Fighting for every South Australian

About us

The Hospital Research Foundation Group has a proud 60-year history supporting South Australians!

SA has always punched above its weight in medical breakthroughs and it was 60 years ago, in 1965, that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital performed the southern hemisphere’s first-ever live kidney transplant – which sowed the seed for The Hospital Research Foundation Group to be born.

Since then we have grown to a Group of 10 charities, supporting more than 60 areas of medical research – from birth to end of life – across all corners of the state and beyond.

Thanks to people’s generous donations and our popular Home Lottery, we have contributed more than $250 million back into life-changing medical research, hospital care and allied health services for our community.

Together, we are making a life-changing difference to the health and wellbeing of South Australians.

Real impact, right now

You can see the impact your donations make in our annual Impact Report.

Your donation helps real South Australians like Edwina, Paul and Robyn (below) live a healthier happier life:

Key areas of research

Thanks to your donations, we can fund world-class medical research and patient care activities across more than 60 disease areas, and in all hospitals and Local Health Networks across the state.

Take a look at a disease and illness close to your heart, and learn about the types of life-changing projects you can contribute to.

And more importantly?  100% of your donation goes directly to the cause, thanks to our commercial activities which cover our administration costs. So you can be proud your donation is having a real impact on the cause which needs it most.