“My aim is to make an impact on all women’s cardiovascular health research globally. I want to ensure that women have equitable diagnosis, treatment and outcomes and just improve overall life for women at risk of or that have heart disease.”


Stacey Matthews,

Heart Foundation employee and Project Lead for the Global Cardiovascular Research Funder’s Forum’s Women’s Cardiovascular Health Initiative.

It's your time to change the future of women's heart health

Read more about what the Heart Foundation is doing to support women's heart health.

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On the frontline

with Stacey Matthews



As project lead for the GCRFF's Women's Cardiovascular Health Initiative, Stacey Matthews is determined to make a difference to women's heart health.

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Transforming care for

new mothers' hearts



See how Associate Professor Lisa Moran is dedicating her career to the future of women's heart health.

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Beth's story



Beth Scholes was 38 years old when she experienced a heart attack, just two weeks after
welcoming her son Oscar into the world.

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